Ideas for Vintage Books

Studio 5 Contributor Jennifer Heslop shares some creative ideas on how to use vintage books in your home décor.

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1. Picture frame: Use a utility knife and metal ruler, to cut a window in an old cloth-bound book cover to create a picture frame.

2. Table lamp: Stack books to desired lamp length. Clamp together and drill through book stack. Insert lamp kit.

3. Pillow: Photo copy page of book onto photo fabric. Use coordinating fabric to craft a one-of-a-kind pillow.

4. Artwork: Frame the cover or page of favorite book and hang on wall.

5. Shelf: Using 3 L-shaped brackets (2 supporting weight of book & 1 above book) mount book to wall creating a unique shelf.

6. Bookmark: Use a utility knife to remove book’s decorative binding. Glue binding to cardstock and attached ribbon or tassel to top.

7. Decorative files: Remove pages from old photo album. Hot glue standard sized accordion file inside album. Hot glue decorative ribbon to tie closed.

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