How to Decorate Your Home With Vintage Books
Antique or vintage books are often used to decorate homes and offices. The appeal is based on the fact that most antique or vintage books are beautifully bound in leather and have decorative covers. Most decorators often search out vintage books to provide their clients a rustic or antique feel when decorating their homes. Decorating your home with vintage books is relatively easy as long as you have a good supply of vintage books and some patience to understand the basic layout for them. If you want an old fashioned antique feel in your home then using vintage books can be an easy decorative method for you. It can be fun to find and buy vintage books to increase your collection and use them for decorating your home.
Instructions
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Find Vintage Books:
Visit yard or estate sales in your community to find relatively inexpensive vintage books. Most of the types of books can also be found at old or used bookshops in your area as well. Many libraries often get rid of their older books during the year. Visit your local library and find out when they will be selling their old books as they are relatively inexpensive from the library. -
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Determine Book Sizes:
It is important to determine the size of the vintage books that you will like to display or use for decorative purposes. Remember to keep it simple as very large vintage books can be quite heavy and will require different displays in your home. -
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Develop a Design Plan:
Come up with a simple design plan that you can follow easily. Remember to keep your plan realistic and aesthetically sound. Follow decorating basics and always keep in mind your budget. -
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Decorate Books:
You can simply add elements like strings or ribbons to the books and place them around your home for decorative purposes. Remember to keep your decorations for the books consistent. -
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Use Various Arrangements:
You can place your books horizontally or vertically as per your decorative needs. -
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Create Interesting Bookshelves:
Try to create some simple yet interesting bookshelves around your home, especially in areas that you do a lot of entertaining. Using different natural elements for your bookshelf can also enhance the rustic or old fashioned feel. -
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Use Glass Bookshelves:
If you have very expensive vintage books, it is a good idea to put them in a glass bookshelf to keep them preserved and safe from any damage. Vintage books are often considered to be an investment, especially the expensive or valuable ones. -
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Stack Books Creatively:
Be creative when you stack your old vintage books around your home or office. This will add a certain old fashioned feel to your decorative themes.
