The best technique for owning a significant bookcase is dividing the elements on the shelves to smaller groupings. I love using bookends to try it, because there are so many fun options that include a sculptural element and interest. For you motivated I have found 20 enjoyable bookends to liven up your bookshelves. — Kate from DomestiKated Life
Anthropologie
Potbelly Bookends – $148
Hand-carved wooden potbelly pigs would look darling on a shelf in the kitchen holding up cookbooks.
Fred Flare
Balloon Animal Bookend – $44
Balloon animal bookends have a pop art feel. They could seem young and playful in a kid’s room or liven up a modern shelf within an adult area.
CB2
Left And Right Bookends – $39.95
There is some serious comedy to these faux leather left- and right-handed animal friends.
Amazon
Design Ideas A to Z Bookends, White – $43.19
Graphic letters from A to Z are a fun laugh on your bookshelf.
Indigo
Llama Bookend Right – CAD 12.50
These brass llamas have a rich, luxurious look for them, but they are inexpensive!
Rustic Bookends – $29.95
Here is another animal-inspired pair of bookends. All these are subtle at a shiny white finish.
Rockett St George
Book Ends Bookend, The End – GBP 19.95
Inspired by older films, these bookends may be enjoyable to use for propping up DVDs on the shelf.
MoMA Store
Indice Bookends – $25
I really like how these brightly colored bookends arrive with tabs for coordinating your bookcase.
Furbish
Poodle Bookends, Pink – $75
These pink poodle bookends are female and playful. They’d be perfect for a girl’s room.
Minty Shop
Brass Pineapple Bookend – $24
Brass is making a significant comeback right now. I love these pineapple bookends — a sign of hospitality!
Digs
Bull Bookends – $138
These mod bull bookends are part of this Jonathan Adler Menagerie collection. They are sculptural and graphic.
Anthropologie
Industrial Gear Bookends
Industrial gears make these bookends a masculine touch to a library or research.
Great Little Trading
Storage Bookends – GBP 22
These storage bookends would be good on a desk to corral your reference books and office supplies.
Bliss Presents
Cook Kitchen Bookends – GBP 14.99
I love the notion of placing these bookends on a shelf in your kitchen to organize colorful cookbooks on display.
Barnes & Noble
Jonathan Adler Teal Metal Hand Bookends – $12.95
All these metal bookends have a slim frame, however a loud hue. I think they would be cute in a teen bedroom.
Barnes & Noble
Bird Cage Bookends From SPI – $49.95
These whimsical birdcages would be a great addition to some shabby chic–inspired living room bookshelf.
The Container Store
House Bookend – $14.99
These little houses have a strong visual burden to them. They could be used to maintain up books or stand alone on their own as decorative accents.
Zhush LLC
Bronze Eiffel Tower Bookends – $48
I think these sturdy cast iron bookends, made to seem like the Eiffel tower, are a perfect balance of masculine materials using a feminine look.
Etsy
Publications Text Bookends From Knob Creek Metal Arts – $39.99
These handmade bookends from Etsy come in various expressions — you can use these to form your library!
Minty Shop
Brass Finish Horse Bookends – $25
These horse head bookends are really so simplistic, and they look fantastic even without any books!
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