Today's Repurposeful Monday is all about the most plentiful,
least expensive, readily available, and completely versatile decorating
tools we have at our disposal - books!

 Isn't this chest utterly adorable?  Decoupage paperback

or hard bound jacket covers onto the drawers to make
a truly unique piece of furniture.  Yup, adorable. 

 

 

A craft store birdhouse was covered with pages from a story book.

Daily Danny

 

Glow Décor
Another novel idea - using book pages
as screens in a contemporary lamp.



Comfort Tree
Brilliant lamp idea!
 

Muy Molon
Use a book to camouflage a sewing kit.

 

Style Caster recently featured some ingenious

ways to repurpose and decorate with books:

 



Frame your children's favorite books if they have extra copies.



 

Spines of books adhered to a box make

an excellent secret space for valuables. 





A large circular drill bit was used to carve out

circles to hold tins filled with office supplies.

 

 

One of the best ways to accentuate special items

is to elevate them.  Books are great for that:

 

 Click here to view additional ideas from Style Caster.

 

cute, Cute, CUTE:

Dishfunctional Designs

 

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What a clever party game idea!  Buy a thrift store book,
tear out the pages, hand them out to the guests along with
pens and markers.  Have everyone create a poem or sentence
for the occasion.  Great for a baby shower, too!

Speaking of baby showers - create your own
decorations with pages from a story book.

Collecting Feathers

Knick of Time Interiors
Make your own wall art.  Here is a YouTube video on how
to 'age' paper plus you can find many other techniques online.

Looking for an ingenious idea for a bridal shower?

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Buy (at a thrift store, of course!) an old romance novel to make
origami bridesmaid dresses.  These also make great bookmark favors.

Etsy Source

What a great gift idea.  You can customize

the books for the recipient's interests.

STC Crafts
Well, it's time to wrap up this Monday's repurposing post.
I hope you enjoyed these unusual ideas for upcycling books.