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Three Ways to Use Vintage Books in Your Decor

How to Decorate with Vintage Books

Hey guys! Today I am so excited to join a fabulous group of talented ladies for the first time ever at A Lifestyle of Love blog hop hosted by Cindy at County Road 407! A Lifestyle of Love gets together every other month to bring you beautiful vintage and farmhouse decorating ideas using antique and repurposed goodies!

If you’re coming over from Our Southern Home, don’t you just love how Christy used decor books in her decor? So clever!

This month’s theme is decorating with books! I’m going to share 3 ways to use vintage books in your decor!

1. Use vintage books as risers.

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I love to use my vintage books as risers! They are perfect for giving other decor a little lift on your mantle like I did here in springtime.

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The books raise my other decor up off the mantle and make them more of a focal point. Before I used the books, the decor just kinda blended in and “got lost” in the mantle.

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You can also use vintage books as risers in a decorative box (like a vintage soda box) to lift the decor that you want as the focal point up out of the box so it’s easier to view.

2. Use vintage books in baskets.

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Vintage books are the perfect for baskets! You can use them as risers or just by themselves like I did here.

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Would you believe me if I told you these weren’t actually vintage books, but paperbacks I “aged” to look like they were? I shared how to make paperback books look vintage here!

3. Use vintage books as fillers.

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Got a nook, corner, or something else in your home that you can never figure out what to do with? Or a hutch like this one where you able to fill all the shelves but one? Fill it with books!

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You can use bookends or corbels like I did here to hold the books in place, or just fill the whole area up with books!

3 Ways to Use Vintage Books in Your Decor

I hope you enjoyed my 3 ways to use vintage books in your decor!

Up next on the tour is The Crowned Goat! You will love CoCo’s awesome tips for styling a bookshelf!

Check out all the other creative and inspiring ideas from the other members of A Lifestyle of Love through the links below!

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Happy decorating!

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  1. Paula@SweetPea says

    May 9, 2020 at 5:43 am

    I so much enjoyed seeing your ideas for decorating with old books. I’m really eager to try your method of making books look vintage with coffee. Filling a basket with books is another idea that I need to remember the next time I’m decorating an area and can’t figure out what to use as a filler. This hop is so much fun and I’m getting so many great ideas!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:43 pm

      Thank you Paula! I love this hop and I got a ton of great ideas too!

      Reply
  2. Christy @ Our Southern Home says

    May 9, 2020 at 5:48 am

    What a gorgeous mantel! Your styling is perfectly vintage with the same colors tones. Just lovely!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:44 pm

      Thanks so much Christy!

      Reply
  3. Laura Ingalls Gunn says

    May 9, 2020 at 6:00 am

    Coffee! Who knew? What a great tip. I adore the vignettes you created. The mantel is spectacular.!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:44 pm

      Thank you so much Laura!

      Reply
  4. Katie Mansfield says

    May 9, 2020 at 6:05 am

    I love the “old” crusty books in the baskets. So cute. They really did look old. I love how you have used your book collection. Beautiful pictures.

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:44 pm

      Thanks so much Katie!

      Reply
  5. CoCo says

    May 9, 2020 at 6:49 am

    Love all the different ways you’ve displayed these vintage books, Michelle! They add such a gorgeous layer of texture. I’ve never tried them in a basket before but after seeing yours I’m going to give it a go, thanks so much for the great idea! Hugs and hope you have fantastic Mother’s Day weekend, CoCo

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    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:45 pm

      Thanks so much CoCo!

      Reply
  6. laura@everydayedits.co says

    May 9, 2020 at 6:58 am

    Hi Michelle, Iove everything about this post! The trunk in front of the fireplace! Love it! I have a milk can and love how you staged it!
    Love it all! laura

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:45 pm

      Thanks so much Laura!

      Reply
  7. Linda @ Itsy Bits And Pieces says

    May 9, 2020 at 9:21 am

    How lovely, Michelle! You have used books in such beautiful way! I really love how you have used corbels as bookends…pinning!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:45 pm

      Thank you so much Linda!

      Reply
  8. Cecilia from Georgia says

    May 9, 2020 at 10:55 am

    Love your style! Wonderful ideas for filling in voids too! Thanks for sharing so many Of your clever and lovely tips.

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:46 pm

      Thank you so much Cecilia!

      Reply
  9. Cindy@CountyRoad407 says

    May 9, 2020 at 6:26 pm

    All of your ideas are great Michelle and I love your mantel! The books blend in but stand out too. How do you do that?! So glad you could join in this time. Pinned!

    Reply
    • Michelle says

      May 11, 2020 at 6:48 pm

      Thank you so much Cindy! As far as my books blending and standing out, I didn’t do it intentionally – I just got lucky! 🙂 I’m so happy I could join this time too! Thank you so much for hosting this awesome hop!

      Reply

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