Saturday, July 14, 2012

Books Make a Home

Whenever I'm feeling bummed out (as I have been lately), I like to return to comfort books.  For me, one of those is called Books Make a Home.  This book is full of creative ways people have incorporated books into the designs of their homes.

Books Make a Home: Elegant Ideas for Storing and Displaying Books


Similar in theme, the website Bookshelf porn provides lots of images of creative ways people store their books.  (By the way, if you are on Pinterest, this site provides a lot of material for repinning!!!!)

Perhaps, this is the inspiration for my own reuse of my broken bookcase:


Here, I rewrapped old diaper boxes to create "shelving" where the previous shelves broke.   Below is a "dresser" I created out of old boxes, wrapping paper, and tape, for my baby when she was born:


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