There is no frigate like a book, to take us lands away…(Dickenson). Well naturally…and may I say my blog on colour matched bookspines received very mixed response…and fair enough too.
But seriously this isn’t a literary blog so I stand by their decorative virtue…and I’m taking the topic a bit further. Folios…for example. I’m in the middle of designing a library and I will have random shelf heights for art books, novels, and thin shelves like these I photographed in Vienna, for folios.
And not for a moment am I against falsies! Especially when they make send of secret doors, though this ingenious execution allows for real books in the door.
And I took a cue from Dianna Phipps and have bound my decorating mags in matching linen, as she did with her Country Life’s.
And I found this gem in Nicky’s idea box!! Now wouldn’t that be a great book (real!)..Nicky’s idea box. Hmmm…that’s worth thinking about.
And books as canvas…love this idea.
This sweet rustic charmer I photographed in the Czech Republic…
Andrew Lord makes concrete books which one couldn’t really say no to could they?
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Adore seeing all of these. xxpeggybraswelldesign.com
I love this blog and this entry in particular. Thank you! I will keep reading!
Love books of all kinds…real, faux, anything in between! Hope you’re well.