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Books fulfil myriad functions in our lives. They provide information, foster enthusiasms, and spark memories. But these personal treasures also add color and personality to our homes.
Books Make a Home explores the important role books play as decorative as well as functional items. Bibliophile Damian Thompson tours the rooms of the home in turn – Living Rooms, Home Libraries & Studies, Kitchens, Bedrooms & Bathrooms, Corridors & Staircases and Children’s Rooms – discovering a host of techniques for stacking, shelving and closeting volumes, and a wealth of practical design solutions for each space and every size of collection. You will learn how to make the best use of existing storage and create new space for an ever-growing collection; how to combine books with other personal effects to create eye-catching displays; and how to organize and care for your books. Books Make a Home is an insightful guide to enjoying books with the eye as well as with the mind.
First Published in 2011, this is a new edition.
From the Publisher
Books not only enrich the mind – they are increasingly designed to appeal to the eye. From towers to tableaux, from colour-coded stacks to leather-bound tomes on tables, the book’s ability as an aesthetic aid should not be underestimated.
A tiny apartment that’s home to an abundance of reading materials looks chic not cluttered thanks to a narrow mid-century style bench that acts as a shelving and display unit. Alternately stacking and standing the books creates areas for decorative vignettes.
In the Swedish home of photographer Nils Odier and stylist Sofia Odier, graphic silhouettes are what make their bedroom memorable. Because a stool is standing in for a bedside table, that job is done by a tall stack of glossy magazines – but they’re kept at one remove from the ‘slumber zone’ by an Anglepoise lamp.
In this apartment, a wall of bookshelves doubles as a room divider. The heavy iron ladder is attached to a metal rail at the top and castors at the bottom. It slides along to provide access to books at this end of the space, and tableware at the kitchen end.
In this Paris flat, the lively patterns of rug and seating, combined with punchy colours, are anchored by the rational grid of the built-in wall unit. In a high-ceilinged interior, though, one needs to think about how to reach the upper shelves – here they’re a little sparse, while lower cubicles have been over-stuffed.
The distanced sociability of this room that tells you it’s a hotel – the library in the Riad El Fenn, Marrakech, to be precise. Relaxed adaptability is the watchword – removing a few shelves means logs and a downlighter can be fitted round the books, which have the ad hoc air of guests’ swaps.
Publisher : Ryland Peters & Small; Revised edition (April 12, 2022)
Language : English
Hardcover : 192 pages
ISBN-10 : 1788794222
ISBN-13 : 978-1788794220
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8.65 x 0.9 x 11 inches
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