Stacked Stacks – From Apartment Therapy

3rd September, 2009 2 Comments

Each morning follows a very specific schedule for me.  Not everything I do is a necessity; some things are more habit or a inject a little fun into the routine. 

One of the first things I do every morning is check Apartment Therapy.  For home decorating resources, they are one of my favorite sites to visit to compile ideas about how to make my tiny New York living space functional and beautiful and to gather ideas for when I one day own.  Because of the nature of their blog, they’re allowed to feature a lot of different looks and approaches to decorating and they’re able to showcase things without considering space limits (not of the physical space, but space like a magazine only has so many pages space).

Regularly there are photos of bookshelves and creative uses of home accents, such as the rafters, for book storage.  There are posts about organizing books by color or flipping them around so the pages and not the spines show.  No matter what type of home you have, there’s probably a picture on Apartment Therapy about book storage that will suit your life. 

This month’s theme is collections (past themes have been based around specific rooms, colors, artwork, etc.), and they specifically request photos of book, movie, and music collections because most people have at least one of these.  I happen to have an atomizer collection that I might photograph and submit.  To inspire readers, today’s post about the theme features eight photos they found in recent magazines that focus on media collections.  All are quite beautiful and inspirational.  It’s difficult not to look at them and wish for more money (to spend on books) and more space (to then store them all), but it is easy to pick-put details that we can incorporate into our own collections. 

Because of this theme, I’m more excited than usual to partake in my morning ritual checking the site.  Over the past few months I’ve been saving links to share with you and might have to send you as I find exciting and stunning displays of literature.

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And just a reminder, the Giveaway for Shelley Kommer custom bookplates made from vintage children’s book illustrations is open until tomorrow, September 4th (11:59 pm).  You still have time to enter, so get over there and let us know which design you would want for yourself!

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