How to Decorate a Bookshelf for Christmas
If there’s no mantel and not much floor space, a bookshelf can carry a lot of Christmas on its own. There’s no tree to water and you can change it in an afternoon. The difficulty is that a full bookshelf already looks busy. Add ornaments to every shelf and it just looks crowded. Most of what follows is about making room and being choosy. Make room first Take 20 to 30 percent of the books off each shelf before you add anything. Paperbacks, duplicates, the ones you keep meaning to donate: put them in a box in the closet until January. The gaps are where the decorations go, and the shelves look better with some space even before you start. ...