Washingtonian’s “Ask a Designer” series takes readers’ home design questions and conundrums directly to the experts—interior designers. Struggling to find the best kid-friendly rug for your mudroom?

Play off the room's decor. “As a stylist, I like to have places to arrange accessories on,” says homeowner Lindsey Ellis Beatty, who chose a lively color scheme for her den, down to the books that ...

There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to organizing a bookshelf. Whether you sort alphabetically, by genre, in height order or something else entirely, if you can find what you need and you’re happy ...

Organizing books is so much more than putting tomes on a shelf. Your bookshelf styling is a reflection of your personality, priorities, hobbies and even mental state. “If my bookshelf is looking like ...

A TikTok home-décor trend has irked some bibliophiles. By Madison Malone Kircher When it comes to aesthetic trends, social media loves a catchy name. Cottagecore. Dark academia. Eclectic grandpa. Now ...

At the turn of this century people were predicting that print books would become irrelevant, recalls Thatcher Wine, CEO and founder of Juniper Books, a company that curates book collections. “In the ...