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Books glorious Books~

" Great quote Uncle Karl! "
(errr...you know Karl Lagerfeld is my imaginary biological uncle, right?!)
Certainly an EXTRA-ordinary private library he has!
Don't we just lurrrve...the look of books in our living space?
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~Well, for those who still don't have stacks & stacks & stacks of book collection
like my Uncle Karl, nor space for any of them,,,perhaps the 'Books Wallpaper' 
by Tracey Kendall or Y&B design would just do the trick. (shop HERE)
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~XOXO*
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-Additional pics found via DesignAddictMom & Designsponge

32 comments:

Diana Mieczan said...

Books are amazing and perfect as a home decor! Totally love this post...so my inspiration for my bookshelf:) thanks,sweetie
Kisses

Ps: I hope you had a chance to enter my Giveaway!

Kwana said...

The wallpaper is fun but I'd rather be like Karl.

Ren- Lady Of The Arts said...

Wow- love Karl's books and the wall paper too- I agree with the quote- fully!

daisychain said...

Wow!

I dream of having my own library!

www.janetteria.com said...

I love it, especially Karl's. YAY!

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carolina @ patagonia gifts said...

I love books. we do have a lot of books at home. it's not that I read them all... but someday I will! I hope... have a nice day darling! xo

Couture Carrie said...

Amazing libraries!
I love books!

xoxox,
CC

Unknown said...

oooh Uncle Karl...what great looking books you have!!

Stacey said...

I was just admiring those books wallpaper the other day! I see we're both loving books today:-). Thanks for the link love too! Great post! XX

McVal said...

LOVE all the book pics!!! But is your uncle Carl blind? Those glasses make him look like that.
Oh and the coat from your last post is awesome.

Cindy said...

love those books!

S and O said...

Haha, I love that quote!

Xoxo
Sarah

little luxury list said...

That first picture - wow!

I am the happy victim of books because of Kindle. Yes I'm a happy convert.

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Tiffany Kadani said...

I love books so much! I mean, I love to read but I also love just to look at them and be surrounded by them. Stories abound! haha get it?

Collette Osuna said...

I love books too...such amazing pics....I wish I had more time to read....I even bought a Kindle thinking it would help...now that has been replaced by my Ipad...yikes!!!


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David Toms said...

I think I have about as many books as Uncle Karl (you and I must be related). My life gets taken over by them

Karena said...

As with David I have books everywhere, overflowing bookshelves, stacked here and there,,,,

xoxo

Karena
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Mekkan said...

I love books and love spending time at my favorite bookstores. I buy them when I find them interesting. It's so good to see the books sit in my shelves. I just need more time to read. Do you use iPad to read books? I don't. I enjoy touching paper pages and flipping one after another. I love the smell of books and love to feel its weight on my hands as well.

Ana Degenaar said...

Stunning! I wish I had a book-room!

Jan said...

Yes we lurve - death to the Kindle and its ilk I say.
xxx

Bathwater said...

What a shame to have to settle for the wall paper would be.

Signe said...

I love books and it's by far the best way to decorate as well in my opinion :)
Have a lovely Thursday!

Cheryl Peters said...

Unfortunately, I'm rather conservative and borrow most of the books I read from the library. I have a collection of leather-bound classics that I adore.

I fear that soon, the printing of
books will become a rarity due to the electronic age. I'm still being stubborn about that.

k said...

Ok, I want book wallpaper!!

Mistress Maddie said...

I love this post Lenore! I hope someday to have a lovely little reading corner to disappear into! I love that first picture and the spiral staircase. Libraries and spiral staircases seem to go hand in hand, huh! Love the wallpaper idea!!! Thx hon!

xoxo

Jude said...

I adore books and I can't think of a better way to decorate. Not just the look and smell, but the tactile feel of plucking any one of hundreds of volumes off shelves...can't do that with a kindle! :)

LenoreNeverM♡re said...

Thumbs down to kindle~
Thank you everyone!

Susan said...

Love the library look Lenore x

Saving Capulet said...

I am guilty of e-book therefore, I need this wallpaper :I. I'm sorry authors :((

Brandi said...

I would love to steal Karl's home -- what an amazing collection of books! And I adore that they're stacked differently than most libraries.

Sam said...

Karl! What a guy - how wonderful is his library! I bet he designed the interior himself. Books make the best furnishings I agree!

Rachel said...

oh goodness. I want. that first picture is like, exactly everything I would want in a home. right now I have a large bookcase totally full of books and a growing stack next to it. the stack is a couple feet high at this point.