Put as few or as many books or DVDs as you want between the bookends and suddenly your favorite Star Wars characters are struggling to keep your books and DVDs from crushing them. The cool thing about this bookend is that not only does it recreate a scene from the movie, but it actually makes use of the books it’s holding up to do so.
But in the case of the Star Wars Trash Compactor Bookends we just couldn’t help ourselves. We won’t pretend that the process to gently bend your old records and convert them into bookends is easy, but judging from the result it’s certainly rewarding.Īs tempting as it was to include the hundreds of geeky bookends we covet, we tried to keep to good design. You might have the digital version on CD today, but that doesn’t mean you have to stop admiring your favorite records every day.
$110 SourceĪrtists and music fans never stop amazing us with creative ways to give new life to their beloved old LPs. The Dragon bookends are available in black or red. No matter how many books you place in between your mind fills in the rest of the curves of the dragon’s body that must be hiding behind the books. Unlike a lot of bulky square looking bookends the Dragon Bookends have a stunning fluid style that’s eye catching and artful. Inside the cover of your end books is where you hide the real thin metal bookends, and the arrows placed on the outside seem to float in place in order to keep your books on the shelf. $89Īrrow Bookends seem to use magic to keep your books together, but in reality they’re just using the power of magnets. These books will stay firmly in place thanks to a concrete core, but won’t hurt your tile if they fall thanks to their rubber exterior. These make exceptionally great bookends for journals, poetry books or anything worth quoting (unlike the a to z bookends, which we image are better for reference books). On the same page as the a to z bookends the Quote/unquote bookends turn text into art. Or if you’d rather keep your bookends decorative you can add flowers to these pretty polished aluminum bookends. They keep your collection of books neatly together on your desk and let you store your pens and other desk accessories. That’s why we adore clever objects like the Hold-it Bookends. If you love to collect as many incredible things as we do then you probably struggle with clutter in much the same way as well.
A TO Z BOOKENDS LICENSE
She found these cool vintage license plates, bent them on a table and voila! Now her daughter has the most original homemade bookends ever. When one creative mom needed bookends for her daughter’s room rather than going out and buying a set she rummaged through her garage. Sometimes the best ideas and most interesting designs are born out of need. If you don’t want to keep fish these pretty glass bowls also look good filled with seashells or colored stones. When you put the two halves together without any books they look like an ordinary round fishbowl, but that’s just an illusion. Keep your books together and your fighting beta fish apart with these clever fishbowl bookends. The wooden letters are painted black with distressed edges that give them a homey lived-in feel, much like your favorite books. These serif font lower case a and z bookends are bold, attractive and easy to read from a distance. If you’re obsessed with keeping your books alphabetized then you’ll appreciate the simplicity of the A to Z bookends. Still, it’s kind of fun to watch his feeble attempts to shield himself from the oncoming avalanche of books. Little does he know that the Falling Stack Bookend is incredibly sturdy and he doesn’t have anything to worry about. Any second now those books could topple over and crush the little figure that fears for his tiny life. There’s something about this scared miniature man that brings a sense of mighty omnipotence.
We found 13 of the most brilliant bookends for art appreciators and book lovers.
If you’ve already found all the inspiration you need for brilliant bookcases why not try some brilliant bookends to go with them? Sure any heavy object can keep your books, DVDs and other media in place, but few do it with this much style.