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Adding shelves to your living room is a great way to maximize storage and style.

If youre looking for some living room shelf inspiration weve got you covered.

Here are 20 shelf ideas for the living room that youll want to copy.

A floating shelf unit above cabinets next to a fireplace in a living room.

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Style a Glass Display Cabinet

Desiree Burns Interiors

Glass display cabinets are both stylish and functional.

Add Floating Shelves

Arbor & Co.

Floating shelvesare a great choice for any space.

Built-in shelving on either side of a fireplace and TV in a living room.

Wildwood PhotographyforAllison Ruda Interior Design

Try an asymmetrical look by installing built-ins on just one side.

Utilize Unexpected Spaces

Molly Rose PhotoforPrairie Interiors

Not everyone has the space for large, wall-to-wall built-ins.

The designers atPrairie Interiorsgave their client built-in storage by utilizing an unexpected placethe space underneath the staircase.

Glass display cabinet with shelves in a bright living room.

Desiree Burns Interiors

This ingenious design proves that where theres a will, theres a way.

Add Bookcases

Gray Space Interiors

You cant go wrong with good oldbookcases.

Use them to showcase books, family photos, or decorative accents.

Floating shelf in a boho living room.

Arbor & Co.

Plus, light can easily flow through the space which helps it feel nice and open.

Add a couple of dedicated wall sconces to the display to really make the wall pop.

Try adding shelves to an arched alcove for a seriously stylish and artistic finish.

One built-in shelf unit in a living room beside a fireplace.

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Consider stacking your books horizontally and vertically to provide some contrast and movement to the overall display.

Stack Wall Shelves

Lauren Moss forCaroline Kopp Interior Design

No built-ins?

The use of delicate gold brackets in this living room byCaroline Kopp Interior Designbrings some added style and personality.

Built-in shelves under the stairs in a living room.

Molly Rose PhotoforPrairie Interiors

Two wooden bookshelves in a bright living room.

Gray Space Interiors

Wooden wall shelves in a living room.

Christopher StarkforJaclyn Christensen Design

Large room-diving shelves in a bright living room.

Lauren MillerforStudio HA/WA

Dark built-in living room shelves.

Whittney Parkinson Design

An arched alcove with shelves in a living room.

Yael Weiss Interiors

Thin built-in shelves in a bright living room.

Courtesy ofSarah Barnard Design

A floating shelf is used as a floating mantle in a living room.

Rikki SnyderforCaroline Kopp Interior Design

Wall to wall built-in shelves and media console in a living room.

Rikki SnyderforCaroline Kopp Interior Design

Built-in living room shelves behind a couch.

Molly Rose PhotoforDMAR Interiors

Two black display shelves in a dark green living room.

TIEK BYDAY

Blue wall-to-wall bookcase in a living room.

Emily Gilbert Photography forColleen Simonds

Two wood picture ledges in a living room.

Molly Rose PhotoforCottino Design

White wall shelves with gold brackets stacked above one another in a living room.

Lauren Moss forCaroline Kopp Interior Design

Floating shelves above wood cabinets in a bright living room.

Molly Rose PhotoforTamara René Designs Inc.