How To Decorate Hexagon Shelves

How To Decorate Honeycomb Shelves

I spent two months following our movement to our new apartment searching for some type of decorative solution for the wall behind our dining room table all to no avail. Right away nosotros nixed hanging a large piece of art. Nosotros merely couldn't find anything nosotros loved enough to commit to making such a focal point of our living space. Doing a gallery wall crossed my mind too, but those are just sooo much work and if I'm being completely honest, I'yard kinda over that home decor trend.

So with art out the window… what options were left? Framed photography. You'd recall with all the pictures nosotros take on trips that I'd exist dying to print out our favorites. Peradventure it'south considering I share photos of myself and then often here and on Instagram, just I take absolutely no want to hang large images of myself on the walls our home. Nick shares my sentiments, which isn't surprising considering he prefers staying backside the lens.

MY SHELVES // 14″ Honeycomb Shelves in shade 'Early American'

Talk about a road block. It wasn't until I barbarous down a crazy black hole of wall decor ideas on Pinterest that I finally discovered hexagon aka honeycomb shelves! The unique shape and easy ability to personalize and display decor is what immediately drew me to these shelves. Right abroad I knew these would exist the perfect solution and a great manner to brandish tchotkes, small ceramics and live plants.

FROM LEFT TO Correct // White Scallop Planter (set of 2) + Ivy Plant | Blue Planter + Philodendron Plant | White & Golden Bud Vases | Similar Glass Terrarium + Air Plants | White Scallop Planter (set of two) + Fern Plant
**any items not linked were purchased on international trips from local vendors

I purchased two sets of three 14″ inch honeycomb shelves from Northern Creek Wood on Etsy. These shelves are lightweight and come up in a variety of sizes and colors. The shop possessor was incredibly helpful too! I sent him a photo of our dining room and he got dorsum to me right abroad with his thoughts on what colour wash would match our tabular array best.

When I received the order, each shelf was already assembled and individually bubble wrapped. All I had to practise was decide how I wanted to place them on our wall! I really like the look of having five nested together and one staggered out on information technology'southward own, but in that location are and so many unlike means you can display these shelves and create your own unique await.

How To Hang & Decorate Honeycomb Shelves

Nick handled this portion obviously 😛

Information technology was really really easy though! Since the shelves were already so lightweight and not going to holding anything heavy, we were able to hang our shelves directly into the drywall using basic screws.

Since five of the half-dozen shelves would be nested together, we went 1 by ane. Later on marking the spot where the top of the shelf would hang, Nick drilled a single screw into the wall leaving nigh 1/iv″ inch out of the wall for the shelf to hang on. It was really that easy!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT // Similar Glass Terrarium + Air Plants | White Scallop Planter (set of ii) + Fern Plant | Faux Succulent | White & Gold Bud Vases

Obviously if you're ordering larger shelves or plan on displaying items of substantial weight, you may want to look into a more heavy duty options when handing these to your wall. I'd suggest checking with wherever you buy your shelves for advice!

I decided to decorate ours with personal mementos (mostly purchased on international trips) and small-scale plants. Nick and I both Dear how it all turned out! The shelves are a really unique focal point in our master living space, just I dear how they don't overpower or detract from everything else going on in the room. The color of the woods perfectly compliments our dining room furniture also! Also really honey having a piffling bit of greenery in our main living space at present. 🙂

What practise y'all call back? How'd we do?