Bookends are a simple
accessory that helps you organize and maintain your book collection on shelving.
Once you separate your books into categories (for organizational purposes)
you'll need something to help keep your horizontal rows of books from tipping
over. That's where bookends enter the picture. They've been around for years -- a
simple but functional invention. Use bookends on your bookcases or on
freestanding shelving, such as a simple shelf to hold cookbooks in the kitchen.
You can purchase very inexpensive simple metal bookends
(usually just $4 to $10 per set). Or you can make statements with your home
decor by purchasing something appropriate for the topic of the book collection
or the room. For example, use children's bookends in your kids room. If you have
a collection of books about golf in the family room on an end table, set them
off with a set of golf related bookends. If your decor is nautical in the living
room, try the nautical Navy bookends at the end of this list below.
There are way more bookends available from these stores shown
below; these are just some of the popular styles people purchase.
WHAT: Childrens Bookends - Choose from these his and her
designs of children's book ends. The first is a baseball theme with a solid wood
bat and real official league ball. To the right of that one is the childrens
ballerina bookends---ballerina slippers with roses. These wood bookends are both
sold by Stacks and Stacks.
WHERE:
Childrens Baseball Bookends
 and
Childrens Ballerina Bookends
WHAT: Horse Bookends - The one pictured below is "Full Gallop"
sold by Design Toscano. It's an Art Deco work that draws from the Classic Greek
images of horses. While it appeals to antique bookend and sculpture lovers, it'll get the job done
too of holding your books upright. The horse bookends are cast iron on a solid marble
base, which makes these bookends very sturdy and capable of holding even your
heaviest books.
WHERE:
"Full Gallop"
WHAT: Simple Bookends - You can't get more
simple bookends than this contemporary set with chrome finish. It's very
inexpensive and sold by Organize.com. Click through and check their site for
other sizes too.
WHERE:
Elements Small Chrome Bookends by SpectrumŽ
WHAT:
Metal Bookends - This rectangular
bookend combines a traditional and retro look in one. These are inexpensive, metal bookends that
come in two standard sizes. They're sold by Stacks and Stacks. One positive
point about buying slim bookends like these metal book ends and the simple one
pictured above, is they take less space than a decorative or sculpture bookend.
These are sort of the simple type of metal bookend you'd see in a public library
too, which are all about efficiency in packing books in.
WHERE:
Small Metal Bookends
WHAT:
Bear Bookends - The bear bookends below have a dark bronze finish and are
sold by Black Forest Decor.
WHERE:
Bear Bookends - Bronze Finish
WHAT: Nautical Bookends - From Executive
Essentials by Irvs Luggage, these nautical bookends are molded out of brass with
a brushed silver toned finished. They'll appeal to Nautical lovers or light
house lovers in general.
WHERE:
Lighthouse Bookends
Click on any link
above to go to that store to search for more bookends.
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