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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Books shelved backwards??

‎03-08-2012 12:56 PM

On a couple of recent HGTV segments, I've seen home designer Genevieve redesign rooms with built-in bookshelves.......and then shelve books "backwards" with the spine of the book towards the wall and the edges of the pages facing the room! Why in the world would anyone do this? In the first place, you can't identify the books by the titles on their spines in this position. In the second place, you'd have a sea of bland white pages facing your room rather than the rich colors, lettering, embossing, etc. on the covers and spines of books? I love books, have tons of them, and find them a beautiful decorating element -- especially beautiful old/antique books.

Why would anyone shelve books backwards? Is this some kind of trend or fad?

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