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May 22, 2012

Tearing Apart



 My unconditional love for books has always made ​​me fear the shelves full of photographs, artifacts, trinkets that covered them, as if it were  a sacrilege to hide a book, almost a desecration to the object of worship that I most revere. However, over the years, I realized that actually the shelves and at the same time, the  books seem to have a life of its own when framed by one or other meaningful photograp, or by one or other original object, but especially when flanked, not covered, by stunning bookends!



O meu amor incondicional pelos livros fez-me sempre temer as estantes repletas de fotografias, artefatos,  bugigangas que os tapassem, como se fosse um sacrilégio ocultar um livro, quase uma profanação ao objeto de culto que eu mais venero. Contudo, com o passar dos anos, dei-me conta de que realmente as estantes e, cocomitantemente, os livros até ganham mais vida emoldurados por uma ou outra fotografia ocasional e com significado, um ou outro objeto original mas, sobretudo, quando ladeados, e não tapados, por cerra-livros espantosos!



























32 comments:

  1. Gorgeous pictures once again Aida, you have a precious sense of style! xoxo

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  2. OMG, beautiful. i love em all. come check out my blog too when you have the time. =).

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  3. I love bookends and you found some great ones! The first ones are def amazing but I wouldn't be sad if I had any of these! Nice post!

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  4. Great photos - very original designs.

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  5. Verry nice pictures, they are all very beautiful. I love especially the A-Z one:)
    X

    www.whiteperla.blogspot.com

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  6. Very beautiful book ends: in particular I love the crystal one ;)))

    www.lostinunderwear.blogspot.com

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  7. Awww the 'Love' and Owl bookends are so cute!

    Em
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    http://emberdrake.blogspot.co.uk

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  8. fine pics ; ))


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  9. Nice post! The first one is gorgeous! But the bunnies are made for me!

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  10. Ahhh adoro bookends, infelizmente tenho as estantes tão mas tão cheias de livros que nem tenho espaço para mais nada...
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  11. Adoro! Especialmente o rinoceronte dividido em dois com os livros a meio...

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  12. Very nice and tasteful ideas for my books!!
    Lot of Kisses

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  13. These ideas are brillant. It's very original and creative.
    Love the first one.
    It's a very nice selection.
    xx

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  14. I love books too! I need one of those ;)

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  15. love books too dear! great post!! have a nice day! kisses!:*

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  16. THESE ARE AMAZING - I really mean that. I have seen the odd (& I mean veryyy occasional) book end but none as gorgeous and as many as this before. We sound alike with our passionate love for books, and I often feel they're not loved as much thrown in to a bookshelf - I would love any one of these book ends.

    Anna xo

    http://www.lifesshinyprettythings.blogspot.com.au/

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  17. I love the crystal bookends!! So cool!
    x
    www.iloveublank.blogspot.com

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  18. As a book nerd, I love these creative tips!

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  19. Nice photos! Kiss from France.
    http://www.mylittlediarycloset.com

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  20. Hi dear, nice blog! I follow you now! I'll be really happy if you follow me back :) Kisses from Italy, Lucy www.tpinkcarpet.com

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  21. E não é que é verdade! Ganham outra cor! adorei as ideias! e os peixinhos, essa não sei se cola! lol, ficam com tão pouco espaço!

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  22. original et ingénieux ces cale livres.

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  23. Muy originales !!
    Un beso. Sigueme en www.modaenunclic.blogspot.com

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  24. Want the all!

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  25. This is such an interesting and original idea, witty indeed! Not to mention the images...class all the way!

    xo xo,

    C.

    http://armoireideale.com/

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  26. I love the book ends with fish in them! http://fromfreyawithlove.blogspot.com/

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  27. Very nice and creative book ends! I too like to use books as entertainment and decoration, and these give me really great ideas!

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  28. I really love this post! I'm getting a lot of creative ideas for bookends from here...which coincidentally I was just looking for lately as well! Thanks Aida. :)

    - Dom
    http://lavidachina.blogspot.com/

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