10 Awesome Book Hacks
Although a lot of us have welcome digitalized reading, most of us still have mixed feelings about hacking books. They way I see it, hacking books and renewing their raison d’être in our homes is a way to pay thankful tribute to their legacy as bearers of culture, knowledge and amazing experiences. I’ve gathered 10 awesome book hack ideas below (most of which have links to D.I.Y tutorials), hope they’ll get your hacker juices flowing – Enjoy!
Framed Book Art
Art from Maskull Lasserre, via here
Book Planters
Pics (left) via here – Pics (right) from ApartmentTherapy DIY Book Planter TUTORIAL, HERE!
D.I.Y Book Jewelry box by Sincerely Kinsey – DIY TUTORIAL, HERE!
Book Mobile
DIY Book Book Shelves tutorial from RealSimple.com – HERE!
Book Origami Art
Artful book reuse by Isaac Salazar, via here
D.I.Y Book Jewelry Display from Sincerely Kinsey – DIY TUTORIAL, HERE!
Punched & framed…
Art made using a heart punch and a recycled copy of Pride & Prejudice, via here
DIY Inspiration Pics from Rich Neeley Etsy Shop – Hands-on DIY TUTORIAL HERE!
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Good Luck Hacking!
These are all such pretty ideas, but I’m not sure I could gut out an old and lovely book without feeling like I was blaspheming something sacred. Especially in these e-reader times.
I love the book-bookshelves, though, and I suspect one will be gracing my wall in the near future…
Hey Valerie, I see your point, yet in these digitized times, an increasing number of books are discarded all over the globe leaving me thinking it’s better to be proactive and reinvent book usage by giving some ol’ darlings a completely new purpose…