Built in Bookshelf Flanking Fireplaces

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Bookshelves on either side of a fireplace fill the two alcoves a chimney breast leaves behind, and give the wall the symmetry a room organises itself around. They are often white, with blue sofas, tan leather chairs or patterned armchairs nearby. For a rougher take, see the textured stone fireplace set between wooden shelves under weathered beams.

A black fireplace mantel draped in a floral runner is decorated with religious icons and flanked by bookshelves against green walls.

Alexandra Tolstoy

A symmetrical living room featuring white bookshelves flanking a fireplace, two sofas, and a central patterned ottoman with a large green fern.

CeCe Barfield Thompson

A living room with blush pink walls, a deep blue velvet sofa, patterned armchairs, and white built-in shelving flanking a fireplace.

Kerri Pilchik Design

A warm living and dining area features a round wood table in the foreground, striped armchairs, and built-in bookshelves flanking a tiled fireplace.

A traditional living room featuring a rich wood-paneled fireplace flanked by recessed bookshelves and two floral tapestry armchairs.

Williams Lawrence, Inc.

A rustic cabin living room featuring a central red brick fireplace, wood-paneled walls, built-in bookshelves, and a vaulted ceiling.

A living room featuring chocolate brown walls, a blue sofa, a tufted yellow ottoman, and white bookshelves flanking a fireplace.

A symmetrical living room featuring a stone fireplace, built-in white bookshelves, a gold sunburst mirror, and two mustard yellow velvet armchairs.

McCaffrey Design Group

A symmetrical living room features two blue sofas facing each other beside a central stone fireplace with built-in white bookshelves.

Chauncey Boothby Interiors

A bright living room features a white fireplace flanked by built-in bookshelves, blue upholstered sofas, tan leather chairs, and a coffered ceiling.

Bria Hammel Interiors

A transitional living room features a curved grey sofa, an ornate plaster ceiling, a black fireplace, and a built-in white bookshelf.

MCK Architecture & Interiors

A rustic living room features a textured stone fireplace flanked by built-in wooden bookshelves, beneath massive weathered wood ceiling beams.

A living room fireplace featuring a natural wood mantel and flanking white built-in bookshelves styled with books, vases, and brass picture lights.

designer Katie Hodges

A bright living room features light blue sofas, tan spindle leather chairs, a white fireplace with flanking built-in bookshelves, and a coffered ceiling.

Bria Hammel Interiors

Two vibrant blue armchairs face a wooden coffee table and a brick-lined fireplace flanked by white built-in bookshelves filled with books.