I looooove old books. I love the way they look in a room.
image courtesy of Flax & Spindle @ Etsy
image courtesy of Flax & Spindle @ Etsy
image courtesy of a beach cottage
image courtesy of BHG
image courtesy of Pottery Barn - I want this living room!
I love they way the smell. I love thinking about where they've been. I especially love when I find someone's name written inside. I think it's funny how in this dictionary from 1925, the student who had it in 1937 did the math to figure out how many years were between the two (see over on the right page).
A few years ago, while on vacation in Brevard, NC, I visited the Humane Society thrift store and found these books for just a few bucks (minus the poem book; that one came from Good Will a few months ago). These books have lived in several rooms the past few years. One has been in a school play with Han who was in character as Abigail Adams.
I mentioned in an earlier post that we have a Good Will Clearance center nearby. At this GW, all books are 25 cents a pound. In addition to these two books, I found these.
Two of them are dictionaries.
from 1925
from 1938
How cool is that??? Anybody else using old books or just books in general for decoration?
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