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Look! Books Labeled With Scrabble Pieces

On the heels of Apartment Therapy Chicago's post on 8 Ways To Label Your Bookshelves, this board game inspired idea stuck out to us this weekend. Thrifty, fun and 100% customizable... ...

Inspiration: Book Typography

images courtesy of Acriacao.com We get a kick out of the argument of whether or not to organize your books by color. While we admit to doing it rather obsessively, there are those that make the point...

Inspiration: Books as Art

When it comes to books, there seem to be two types of people: those who would "destroy" one to repurpose it, and those who consider destruction of a book sacrilegious. For the former, there have been ...

Fine Editions of Classic Novels by White's Books

We are of the ilk that a book should be purchased to be read and loved rather than to symbolize status or become a signifier of wealth and taste. At the same time, there is hardly a thing we enjoy mor...

Book Gift Guides

A good gift is something the recipient wouldn't necessarily get for themselves, but is a little luxury that they would no doubt love to have. For us, books fit the bill perfectly. We usually get ours ...

Look! Owltober Coffee Table Book

Animal fads come and go, but owls are here to stay. There's just something about an animal with an angry unibrow that will forever have a place in our hearts. Which is probably why we flipped when ...

Roundup: Bookends From Restoration Hardware

Bookends are a great luxury gift for people on your list this year. Why? Most often we rationalize buying other things before purchasing something to hold up our books (after all that's why we have ...

Why Libraries are Back in Style
Wall Street Journal: 09.12.08

We read an interesting article this morning that talks about home libraries and how they're used. Granted, we have never had our own home library, but we can imagine that if we did we'd use it to, we...

AT on... Keeping Books

We've moved a lot in the last few years, causing us to frequently have to purge lots of our stuff in order to get from point A to B with some sanity left. But now that we don't see any plans to flee t...