If you’ve been a book lover for very long, you may have realized how quickly your collection can pile up. So what is a reader to do when it’s time to downsize? Instead of throwing your favorite stories away the next time you move into a smaller place, check out these awesome things other readers have made using their old books. Who knows? One of them might inspire a way to give your old books a new life.
This coffee table.

This book desk!

A planter for succulents!

This cool vintage-style clock.

This book birdhouse!

This awesome bathtub we wouldn’t recommend actually bathing in!

This cool super secret compartment.

A headboard for your bed.

Or a bed frame!

This unique coat rack.

The coolest clutch ever!

A classy picture frame.

An iPhone dock.

Bookmarks!

A cool chair to read in.

A bookshelf made of books.

Even… a whole book house!

Happy reading and reusing!