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Old Books are so Chic
Jan. 22nd, 2010 09:46 am
Yesterday, yet another Cath Kidston catalogue appeared in the letter box. It’s been given a bookish theme, with photo shoots in Hay-on-Wye and some apparently randomly selected quotes scattered about. There are book recommendations (Cath Kidston’s favourite book is Frenchman’s Creek), advice on starting a book club and an interview with Jilly Cooper. “Now I’m 72, when it’s hot I type topless at the bottom of the garden.” Go Jilly!
There is rather a ‘books do furnish a room’ attitude in all this. Anyone who looks at books on eBay has seen some listed as ‘suitable for vintage décor’. What interests me is how little the content or even the condition of the book matter, so long as it’s old. On the many vintage or shabby chic sites on the net, you’ll soon notice that sellers there can get a higher price for a book (an old Ladybird, a children’s annual) than they would if they put it up on Amazon or eBay; it’s the age and the look which matter. Curious!
Green Shades
Jan. 27th, 2009 10:51 am
The second bedroom has been tidied up ready for guests; I've brought together all sorts of bits and pieces I already had for a green theme. On the principle that books furnish a room, as a final conceit I've added this small collection of Virago paperbacks. (I do have some more somewhere but I've no idea which box they're in.) Is this Too Much?
Books to furnish a room
Apr. 13th, 2008 04:34 pmI'm often amused by the ways people list their books on eBay. There's WOW! or L@@K! or 'Very Old Book' (published 1960s).
Then there's 'Retro Style' (Children's Press) and Vintage Look. I am particularly charmed by the title of a current auction:
'29 Old Antique Vintage Decor Decorative Books Job Lot
Shabby Chic Look For Interior Decorating Warm Tones'
One way to shift some rubbishy books no one wants, I suppose. You want shabby chic?
There you go. Of course I didn't buy these by the yard and could probably have chosen better examples. I know my readers will want to know what some of the books are, so click on the pic and you can read the titles.
Then there's 'Retro Style' (Children's Press) and Vintage Look. I am particularly charmed by the title of a current auction:
'29 Old Antique Vintage Decor Decorative Books Job Lot
Shabby Chic Look For Interior Decorating Warm Tones'
One way to shift some rubbishy books no one wants, I suppose. You want shabby chic?
There you go. Of course I didn't buy these by the yard and could probably have chosen better examples. I know my readers will want to know what some of the books are, so click on the pic and you can read the titles.
Vintage, retro
Mar. 14th, 2008 10:35 am
Sometimes when I’m bored I have a look at the pretty blogs of people who do pretty blogs, then feel inadequate because my home is not a shrine to Cath Kidston. Just to show we can all do this if we try, here is a sentimental corner in the book room. The doll was given to me on my seventh birthday and is wearing a nightie made for her by my mother. She reclines on a cot quilt which my grandmother sewed when I was a baby. The chair belongs to ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
huskyteer. Four generations in one spot. Some of us don’t have to go out and buy old (looking) things. :-)
