A new Decluttering task will be published on the blog each Tuesday from February. I will share a link to the task on facebook and in the Tuesday Daily Task newsletter (subscribe to newsletter here).
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Books and Bookshelves
Do you have a excessive collection of books… cookbooks, fiction, how to’s or resources from high school/uni. A few years ago I gave our collection a really good clean out and it was amazing the types of books I came across. Resource books from TAFE that helped me to learn how to use WordPerfect (not sure if you remember that program, not sure if it still exists) but I didn’t need to keep it. A lot of the books from school, TAFE and hubby’s books from Uni were no longer relevant. We donated them just in case they interested somebody else.
Todays task is to:
- go through all your book collection
- Keep the ones you can’t part with
- Put the other books in your donations box or put aside to sell
- Place books back into bookshelf, see below for design ideas
I have quite a few cookbooks, I really need to purge some of these
Book Shelf Inspiration
neatly piled books in a shelf at the end of the kitchen bench | Tara Seawright
Rain Gutters will keep the books from falling off the shelf
I like how these books are staggered against the ornaments | the glitter guide
Give a boring old bookshelf a coat of paint and line the backing with some decorative paper/fabric | A Little Glass Box
Fill an old chimney with shelves and books | The Yvestown Blog
A great guide on how to style a bookcase, I love what Simone has done with her books, all grouped by colour | Honey and Fizz
What type of books will you be purging in this challenge?
I would like to see a photo of your purge pile on Instagram, use the hashtag #declutter52
Please join the Declutter Challenge, I truly hope that together we can make a difference in your home
