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Discover how to turn every single nook and cranny of your living space into a receptacle for literary volumes --The Telegraph
The perfect companion for literary and interiors enthusiasts, this intelligent must-read advises how to combine these two passions --Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Magazine
Not only is it a scrumptious picture book in its own right, but it is also refreshing to see an interiors title give centre stage to books --House and Garden
From a fully functioning library to the cosy informality of a den, you'll learn, via stunning photography, how best to display books in all their glory --Sunday Mail
The perfect companion for literary and interiors enthusiasts, this intelligent must-read advises how to combine these two passions --Essential Kitchen Bathroom Bedroom Magazine
Not only is it a scrumptious picture book in its own right, but it is also refreshing to see an interiors title give centre stage to books --House and Garden
From a fully functioning library to the cosy informality of a den, you'll learn, via stunning photography, how best to display books in all their glory --Sunday Mail
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As all book lovers know, a collection of books affords not only access to endless pleasure and knowledge, but also, when skilfully deployed around the home, the opportunity to create a myriad of different impressions. In this beautifully illustrated guide, self-confessed bibliophile Leslie Geddes-Brown offers inspirational solutions and practical tips on how to make the most of books in every room and forgotten nook of the house. From a working library that is a paragon of order and logic to the cosy informality of a den with books stacked in piles on the floor; from the dramatic impact of floor-to-ceiling shelves to the inviting ease of baskets of books by a fireside; and from discreet shelves that blend into the background to a designer bookcase that becomes the focal point of a room, all the key aspects are considered. A dazzling array of photographs shows how books can transform any room into an alluring and magical place.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
One can never have too many books about bookshelves, and, although humans are absent, this makes an agreeable companion to At Home With Books (which includes a photograph of Keith Richards in his den). How neat many people are, and, apart from Richard Howard, few seem to have taken the Philip Larkin line of looking at a section of wall in his house and thinking, "I can get some more shelves in there".
Also well worth reading is Henry Petroski's The Book on the Bookshelf which is, er, a history of the bookshelf. It is shorter than his huge history of The Pencil.
Connoisseurs of authors' biographical notes on the back flap will note that Leslie Geddes-Brown casually remarks that she has a house in London, one in the country and not forgetting the obligatory one in Tuscany.
Also well worth reading is Henry Petroski's The Book on the Bookshelf which is, er, a history of the bookshelf. It is shorter than his huge history of The Pencil.
Connoisseurs of authors' biographical notes on the back flap will note that Leslie Geddes-Brown casually remarks that she has a house in London, one in the country and not forgetting the obligatory one in Tuscany.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a very appealing coffee table book. The cover grabs your attention and it's very hard not to pick it up. It's full of photographs of people's houses and the innovative way that books are displayed. (My favourite was a collection that goes up a very high wall, which the owner accesses via a swing on a pulley). If you love books, it's a delight to look through it. There are also some interesting comments on the role that books play in our lives.
However, I couldn't shake the feeling that the book was put together by someone who was interested in interior design but ultimately wasn't that interested in books. For example, there's a lovely picture of a shelving arrangement in a child's room - but there are only two books, barely visible, crammed among the toys. Another picture shows a bookshelf filled with white books that aren't even real books. It feels like the author thinks the most interesting thing about books is the colour and shape of their spines. In most cases, the copy also adds next to nothing. For example, in the section on low lying bookshelves, we learn that the advantage they give you is that you still have wall space above - a startling revelation! I would have liked to find out more about the people whose houses we were looking at, or their reasons for organising books in the ways that they did, but that's not covered.
I am unashamedly nosy about people's bookshelves. I am the kind of person who will always check out your books when I come to your house, intrigued to know where our reading tastes align or differ, always hopeful of new discoveries. So I was also disappointed that it was so difficult in many of the photographs to see what books people actually had - at least one photograph has even been reversed so all the book titles are back to front.
There are other, similar books which are better.
However, I couldn't shake the feeling that the book was put together by someone who was interested in interior design but ultimately wasn't that interested in books. For example, there's a lovely picture of a shelving arrangement in a child's room - but there are only two books, barely visible, crammed among the toys. Another picture shows a bookshelf filled with white books that aren't even real books. It feels like the author thinks the most interesting thing about books is the colour and shape of their spines. In most cases, the copy also adds next to nothing. For example, in the section on low lying bookshelves, we learn that the advantage they give you is that you still have wall space above - a startling revelation! I would have liked to find out more about the people whose houses we were looking at, or their reasons for organising books in the ways that they did, but that's not covered.
I am unashamedly nosy about people's bookshelves. I am the kind of person who will always check out your books when I come to your house, intrigued to know where our reading tastes align or differ, always hopeful of new discoveries. So I was also disappointed that it was so difficult in many of the photographs to see what books people actually had - at least one photograph has even been reversed so all the book titles are back to front.
There are other, similar books which are better.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Great book, full of innovative ideas. All our visitors to the house pick it up to look at.
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There's no denying that this a handsome book about some very beautiful houses with very nice book storage spaces owned by those to whom money is no object. Read more
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I just love books and my dream is always to have a proper library. I always feel that books create a certain atmosphere - cosy to elegant, books give colour to a room, books show a... Read more
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