Posts Tagged ‘bookcases’
Feathering Your Nest: Express Yourself
I don’t usually agree with Madonna, but I do believe it is important to express yourself. Life is for living, and creative expression in your home can be amazingly comforting and fulfilling. Here are some ideas to spark your creativity:
| In a modern home, use color sparingly but boldly – like a field of color on one wall to draw the eye to an unexpected space. If you do this kind of color block technique, make sure you want to be accenting whatever you are accenting. In this picture from coccozy, they are actually TRYING to draw the eye to the flat screen television, but that isn’t usually the case. |
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Feathering Your Nest: Rethinking Bookcases
| Let’s think outside the bookcase. I’ve found some really interesting ideas for bookcases. There are many ways to display books and create makeshift bookcases. |
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You can stack things to make a bookcase, you know. Crates, boxes, even benches and tables. Check out this crafty bookcase from Better Homes and Gardens.
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Collective Soul: Decorating with Books
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Books: Ok, I LOVE books. I love to read. Books are like friends to me, and I have a hard time getting rid of books that I have read. So a long time ago, I decided to start decorating with them. Why not? They tell people who you are, what you like. I stack them under lamps and decorative items to give them a lift or add color. I group them by color to coordinate with certain rooms throughout my home. I stack them on tables to express who I am and what my interests are. |
I have collected vintage children’s books for many years before I ever had children. The cover colors and artwork are amazing. But even new books look better if you take off those glossy covers! Hardback covers are typically blues, greens, browns, blacks, and reds. – so they are easy to group to make a color statement. Vintage books have the most beautifully illustrated covers and fonts – and many original vintage bookcovers are amazing as well – they are the only ones I don’t strip off! Any vignette is improved with the addition of a stack of books.
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Here are some thoughts about decorating bookcases:
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