

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
What's literally more joy sparking than a fireplace? A fireplace with a crimson marble surround flanked by a perfectly slim built-in bookcase.
Designer: Tali Roth
Photographer: Seth Caplan

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
The dream: a bookcase that contains just the right amount of tomes—and thriving plantlife.
Designer: Crystal Sinclair
Photographer: Seth Caplan

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
If this was our home we'd just slide back and forth on that ladder all day jubilant with our perfectly organized oeuvre.
Designer: Nicole Fisher
Photographer: Sean Litchfield

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
We love the drama of this vignette. It lives up to the drama of the books we thought were worth saving.
Designer: Michael Hilal
Photographer: Lauren Edith Anderson

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Marie once said, "I'd like to tidy up the entire planet. I would go anywhere if there were something that needs tidying," and this bridge kitchen/dining room space is the place we'd want to go on the planet, so we'll meet her there.
Designer: Barbie Palamino
Photographer: Madeline Tolle

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
It might take some time to thank every item on this shelf, but we have all day/week/month.
Designer: Jennifer Talbot
Photographer: Dustin Halleck

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Tidy is even easier when you have a few places to hide things.
Designer: Marc Houston
Photographer: Claire Esparros

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
It's easy to keep to just a few cookbooks when you spend more time gazing out the window than actually cooking.
Designer: Haley Weidenbaum
Photographer: Jillian Sipkins

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
It's important to start your babies with a sense of clutter-control young. It's also nice to set them up for a successful adulthood with a wallpapered ceiling.
Designer: Haley Weidenbaum
Photographer: Lauren Pressey

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
We just heard these books whisper "you're welcome" for keeping them.
Designer: Gabriel Fontes de Faria
Photographer: Dustin Halleck

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Yes, these books (and this nook) make us as happy as if we were holding a puppy.
Designer: Megan Hopp
Photographer: Nick Glimenakis

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
We can only focus on our own things, so we've perfected this side of the bed...
Designer: Liz Lipkin
Photographer: Sean Litchfield

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Organizing tall bookshelves is a tall order, but our designers are undeterred.
Designer: Tali Roth
Photographer: Julia Robbs

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Not only is this book zone totally Kondo-ed, it's also a great place to fold clothes.
Designer: Emma Beryl
Photographer: Nick Glimenakis

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
It's important to put your brass pineapples in order.
Designer: Alec Holland
Photographer: Genevieve Garruppo

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
I see a couple of excellent arranged bits of komono in this mix.
Designer: Kevin Clark
Photographer: Sean Litchfield

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
When your bookcases are always in sight, organization is paramount.
Designer: Savannah Metcalf
Photographer: Julia Bainbridge

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
It's hard to get any work done when we just want to turn around and stare at our organized bookshelf.
Designer: Carly Callahan
Photographer:Dustin Halleck

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Tall, dark, and handsomely arranged.
Designer: Allison Petty
Photographer: Kelsey Ann Rose

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
This bookshelf reminds us of the opening of the Brady Bunch if instead of Alice the square was filled with perfectly gorgeous accessories.
Designer: Shannon Tate
Photographer: Joyelle West

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
It requires a truly clutter-free space to have room for a swing.
Designer: Jae Joo
Photographer: Nick Glimenakis

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Marie says there's always an end to tidying, which is nice because sometimes we just want to lay on our bed and read magazines.
Designer: Marissa Bero
Photographer: Sean Litchfield

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Even the tiniest space can use a tidy now and then.
Designer: Candace Rein
Photographer: Amy Bartlam

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Our designers know flowers always spark joy.
Designer: Kevin Clark
Photographer: Kelsey Ann Rose

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
A cozy place to sort your donations and gaze upon what you've saved.
Designer: Megan Grehl
Photographer: Tessa Neustadt

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
It's best to have a rosy outlook when letting things go. Let things go and then see your rose-hued paint.
Designer: Erin Kane
Photographer: Pablo Enriquez

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Sometimes purging is like seeing the forrest for the trees—in that you need to get rid of things so you can see your forrest wallpaper.
Designer: Claire Esparros
Photographer: Heidi's Bridge

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
The perfect place to sit and ponder how much more streamlined your life is.
Designer: Danielle Herman
Photographer: Heidi's Bridge

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
Some books deserve to be displayed, especially when they show off our culinary bona fides
Designer: Andrea Jaramillo
Photographer: Christian Torres

Our 30 Clutter-Free, Marie Kondo-Approved Bookshelves
We could faint (on this little fainting couch) at how pleasing this built-in is to look at.
Designer: Kevin Clark
Photographer:Sean Litchfield
If you need inspiration to declutter and style your bookshelves, our designers practically wrote the book on the subject. Check out 30 of our favorite, joy-sparking, literary vignettes.
If you are anything like us, you’ve spent time binging Tidying Up With Marie Kondo on Netflix and then looking around our home to truly assess what sparks joy. What didn’t spark joy in a lot of people—a recommendation from the tidying svengali to cut your book collection down to only 30.
Marie’s gone on record to say that 30 isn’t a hard a fast rule, which is good because literary types and design lovers were ready to riot in the streets. To celebrate the slight relaxation of her controlled clutter—and to inspire us to actually get to trimming our libraries—enjoy 30 of our favorite, designer-approved book nooks. May you look upon them and thank them for protecting your favorite novels, biographies, and more.




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