Using Bookends in Your Decorating Scheme

It doesn’t matter what sort of decorating scheme you choose, from Victorian to modern, there are fabulous bookends that will accent your décor and provide a unique touch to any room.  The great thing about bookends is that you don’t have to be a book lover or even a book collector to use them for decorating.  You can simply display the bookends as matched pairs anywhere you have the space. So while they have a function, they can also just be a piece of décor for your room.

Bookends are available in nearly any style, shape and design you can imagine.  Bookends are also made age-appropriate, so if you are decorating a child’s room you can find book ends that will fit in with the decor in a child’s room.  You’ll also find bookend sets that are appropriate for teens and young adults, which are more mature but still not on the too elegant side for their age.  You can even find bookends with nautical and animal themes as well as professional themes such as a medical caduceus for a doctor.  

If you have a display area such as a mantle you may want to have a few sets with just a book or two between them.   This can be accomplished with scroll bookends.   

Many fans of bookends collect different styles and designs to be used as décor throughout the home. Bookends lend a sophisticated and polished air to nearly any decorating.  They also make great gifts for almost any occasion.

Scroll Bookends Heighten the Beauty of Book Displays

Books may be in the process of being replaced by ebooks for reading purposes, but there is one thing that an ebook reader cannot give that real books can and that is a beautiful display in your home of office of hardcover (and even soft cover) books.   Book collections can be  a striking addition to any home or office decor.  So rather than hiding books away in closets display them as a featured element of your décor.     

 A must for ever book collection is bookends.  Bookends heighten the display.  An old display can be made to look totally different by simply adding new bookend.  One of the more ornate types of bookends is “scroll” bookends, named for the scroll that they have on one side.  Like all bookends, scroll bookends come in all shapes and sizes.  For the animal lover, Irish Setter scroll bookends make a perfect choice.  For the water lover, a set of sailboat scroll bookends will do the trick.

 As with all bookends, scroll bookends can be made of a variety of materials.  Hand cast bookends with a brass or silver polished finish are particularly nice because of the level of detail that the casting process creates.  Don’t hide your books – show them off in a decorative setting.  A nice set of bookends allows even a small book collection to be displayed on a sideboard or mantelpiece rather than on a large shelf.   Checkout some quality scroll bookends.

A Special Gift for a Special Child

What better gift for a child than a beautiful set of children’s bookends to hold up a line of their most prized volumes.

Two teddy bears, sitting back to back, or a cheerful and a sad clown – which to choose?  For those a little older you could opt for a tug-of-war set, cleverly designed and constructed so that it appears as if two sets of children are pulling the books in opposite directions. Alternatively, you could select a child sitting on a book, with another book as a backrest: one of these at each end of a row of children’s books would look really good.

We also found two charming sets of book ends, one a father and child and the other a mother and child.  Or perhaps a favorite animal bookends set. 

Bookends are a gift that a child will keep and always remember a happy occasion.