Category Archives: Shelves and Libraries

Library walls

Posted by Kate W in Shelves and Libraries and tagged with , , ,

I vividly remember visiting a friend’s house for the first time when I was about twelve years old. I stepped through the front door and found myself looking down a long hallway, lined all the way with floor to ceiling bookshelves. Some people might find that claustrophobic. I found it wonderful. Since then, I’ve always had a thing for library walls.

If you can’t have your own library, perhaps there’s room for a library wall – and what better way to decorate than with books?

All images grabbed from Pinterest.

Micro-libraries

Posted by Kate W in Shelves and Libraries and tagged with , ,

Some time ago a friend suggested we organise a book exchange morning tea. Super idea, I thought. But it was November – the festive season, school holidays and then the beginning of school got in the way of a concrete plan.

I was reminded of the idea last week. A member of my book group told us how she put all of her books that she no longer needed on a shelf at her work place for others to read – others did the same and it has evolved into a micro-library. Neat.

Then I came across this article about micro-book depots. Some of them are ace. It had me thinking about the morning tea/ book exchange again… Not a book group (because I have one of those), but something… Stay tuned.