Book Display Shelves

Lately, I have been considering book shelving options as I am bored with plain bookshelves where you only see the spine. I secretly found myself longing for display shelves like those we had at Kindergarten all those many years ago.

As it turns out you will always find someone who has thought the same thing for themselves and can point you to a range of answers. There were several very cool bookshelves that I came across in my search. Like the tree that was turned into paper which was then recycled to make a tree-shaped bookshelf to hold more trees which had been turned into paper.

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Then there was one bookshelf that looked somewhat normal other than the adult silhouette that would allow someone to shuffle into the shelf itself to read. I wanted to buy it just put against my living room window with a curtain that hides me in my own nook looking out across my front garden as if I was the only person in the world. It is such a great idea!

So, as I hunted it became clear that all the great ideas were used in children's bedrooms. (Apparently, we grow out of being attracted to books by their cover). The solutions that a friend pointed me towards was the use of PVC gutters as a display shelf which is kind of nifty.
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So, I have now seen dozens of pictures showing them in children's play areas:

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To fitting them into shared bedrooms:

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But what I hope to see is one long shelf in the Master Bedroom spanning the entire wall above the top of the bed head. I have even had a look at the Philmac web site to look at what my style options are. What do you think?