WishboneDawn Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 WELL,....I certainly hope that you don't kiss your children with that filthy mouth of yours!! :eek: We don't talk like that around here! :tongue_smilie: :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Oh, gee. I hope people don't get that impression from my granite counter tops, stainless steel appliances, books, and flowers. :001_huh: :lol: Just stack some books on the counters and have the kids scuff the applainces up with peanut-butter fingerprints and you're fine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 :lol: Just stack some books on the counters and have the kids scuff the applainces up with peanut-butter fingerprints and you're fine! Whew!! I was worried! Actually, the baseball equipment is so much more prominent in the entryway than the flowers, I don't think anyone would accuse us of not being able to relax (although I do insist it all gets put away before guests arrive). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Does it count if I have an extra bookcase to display my collection of plastic horses? :P The books are piled on top of the case. They stack better than horses :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 :lol: Just stack some books on the counters and have the kids scuff the applainces up with peanut-butter fingerprints and you're fine! Only if you're using the books as decorations.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Only if you're using the books as decorations.:D :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 No, but I've visited homes who've had not ONE, not one book, magazine or anything in their home. That's wierd. At least the lack of books on a shelf shows intent.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Did you ever visit people who have beautiful, built-in bookcases that are COMPLETELY EMPTY??? :svengo: Is it really possible that some people choose to have no books? Gasp! We've recently been to several houses, in well to-do neighborhoods, with beautiful built-in bookcases, completely empty of books. A few had knick-knacks or framed photos or both, or maybe a trophy book of some sort. I'm I the only one who considers this kind of strange? I'm hoping they are truly avid readers, who donated all their gorgeous books to the library for the upcoming book sale, and are now really into their Kindles. :D My God. I thought you'd been robbed. (apparently by homeschoolers.:lol:) Yes, I remember that in my parents' neighborhood in the 80s. I was a teenager, and was completely shocked. And I'm always feeling like something is amiss at my in-laws' place, too. No books. But no bookshelves either, so it's not glaring. I don't understand how people live without books. How weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 ETA: Oh good! The snob who likes to appear well-read but doesn't actually care to read books may still buy books by the yard here. Hah! "Here, we ask that you disregard the quality of the text in favor of our books' outer beauty. Home libraries are often more about decorative splendor than they are functionality." REALLY - why spend money on books you will never want to read!! That is crazy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 I saw a magazine article where all the spines were turned inward. You know, so it's visually more attractive. With all white pages. Except....how do you find your book?! Yup, I've seen that. I don't know what to think. :001_huh: Think Hitchcock. That's Twilight Zone weirdness right there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicheleinMN Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Decorators, friends, neighbors - whoever these people are who advise other people on what to put on their shelves (knick-knack, book or otherwise) are living in a dream world inspired by HGTV and BH&G. Most of us live in our houses - we didn't buy them to stage for the world to admire - we actually live in them. Yes, no clutter is visually appealing - if you need that for the sake of sanity then visit an Ethan Allen store from time to time. In your own house, put the books on the shelves - no guilt required. I think this whole granite countertop, stainless steel appliances, books as decorations, fresh flowers in the entry way, house obsession is akin to the airbrushed, skinnier than a pencil fashion model/actress complex. They are both equally unrealistic and, imo, unhealthy. Home is where we should be able to relax - not feel like we are being filmed 24/7. :iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) . Edited September 12, 2014 by Stacia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Oooh, I've never thought of doing something like that! Stacia, I like it, too! Very pretty! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Did you ever visit people who have beautiful, built-in bookcases that are COMPLETELY EMPTY??? :svengo: Is it really possible that some people choose to have no books? Gasp! We've recently been to several houses, in well to-do neighborhoods, with beautiful built-in bookcases, completely empty of books. A few had knick-knacks or framed photos or both, or maybe a trophy book of some sort. I'm I the only one who considers this kind of strange? I'm hoping they are truly avid readers, who donated all their gorgeous books to the library for the upcoming book sale, and are now really into their Kindles. :D It makes me want to take their beautiful, but neglected, bookcases home with me...I have plenty of books in need of bookcases, or better bookcases. Such beauty and space gone to waste. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 You might have seen that when we first moved to this house a few years back. We had been so overwhelmed with books in our previous tiny house that I banished to vast majority of them to the basement. The living room was to be a peaceful haven from clutter. And yes, books can be clutter. Our books line the corridor to the bedrooms. We put in a long row of Ikea DVD shelves, which are just the right depth for most of our books. Oh, and we have a little carpeted loft room where the boys' books line the walls at floor level. They lie around up there and read. Because it's a little tucked away, they can leave books lying around a bit. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 My SIL has my dream room in her house, but has few books. It's an unbelievably beautiful two-story study with huge walls of wooden built-in bookcases. There is a loft on the second-story where one could (theoretically) sit and read overlooking the study. She even joked with me when they were building the house that she needed to borrow my books, just so the cases would make sense. :D that sounds stunning! we have a small house. a basement\library\formal space just doesn't exist - so our books are packed in messily in plain sight, we're always wondering where we can sqeeze in another bookshelf. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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