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 ...

A built-in bookshelf can transform both the functionality and aesthetics of a room. Beyond offering a place to hold your books and keep them from piling up in a corner or on a table, built-in ...

Styling bookshelves is an interior designer's secret sauce. They all have their own favorite methods, must-haves, and little tricks to creating the perfect bookshelf vignette – but how does that work ...

Hello! (*Taps mic.*) And welcome to the first iteration of How Do I Decor?, Cosmo's little corner of the internet where we're asking (some pretty damn famous!) interior designers your burning home ...

If you are a social media user, you are likely familiar with Ikea furniture hacks. These hacks range from bread box side tables to Ikea desk hacks, but none are more prevalent than Billy bookcase ...

Born out of the pandemic, the Twitter account Room Rater has been grading interior spaces of news commentators and celebrities doing Zoom interviews from home. The evaluations are wildly popular, and ...

Sure, bookshelves are for books. There is no denying that. My preferred look for a bookshelf in an office is the simplest design: all books from left to right, top to bottom. But bookshelves in living ...

POP Projects is a collection of new and classic projects from more than a century of Popular Mechanics. Master skills, get tool recommendations, and, most importantly, build something of your very own ...

I often find myself wondering which features from today will still be inside the homes of the future, because they’ve certainly changed over the past century. Do you think architects and builders from ...

Meredith Campbell moved into her Oakton, Va., home a little more than a year ago, and the 14-by-10-foot office is the last space she needs to decorate. She would like to paint the bookcases to ...