You should make a library ladder. Add a railing for both sides and a ladder that you can hook on and move. It could stay stationary on the right side for aesthetic purposes but be practical for when you want to switch up your shelves.

@annehelenegroven

Жыл бұрын

Yesss that's such a great idea 😁😁. I think that would look amazing. MaCenna is just such an amazing person ❤️🥰❤️

@Edu_Kate

Жыл бұрын

DIY Wife made one a couple months ago. Check out her kids' playroom makeover video.

@jemma50

Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of a library ladder; however, I don't think there is enough space for one here. You really need a whole solid wall of bookshelves for a ladder not to intrude on the shelf decor. Or if the shelves were filled with just books, it could work.

@blahblah123436

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if there would be a way to make one that would function in the kitchen for the higher cabinets too. One ladder for both rooms

@sherylbentley3724

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful Ideal 💜

I love how even on the “more” side, it’s not crammed full, there’s still room for the clusters to breathe and have their own moment. So visually appealing

One option for your coffee table dilemma is to purchase brass feet to add to a wooden table you love! Etsy shops have lots of options for the size and shape of the brass feet.

@gypsyrhodescovers

Жыл бұрын

I love this idea! And if anyone could actually make a coffee table and add brass feet...it's MaCenna!

This episode MaCenna- “I can’t find the perfect coffee table. I want it wood & brass, etc” Next Episode MaCenna- “since I couldn’t find the perfect coffee table, I am going to build one” 😊 Edit- I am definitely more of a maximalist, so that is the bookshelf I like the most, but both are beautiful.

@RaeC5280

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly what I was thinking! "... She's just going to build it herself" if anyone could, it's MaCenna!

@walkwithMilo

Жыл бұрын

I swear she got some sort of brass inlay type stuff at an estate sale or flea market some time ago, I reckon she'll find it and it will all come to her in a flash, and we'll be watching a Sunday how to make a coffee table in no time!

@aliplay5

Жыл бұрын

that is exactly what I thought too haha

The birds are quail. The flowers are peonies. Love your style!

@annajorgensen2043

Жыл бұрын

I think they might be partridges, since quail have that floopy thing on their heads. But maybe I just didn’t see it.

@Ruezy428

Жыл бұрын

@@annajorgensen2043 Not all quail have the plumage on their heads. I feel like they could be either partridge or quail. They're some sort of upland bird 😆

@makaylaanderson7327

Жыл бұрын

I’m pretty sure they’re quail as well just by by looking at the texture of all the feathers. Out of the countless pictures of partridges I looked at they lack that visual texture, or at least that’s what I think.

I love both homes, but this home is my favorite❤❤❤love the maxi side😊

@Clean-N-ShineInDfw

Жыл бұрын

Same 🧡

@Edu_Kate

Жыл бұрын

Probably because we've "lived" in it longer. 🤭

@helenjubert4744

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Maybe because we've spent so much time at the cottage.

@zaismile2116

Жыл бұрын

Same❤

@cooky75015

Жыл бұрын

@@Edu_Kate ☺☺☺

"Every room like a library" feel is definately 100% me. I'm a maximalist, moody vibes, these shelves are beautiful!!! 😍

I’m usually a minimalist but I LOVE how you did the “max” shelves, they’re both gorgeous!!

I love your new fairytale house in LA but I have to say I LOVE your being back at the cottage and working on that! Beautiful styling as always. Hope you and Romeo feel better soon. 💜

MaCenna - your bust is a copy of David - a masterpiece of Renaissance sculpture, created in marble between 1501 and 1504 by the Italian artist Michelangelo. 🤩🤩🤩

@JButler661

Жыл бұрын

I was just reading through the comments to see if anyone mentioned that. I love that statue.

@lemmingmeringuepie

Жыл бұрын

My mum has a smaller version in the same style with the black base. She brought it back from a trip to Rome in the early 70s when she was 17. I would think that the one MaCenna has probably dates from the same time period and was also a holiday souvenir ☺

@ashraj2146

Жыл бұрын

Finally, the comment I've been looking for 😉 The original statue still exists in Galleria dell"Accademia in Florence, out of one piece of marble! Masterpiece, worth a look, I love Michaelangelos sculptures! 😍

You did a beautiful job with both, but I'm 100% maximalist! My dream bookshelf aesthetic is like a turn of the century explorer who's crammed their library with heavily read, well-loved books mixed in with artwork and mementos that bring back vivid memories from their travels. My *actual* current bookshelf aesthetic is more like... just Mess😅

Macenna, I usually don’t comment on videos, but I just wanted to tell you that you are a huge inspiration! You have exquisite taste and you are so crazy-talented! I wish you Aaaall the best for you and your family ♥️

I love the maximalist bookshelf!! The more books the better🤩

@EricaMEspino

Жыл бұрын

I agree ! I used to style with less but now that my house is full of beautiful things I love it and it feels so homier.

@nenayrigoyen8624

Жыл бұрын

Love both sides

@OICUR12

Жыл бұрын

Quail, not pheasants.

I know you and Romeo have a really tight schedule and so much on your plate. So I am so happy to see you both set an excellent example by taking time to rest when you possibly could. You’ve been pushing yourself so hard both of you. I hope you feel like 100% very soon🌷🌷

I like the more curated side, it’s not over done by any means and what’s really nice is that you get to display the items you love and have been collecting for a long time. Those built ins are gorgeous, even if they were empty.

I love both. But my favorite is the maximum shelf. But that’s a great idea to to do minimal in summer for fresh and maximum in winter to create a cozy vibe. Great job!

I am definitely a minimalist. When I see a bunch of stuff all I see is "dust". So much stuff to have to dust off. But I'm an old woman and I've mellowed out so much that I don't want any extra work.You're young enough and have the energy to take care of it all- boy do you have energy!

@lindaga820

Жыл бұрын

I CAN TOTALLY RELATE CATHY, I'M ALMOST 73 and I think of the dust factor too ! I'M TRYING TO SIMPLIFY MY HOME A LOT!

@RebeccaTreeseed

Жыл бұрын

I'm 69 and have cut down on the dust factor too. I gave my son and his wife an "estate sale" day and they took a moving truck full of stuff to their empty house! I sized down much easier without having to move so much.

@debstrout1844

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing, I can't imagine getting a ladder out each week or two to dust but I'm getting older all the time! I love the "more" side and have missed the cottage. Hope you and Romeo get better soon, there is so much stuff going around.

@2FullMoons

Жыл бұрын

I’m only 26 and all I can think about is dust too LMAO but I also appreciate a more clean, less cluttered space for comfort reasons. I feel more relaxed in spaces that don’t visually distract me a lot.

@susinok

Жыл бұрын

Same! Dusting all that is not fun at all, and it accumulates every week.

So glad you are back at the cottage. It's my favorite!

I'm still watching, but had to comment how much I love the top shelf of books!! Wow! Ok...back to the video!

So I already knew coming into this video I was a maximalist! This proves it! I love the shelf on the right, not saying the left doesn't look good, but we both know the extra space will be filled before long! If you were decorating for a client that would be a good start to help them form ideas and have room to grow. And the brass birds are a pair of Quails.

Can’t wait much longer for the kitchen cabinets! Aaaaah! Excited for that day!

@robynsnest22

Жыл бұрын

And that beautiful range!!!!

I loved how calm this video was , the fact that there was no music and it was just you decorating, it felt like a dream, and you look as cute as a button. Thank you so much for sharing. ❤

I really like the way you explained and filmed this episode! 😊

Totally unrelated to bookshelves, but hearing your fireplace in the background while watching was everything😍

Welp, I guess I'm a maximalist! 😄 Either that or I just really enjoy the use of books more heavily on that side of the fireplace. Always loved the idea of a moody academia feel 📚 🕯

I love both houses, but definitely the Texas house is my favorite one. I really love everything in this house!❤

I love your natural decorating style. It might be “more” but it never feels like clutter to me and it feels curated while also feeling lived in ❤

Also, I LOVE seeing Kinsley in your videos. She's such a cute and curious little lady!

Sweet Kinsley on the chair makes the room perfect! Hope you and Romeo feel,better soon!

I was literally thinking: “ I hope she does some layered art work…” I love the look of layered art work just adds nice “effortless” look while still feeling curated 😍 20:14

I love layered art work. But my shelves have bbbbooooookkkkksss! I do have a 6 foot cabinet with edge where I filled the top with brown gravel, added a few rocks, a round vase in moody colors filled with water and live pothos and a horsehair ceramic sitting female. I still love it a year later. A friend calls it a meditation.

The fact that you got a video live even when you didn't feel your best just goes to show your dedication and hard work! i hope you feel better

Both are beautiful but if I had to pick then I love the more home-y library vibes of the maximalist side ❤

I like the way both shelves have been styled ... hard to choose but the maximalist style won out. As for the coffee table dilemma --- have you thought about looking at vintage chests or something that is vintage that maybe you could add brass elements to yourself? I love your new LA home but the TX cottage is my fav. It has your heart stamped throughout.

I'm a fan of the "More" side. It is still not cluttered, just nicely populated! I think, with your knowledge of art, you must know that your bust is a copy of the head of Michaelangelo's David. But, I thought I'd mention it in case anyone was wondering. Yours is a nice one.

Well let me tell you, you do magic when you decorate 😍 I am a minimalist for sure, HOWEVER… I’m obsessedddd with the “more is more” side! Because it’s still nice and clean looking, it looks purposeful and not cluttered just because. I love it soooo much!

im just loving all your content macenna! i love both the houses so much in there own ways! ❤ your amazing at this and make it look so easy

@XOMaCenna

Жыл бұрын

thank youuuuuuu

2 videos of book shelf decor in one night! Lone Fox did one too.. Fab! 💜

@vedakendrick8521

Жыл бұрын

right, I just came from Drew's video😀

@jenjj5544

Жыл бұрын

Me too 😅🥰🙈

@rosalindaarons6657

Жыл бұрын

Yes, I saw it also!

@patsygoddard2791

Жыл бұрын

I just can't get enough of these two

@patsygoddard2791

Жыл бұрын

Yup watched his earlier. I live for their videos

i genuinely can't pick a side, they both look amazing!! i've been dying to see all your beautiful books and i'm so so happy you did the top shelves JUST books! it seriously turned out stunning

Both are gorgeous. I like that even the ‘more’ side has breathing room on each shelf.

My favorite was the maximalist. I love the syling.

Glad that you added all your books in the upper shelves, they look so good along with the decor. Hope you are feeling better now.

@clairemcblair

Жыл бұрын

It'll be easier to dust up there too! Just run the duster over everything. 😹

I loved both sides! I love the books all the way across the top. Kinsley is so cute on the chair. Love the sound of the fireplace in the background

I definitely love the maximalist side 😍 The sounds of this video with the fireplace is so ASMR.

I love it. Art, classical Greek statue, books....library vibes for sure. The birds are quail.

@barbharris8376

Жыл бұрын

I don't think they are quail no top notch, maybe partidge.

@Homesick4Hills

Жыл бұрын

@@barbharris8376 Yeah maybe they could partridge now that you mention it. The designer made the figurines kind of ambiguous and could pass for both birds.

@amanda-annenicholson5899

Жыл бұрын

They look like turtle doves….and since they are brass I would assume they were original a Christmas decoration.

@Homesick4Hills

Жыл бұрын

@@amanda-annenicholson5899 I'm so not sure anymore lol Yeah it could be those too.

@ElleAshterra

Жыл бұрын

European quail

I'm usually a more minimalist style but for some reason I really loved the maximalist one more. And dang... I do love that color on the bookshelves! Can't get over that 😍

Also I love the max side of the bookshelves!

I'm definitely a maximalist! Love it

That’s why i love shelves! ur artsy perspective will comeout easily and whatever u do… it would look beautiful!!!!

Loved the minimal side but when you finished the maximalist side 😍😍😍😍😍😍 it’s perfect

Coffee table struggles are real. I've been hunting for the perfect one for my space and nothing seems right so far. Hopefully we'll both land on the perfect one soon. 🤞

@XOMaCenna

Жыл бұрын

who would have thought it wouls be soooo hard right???

@heathererickson282

Жыл бұрын

I ended up buying coffee table that someone took a dining table and shortened it. Absolutely love it.

@_Sarby1

Жыл бұрын

@@XOMaCenna Your statue head looks like it's is Michelangelo's David xx

@tristannatalie7

Жыл бұрын

For sure RH has brass and wood coffee tables

@lovly2cu725

Жыл бұрын

maybe she will cobble something together

Oh the cottage content is back❤ FINALLY 🎉

Love the maxi side and the little brass birds are quail. My mom also had these same birds on the coffee table when I was growing up in the 60’s and 70’s. You have helped me with color and design. Decorating my bookcases is now going to be easier with your help. Thanks for sharing!

Maximal definitely. You can never have too many books on a book shelf. ❤

I have to be honest this house is my favourite I could quite happily live there!!!! I love watching all your content love from London

I'm loving *both* bookshelves! They compliment each other beautifully!

I love the more side. It doesn't look too much at all. I think it's just right for your house 💛

Styling videos are my favorite.. especially maximalist with vintage finds. This episode is giving me all the feels. Time to restyle my bookshelves. ❤

Okay, mom is making the popcorn! Thanks for this Sunday ritual!

I'm really happy for them that they've bought their dream home in California but I'm sooooo happy to be back at the Texas cottage (with MaCenna's mom!) it's my favourite place 🥹

I loved your book shelves....I love books and pictures and flowers ...❤

So glad you’re back in Texas! Also really glad you said “I need more books” for the right side because I was saying that for the left side. Clearly I lean on the maximal side for my shelves 😂

I am so glad you are back to our favourite cottage!!! The shelves are so perfect! I love both sides but i will you pick the minimalist! So beautiful!!!😍

Now I understand your fascination for buying some of the books you were always buying! As usual, beautiful results...I like both sides.

The "more" side is my favorite...it's all so beautiful

I'm so ready to see your kitchen done.sorry your sick hugs and love sent your way

The books across the top are just perfect 😍

Both are beautiful, only a subtle difference.

Best take away? “I wanted it to feel like a library.” That is the key. Thanks. Now I know how to proceed! 😊🥰

Both sides look great but I am leaning towards to right side with more, I feel those shelfs can handle more items, some book shelfs look better with less. You did a fantastic job! Gives me so many ideas for my home. This house keeps getting better and better. Your California home is amazing as well, you knocked it out of the park with using your own things for the living room. Beautiful homes!

I love the maximalist side. Looks great! Hope you're both feeling better. Can't wait to see more projects.

They both look beautiful you can't go wrong with either choice the book shelves are such a beautiful color

I like the maximal side because of all the books you added. I like the dark academia look right now. Hope you feel better soon.

This is the best video on shelf styling I’ve ever watched. Thank you MaCenna More is More ❤❤❤

I hope you both feel better soon. I actually like both sides of your shelf styling. I love using books to decorate. I have lots that my grandma gave my mom every year for Christmas. My mom is soon to be 98, so the books are very old!

I like the fuller look. I can hardly wait for the completion of the kitchen.

Beautiful so much personality! Like the shelves loaded more full.

Absolutely loved watching you do the bookshelves and can’t wait for you to do more renovations, both your homes are absolutely beautiful, your so talented and I love watching your videos.!!!❤️

The silk flowers that you used on the RH side of the fire place are Peonies. And I think the little brass sitting birds might be quail. Whatever they are, they are really cute. I was loving what you did on the LH side, and the colours you used, but then I saw the RH side, and I think that might be my fave. ☺

You did it again McCenna!!! Love both of the book shelves…I always go for more…I just love the stuffed/more look…my mom and sister always say it’s like an antique shop in our home…but I LOVE IT!!! Now my other half not so much…😬 Thank you again for another amazing video ❤

Whoa... I think we share the same brain when it comes to interior style. LOL I think I have to have my mom watch this so I can watch her jaw drop at the similarities of everything I rant/rave over or obsess about and the struggles of frustration of not being able to find a specific thing you know exists. Plus it's a very similar green paint to mine which I customized with two different paints 😅 Had it for past 2 years and it makes me so happy whenever I open the door and see it. But keywords she's heard from me also: tapered candles, any candles, "brass candle holders" (something I rant I can't find anywhere in my area), dark hardwood furniture, brass brass brass, vintage/antique books (which she's seen me restore some spines at least with diy gilding), lamps (I've always had a thing for old things especially lamps), dried florals, marble, specific vessels, jewel tone colors (I was blinking a lot like 'no way' when you said it), and the collecting/curating/reselling. 😂😅 The only thing I'm not into is what you call strands. That I think is a trendy thing which I don't get but she's also heard me say "oooh how art nouveau", "I want everything Art Deco. REAL, classic, art deco", and the mention of natural material mid-century vintage pieces. The only plastic I can say I like would be bakelite but I also like pieces by important Industrial Designers of the past.

I love this and I am most definitely in love with the maximalist look! I feel so homey and complete with everything feeling like a library as well!

MaCenna you are so creative. Everything you do in your decorating is what I call simply perfect. Never too much but perfectly done. Congrats on the new house. That one too is simply perfect.

I'd love to see a video on how to style a bookshelf that holds books you read (contemporary novels, paperbacks etc). The vintage books look phenomenal, but I have so many books I have read that I want to style in an aesthetic way despite not having that beautiful antique look. Maybe in your new LA home?

Maximalist for sure! I love books and my treasures!

Im definitely a more maximalist girl, I absolutely loved that side!

I absolutely love everything you do. Natural, very earthy at it's best.

I am more minimal stying by nature but I liked your max best. I felt like it still had great breathing room.

I love the more “busy” side!!😍😍😍

Hope you feel better! Great to see you at cottage! Love new house, but cottage is our favorite!

I love this, it's so relaxing. But also after a long draining day it's so nice to wind down and relax watching. I also loooooove the little fireplace background sound, it's making my ears happy :)

Love your new house but this one is so much nicer!!!!

Hi cutie pie! Each of your homes are coming along so well- you and I share the appreciation for old things with character- in fact, I myself have turned into something old with character, myself..😂 May I suggest for your gardens in Texas, make your beds twice as wide; and fill them with native perennials and a drip system with an auto timer, so you don’t have to worry when you’re in LA. This will give you less grass to mow; always a good thing! And save your back-( and time!) this really works- put cardboard boxes directly down on your dirt, don’t worry about pulling weeds, the boxes will smother them out! Then layer on some garden soil, followed with compost, and put down 3-6” of wood chips or pine straw as mulch. Water thoroughly in between each layer. This will amend your dirt and turn it into soil, full of microbes and minerals and worms! You don’t have to dig a hole to plant your shrubs- just make a small slit in the cardboard, and seat the plant into the layers of soil, and water well. And don’t plant little plants closer than 12-18” from the wall or edge of porches. Remember, they’re going to get big!😮 Have fun, I always look forward to the sunshine you spread! Thank you!

Definitely a maximalist fan! The flowers are peonies. Love Kathy’s new art piece! Hope you feel better soon. I had that flu and it took ages to go away!

Love the bookshelves !! So pretty!!

I learn more from you every time you decorate! You are SO good at explaining your thoughts. Maybe if I watch you 16 more times I’ll get one shelf to look decent 😆

Looks awsome!! So cozy, I'm normally a minimal person but with shelves or bookcases I like more, it looks full! Love the sounds of the fire cracking in the background!!

I'm so glad you show the spines of your books. When people turn the spine to the back, it is so obvious that they never read. The brass birds might be bob white quail. I can only decorate the front of my bookshelves. The back or every shelf looks like the tops of yours.

MaCenna, I had those desk holes with caps cut into my bottom bookcase shelves. The lamp cord drops right down into the hole and plugs into an outlet down in the cabinet. I’m a more is more person 😂

I have the same brass birds. They are quails.