Farmhouse Shelf Styling

Shelf styling can be tricky! Especially when starting fresh after the holidays. I had a lot of requests for help with this over on my Instagram so I wanted to share some of my favorite tips and pieces for shelf styling.

Tips:

1. First remove everything off your shelves.
2. Give away/donate/throw out pieces you don’t like or are too small for the space. Scale matters! I prefer larger pieces over lots of little cluttered pieces.
3. Pick colors/tones/textures you want to use. For me this included stoneware neutrals, woven textures, greenery, light wood tones, and a few black accents.
4. Start with the largest pieces first and stagger them so that there is balance. 
5. If styling shelves side by side or built ins I try to offset pieces. For example, use similar height or style pieces on the opposite side or diagonal from the other side. 
6. Sleep on it! If something doesn’t look right I will step away from it and come back to it.