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The 5 Best Book Nooks to Give This Christmas

Every year the same question comes round: what do you give someone that is original, beautiful and actually means something? Book nooks have quietly...

Japanese Book Nooks: Where Tradition Meets Miniature

A Japanese book nook is a miniature scene that slides between two books on your shelf. Zen gardens, cherry blossoms in bloom, lantern-lit alleys:...

Build Guide: The Morita-Ya Ramen Shop Book Nook

Morita-Ya is a traditional ramen shop rendered in a few inches of plywood: timber framing, noren curtains, a warm counter glow. It is one...

Why a Book Nook Makes the Perfect Gift

In a world full of impersonal objects, a book nook is an unusually good gift: original, a little poetic, and clearly chosen for the...

How to Match Your Book Nook to Your Interior Style

A book nook is a decor object as much as a craft project. Which means the same kit can look wonderful in one room...

How to Personalize Your Book Nook With Photos

A finished book nook already looks good. Adding your own photographs to it makes it yours: a small lit scene on a shelf that...

DIY: Turn an Old Book Into a Book Nook

You love books, you love book nooks, and there is a hardcover on your shelf you are never going to read again. Here is...

How to Clean and Care for Your Book Nook

You spent several evenings building it, your friends noticed it the moment they walked in, and now it lives on your shelf. So how...