It’s no secret that we’re all major bookworms here at Flavorpill, but sometimes it feels like the small-but-charming living spaces we call home can’t quite accommodate our literary inclinations. There’s simply nowhere to cram all of our paperbacks. And while swooning over gorgeous bookshelves is entertaining, today we’re here to offer up a few more immediate solutions. If you also happen to suffer from an apartment that’s overrun by books, take some cues from this post, and embrace the stacks that are piling up around you by cleverly incorporating them into your interior decor. From creating eye-catching, affordable art to crafting a functional bedside table, click through to check out the very best design solutions for an unruly, out of control library that’s more hoarder than harmonious.
Numabookface, a collaboration between Nam and Numabooks. Image credit: Cool Hunting
Makeshift bedside table. Image credit: Celine Kim via Design*Sponge
Coffee table. Image credit: apartment therapy
Dining room table. Image credit: designtoday
Bed made out of books
A bed made of books. Image credit: Engraved Spine
Books instead of curtains. Image credit: Bookshelf Porn
Planter. Image credit: Aurélien Arbet and Jeremie Egry via 01 Magazine
Prism stand. Image credit: Aurélien Arbet and Jeremie Egry
Monochrome mini-stack as decorative object. Image credit: Allan Sanders
Color-blocked Vintage Penguin paperback stack as affordable sculpture. Image credit: Things Organized Neatly
Floating stack on an invisible shelf for when you run out of floor space. Image credit: Rooms filled with books
Books on stairs. Image credit: Rooms filled with books; Fuck Yeah, Book Arts!
Books as decoration in a minimal space. Image credit: A Minute of Perfection
Stacks on every surface. Image credit: nice*room
Nothing but books. Image credit: All Things Stylish