Category Archive

book-nerds

Make yourself a bowl of honey spiced crickets

Sariann and Chelsea are two big fans of George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire series. They are also fans of food. They combine their interests in their unusual cooking blog, Inn at the Crossroads. Here’s their post about a tasty-sounding spiced locust!

Clean out the books you don’t want in stranger-interactive ways

Sometimes when you’re a Reader, books get… overwhelming. They start to take up every end table, the back of every toilet, the dining room table top. You might be ready to part with your books — but only for an appreciative soul.

Nerdy-geeky-cool chandeliers, lamps and light fixtures bring personality to the ceiling

There’ve been so many nerdy, weird, awesome lighting designs popping up in my RSS feed, and I wanted a chance to look them over with you! My favorite? The handelier: a chandelier made of hands. GET IT?

Bright yellow, book-filled living room accented with art and religious iconography

We just moved into a new house, but I’ve already set up our living room. I wanted our family of six to be able to escape the chaos of moving somewhere!

3 unexpected books about homemaking

Pick up one of these books next time you need inspiration for your own home.

A bookshelf made of books

Jim Rosenau uses books to construct chairs, shelves and other furniture. We highlighted his cheeky book shelves for Library Week, April 10 – 16, 2011.

Teaching old texts new tricks by turning books into planters

Are you bold enough to pervert a book in the name of stylish plants?

Shelving your books by color: awesome-sauce or recipe for organizational catastrophe?

Arranging shelves based on the color of book covers: mean trick on the colorblind or brilliant decorating concept?