Find the right étagère for your home among our style editor’s favorites, and see how three interior designers—Matthew Patrick Smyth, Leta Austin Foster, and James Farmer—use them in clients’ homes.
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“I like to use an étagère for the visual weight it gives a room. It can help balance out a space and it’s a great place to display your personal style and preferences.” — Matthew Patrick Smyth
Designed by Matthew Patrick Smyth | Photo by John Gruen
Wrap bookcase ($11,550) by EJ Victor, ejvictor.com
Cleopatra’s Needle étagère ($5,385) by Maitland-Smith, maitland-smith.com
Beachcomber raffia étagère ($5,079) by Barclay Butera for Lexington Home Brands, lexington.com
Designed by Leta Austin Foster | Photo by Erik Kvalsvik
Garcon bookcase ($8,432) by Julian Chichester, julianchichester.com
Effie étagère from the Milling Road Originals Collection by Baker Furniture, bakerfurniture.com
Archive étagère ($4,197) by Carrier and Company for Century Furniture, centuryfurniture.com
Vector étagère ($1,800) by Caracole, caracole.com
Designed by James Farmer | Photo by Emily Followill
Hable Florence modular étagère by Hickory Chair, hickorychair.com
Quadro étagère ($2,325) by Wildwood, wildwoodhome.com
Windemere étagère ($2,165) by Universal Furniture, universalfurniture.com
Hunt étagère from The Alexa Hampton Collection for Theodore Alexander, theodorealexander.com
Berkley étagère ($9,424 as shown) by Jonathan Charles, jonathancharlesfurniture.com
In the 1800s, étagères served to display the many knickknacks typical of English middle-class decorating.
Produced by Amanda Smith Fowler