Source: Pottery Barn
I've been loving these for quite some time, but I didn't want to pay for them. I also knew I could make them myself, it was just a matter of actually getting around to doing the project (among many other projects ~ am I the only one who juggles a few at once? I mean, is there a name for that? Besides scattered, I mean!)
Source: Pottery Barn
They're simple vintage. I love that.
All you need are some thrift store books and some jute twine.
Having been an English major in college, at first I was afraid to rip the covers off. But once I started it was pretty easy. Here are mine after I went to town on them.
I chose to go with three, rather than four books. I just thought that it looked better.
Enter the twine, a la Dollar General.
And voila.
In doing some research on these little beauties
I found out that books are used in oh-so-many ways to decorate. In this case, I guess you could say it's book-as-relic decorating (I read that somewhere and thought it sounded impressive).
Thatcher Wine of Juniper Books is someone known for using books to decorate. He was featured in a recent New York Times article entitled, "Selling a Book by its Cover." You can check it out here . You should also check out the Juniper Books blog as well as the New York Times "Books as a Way to Grace a Room" slideshow which gives awesome inspiration for even more beautiful book decorating.
Me, I'm pretty happy with the way my vintage book bundle turned out.
Have a great weekend.
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