Midday Muse: A Rainbow of Books

August 3, 2007

This swanky shelf makes me want to organize all of my books by color, and I love the way the magazines are elegantly fanned out on the coffee table too. Do you have a clever way to display your books?

via Desire to Inspire

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gruaig_rua 5 years 38 weeks

Red4ev that sounds amazing. You should post some pics. I'd love to see the result!

red4ev 5 years 39 weeks

we have a large formal staircase, and when we moved we just started stacking the books up the stairs as we unpacked them...its super cute and it makes our formal stairs look comfy like the rest of our house

Karla Sugar 5 years 40 weeks

In one of the funniest books I've ever read, Ex Libris, author Anne Fadiman expresses genuine horror that anyone could organize *books* based on the covers with no thought to the content. Has anybody else read Ex Libris?

heatherhoney 5 years 40 weeks

I just did this and I LOVE it!

Ashenturtle 5 years 41 weeks

I love this idea, but I'd need a long (sturdy!) shelf for the full effect. Currently, my books are sorted by topic.

nikkih 5 years 41 weeks

I love this!

nikkih 5 years 41 weeks

I love this!

girlboy 5 years 41 weeks

i love this display style

girlboy 5 years 41 weeks

i love this display style

melcia 5 years 41 weeks

My books are in order by series and genre. Then by author's last name. That actually would drive me crazy--- the colors, I'd never know where to look to find ones.

rrnrios 5 years 41 weeks

I kinda try to keep all my books ordered by size... so it sort of makes 'stairs' on my shelves... however I got too many books, and of all sizes, it gets pretty messed up after a few days! And don't tell me about magazines!

Pink_Lipstick 5 years 41 weeks

Wow, I really like that but I've never thought about doing it that way. My books are in alphabetical order.

pinkflats 5 years 41 weeks

i like it, i like the randomness it brings. chaotic but fun. yeah i guess i'm one of the weird ones.

Curious Alice 5 years 41 weeks

I like this idea as well, it seems so fun. For my part, I have far too many books to squeeze onto my shelves. I mostly keep them grouped by genre and then again by author.

snowysakurasky 5 years 41 weeks

yes! it works! thanks for the great idea and inspiration to make my plain and messy book case look cute, Casa! Love looking at luxury furniture and homeware but ideas like this are what I really need so please keep them coming!!

gatsby-esque 5 years 41 weeks

Vienvien - you must have misintepreted my quote. In no way did I mean to cause offense. I guess it's hard to express nuance over the internet! No hard feelings, I hope?

snowysakurasky 5 years 41 weeks

yeah thats a lot of books...i`m going to try this since we`ve just moved and haven`t really finished sorting things anyways but i dont think it will look that great since my books are few and my book case is a more standard style... looks worth a try though=)

Jess8902 5 years 41 weeks

Wow I wish I just HAD this many books, no matter how they're arranged!

tinywhale 5 years 41 weeks

I organize my books by language, genre, period and author. The color-idea is beautiful but only accectable if one uses a bookshelf only as decor and not to actually organise his books.

JaimeLeah526 5 years 41 weeks

It's kinda cute but I'd feel too anal if all my books were organized by color or size. Mine are organized by author for the most part.

designmilk 5 years 41 weeks

i love this idea. It's not practical if you are always searching for books, but I still love the way it looks.

figurine 5 years 41 weeks

I don't like having my books on display, it's too personal.

sadv 5 years 41 weeks

Aesthetically this is nice.

sadv 5 years 41 weeks

Aesthetically this is nice.

tdamji 5 years 41 weeks

oh, i forgot to say that i have my books in some categories and then alphabetically:fictionhome decor/architectureart historyscience and nature/environmentbiographiescookbooksanthropology/First nations studies

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