19 Ideas to Steal for Your Apartment

By Joanna Smith

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Curtained Bookshelves

One thing apartments often have going for them is open wall space. Rework a pair of sturdy bookshelves into an attractive storage wall:

-- Cover them with curtains that match or complement your window treatments (for an extra touch, try pinning a wire sunburst or other lightweight art to the fabric, like we did here).

-- Place the shelves side by side, or use a floor-length mirror to separate them and give the illusion that the room expands past the shelves.

-- To make your ceilings seem taller, hang the curtains from the ceiling, rather than from the top of the bookshelf.

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