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Thank you so much! I have some nice plaster cast gargoyles I bought when I was in high school, and I do love them, but they don't fit with my "decor" now that I am in my 30's. I have been arguing with myself for the last six months about whether to give them up, or live with their mismatched look. Apparently there is another choice I hadn't considered.

These blue dogs aside, personally I like the wall-o-books look.

Ha! I jumped to the comment section to make the very same point that viola made. There is nothing more beautiful that a completely uncluttered wall-o-books. breaking it up with knick knacks just makes it more cluttered!

WANT!

I have a set of horse and cowboy at home that i am going to run out and paint.

But, where oh where did you find your dogs?

"breaking it up with knick knacks just makes it more cluttered!":

If you place your knick-knacks in front of the books, then yes it will look cluttered.

However if you leave free space on the shelves for your decorative items, then it won't.

I like to do this with kitschy bird figurines. Makes them not so kitschy, more silhouetted and elegant. I think the key is to paint them in a flat paint. Glossy paint still looks knick-knacky to me. The dogs are lovely and unexpected in blue!

Thanks guys. I actually "found" the dogs at my family's vacation house, but am guessing your best bet for finding something similar would be eBay or a flea market.

hahaha, BRILLIANT! I love the idea.

Great idea! I love the way they look. What's the finish of the paint you used?

I think they're hideous. Why on earth paint over perfectly decent metal book ends? The glossy finish, the Cinderella blue--eeeww.

i just bought a pair of bookends off ebay in the shape of ships (lots of sails, extreme nautical aesthetic) because i loved these dogs so much. thanks for the idea - now to figure out what color they should be!