Collecting Vintage Books

Collecting vintage books is pretty much my jam. 

But I'm pretty specific on the color, y'all...

 I like blue books and I can not lie.
You other thrifters can't deny...
That when a book is blue, in that certain hue
And it fits well in your space,

You get THRILLED!

Okay, so that last part really didn't work out with the original lyrics, but it's probably not the best song to be quoting...I just couldn't help myself. I love blue books, but more specifically...aqua blue books. It's the easiest, cheapest thing to grab at a thrift store...and great to build on over time. See how collecting vintage books is helping me fill in my living room built-ins below.

And this fun post is a part of the Thrifty Style Team series. Be sure to check out all of my friends' thrifty projects at the bottom of this post.

So, to be totally up front...my collection isn't where I want it to be, yet. But, I am working on it here in the living room built-ins. Right now, this space is pretty crowded, but I'm one of those people that is way too into chotchkies. My plan is to eventually move the snow globes to another spot and thin out the frames a bit to have a lot more books.

But aqua books are seriously my favorite thing to look for in a thrift store (alongside my vintage church plates). I've grabbed some as cheap as ten cents a piece. My prized possession is the Wuthering Heights one you can see in the above photo. It was probably my spendiest at $4 (which I still see as a bargain for that). But if I'm not finding anything else good in a thrift store, I can always count on an aqua book or two popping up in the book section. Truly, I find the most at Goodwill...they have good prices on these, too. Our Salvation Army has them for a quarter a piece, which is wonderful, as well.

In the above photo, I played around with my arrangement a bit...this is the type of look I eventually want on the entire built-in space. I also took out the snow globes for the above photo...and I like how it looks a bit more cohesive. Time to thrift for more aqua books, right? 

I think the aqua on the back of the built-ins kind of brings the entire space together even more. And my husband's aqua Victrola goes well with all of the fun! 

You can grab the free Welcome, Fall triptych printable HERE (I designed it for a series last month). And the tutorial for my frayed seam pumpkins can be found HERE.

And be sure to check out all of my friends' fun and thrifty posts below:

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Do you enjoy collecting vintage books?

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