Decorating trend I do not get

[Deleted]

This.



Attaching pictures/art to the front of bookshelves. It just looks awkward and completely impractical. How do you get books off the shelf? Anybody else hate it? Anybody love it?

[april37]

I have never seen that before and I have to say I do not get it either. A big thumbs down for me.

[peach]

Thats not a trend. It's been done for years especially in really traditional or formal spaces. I hate it

[emoflamingo]

Books are also decor, likely.

[tarheels]

Hm, I don't love that pic of it (I think the scale's off), but I've seen it done well elsewhere where I do like it.

Here are some other examples:







I'm confused by "books for decor" as an insult - most people only read one book at a time. DH and I are voracious readers, and we have lots of pretty books that sit on shelves, prettily arranged, looking unread. Doesn't mean they are.

[housegeek]

I'm assuming Emo means the fairly recent fad of using books you don't actually know and love as decor.

[emoflamingo]

Jun 28, 2012 16:52:00 GMT -5 housegeek said:

I'm assuming Emo means the fairly recent fad of using books you don't actually know and love as decor.

Yes, that is what I meant. Or when people wrap their books in paper so they are all the same. Drives me batty. The first picture looks silly since it's actually attached to the shelves, but the ones you posted look like they're movable.

I'd love a space to put books. I would then have to rebuy books (I donated a lot of them to the local library to sell for their yearly sale), but I would have someplace to put my nice books that I saved during school.

[tarheels]

The book wrapping thing might be new (but probably not, nothing's new), but having books for the sake of having them and appearing smart is as old as the written word itself. I still don't know why people care whether the books on someone's shelf have been read or not.

[housegeek]

Jun 28, 2012 17:55:29 GMT -5 tarheels said:

The book wrapping thing might be new (but probably not, nothing's new), but having books for the sake of having them and appearing smart is as old as the written word itself. I still don't know why people care whether the books on someone's shelf have been read or not.

Same reason people care about popcorn ceilings or wood windows or YHLs latest drama. Why not care about it? Those could be really good books that never get appreciated!

[adhdfashion]

I read a lot and have books every where. I actually have been seriously consider donating a slew of them. Because I feel my book shelfs look messy and not all books deserve a second or third read by me.
LOL, I'm starting to feel like a book hoarder to top it off.

BTW, The pictures on the front of the bookcases looks really Harry Potter to me. I don't know if that's good or bad.

[polarbearfans]

I don't like it at all....

[pinkeggs]

I don't like it.

This is also how I feel about the nailheading everything trend.

[kaylie]

There's a book store called Strand in NYC that actually sells books by the foot or yard. You tell them what genre or look you're going for and they get you a collection that looks good. =) I'd totally do it if I had nothing better to spend money on and wanted to look smarter than I am. My collection of chick lit, young adult dystopian fiction and trashy romance novels doesn't really scream "sophisticated".