Ksenya Malina, founder of the New York interior design studio Time & Place Interiors, explains, “Your bookshelf is the place in your home that most closely reveals your background and ...

The six backgrounds selected for the study were categorized as: home (living room), blurred home, bookcase, plants, blank wall and novelty – in this case a walrus in front of an iceberg.

The bookcase has become the preferred background for applying a patina of authority to an amateurish video feed. By Amanda Hess Imagine that you are a member of the expert class — the kind of ...

Take Courteney Cox's living room ... would a bookshelf is a method Shelley encourages for its ability to be personalized. 'Curated, styled open shelving has overtaken paint and wallpaper to ...

The researchers then imposed these faces onto various backgrounds, including a living room, a blurred living room, a bookcase, plants aligned across a cupboard, a blank wall, and a walrus in front ...

a bookcase needs to do a lot more than hold books. So how do the pros do it? Start by thinking of your shelves as a kind of three-dimensional wallpaper that adds visual interest to a room.

They superimposed these faces onto six different backgrounds: a living room, a blurred living room, a bookcase, plants lined up across a cupboard, a blank wall and a walrus in front of an iceberg.

We found that plants or a bookcase in the background significantly increased ratings of trust and competence. Conversely, a living room or novelty background showed lower ratings. A blank or ...

"I can't focus on what Stanley is making with that crisis unfolding on that top bookshelf in the background. Leaning books on the right, no bookend holding them back on the on the left, and a ...