We spotted these hanging book lights at Anthropologie while strolling the Americana at Brand in Glendale. Although they appear in the store's window display, these attention-getters are unfortunately not for sale. Upon closer inspection we think they'd be an easy and fun DIY for you to do at home. More views after the jump.
Look!: Hanging Book Lights: Anthropologie
While we couldn't get away with taking pictures inside Anthropologie, the manager was nice enough to tell us a little about the DIY light fixtures. Each one was handmade by the staff, using two simple items everyone has at home. The light structure is nothing more than an orange extension cord, giving the piece an "industrial feel." To balance the look, books are used to bring a softer touch to the light. The books are turned inside out so that the front cover touches the back cover. Adding an alternate look to the "book lights", the pages can be folded to create a variety of shapes. We love the simplicity of the industrial cord combined with the flirty paperback.
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These really brought back memories. About 30 years ago we used Reader's Digest magazines to make small Christmas trees by folding the page corners down. We would combine several to make a "full" tree, glue them together, and spray it all with gold metallic paint. Directions are on the website at:
http://www.rd.com/advice-and-know-how/readers-digest-christmas-tree/article19258.html
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i was just thinking about my third-grade reader's digest christmas angels :)
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Fun.
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This is really a WOW! It made me think of doing this at home sometime. Hopefully i could find unused books... I'll definitely going to post an article on this in my blog once i tried this at home. This is one great idea. Thanks a lot AT! :D
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How many posts are we going to see about the book-decor inside Anthropologie? It's really neat, but we have covered this already.
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I was gonna say. I think this might have been the first one to include some instructions, but I don't find the interiors of Anthropologie apparently as interesting as everyone else either, and by the time you destroy a book or two to get it right, they'll be doing something else. Something else tells me this really only looks as good as you think it does in volume (no pun intended). A single piece would look weird and everyone would ask you if you got the idea from Anthropologie stores. And you'd say yeah. How long do you intend to hold onto the item before you think it's kind of hideous and played?
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