Sometimes you look at a picture and it feels strangely familiar. This how I felt when I first laid my eyes on the cover of the June 2009 edition of Canadian House & Home. It took me a while to put the fingers on it because what is familiar is a small detail.
My best friend gave me for Christmas the year I moved to my first apartment the A to Z black ceramic bookends. These bookends followed me in every place I lived. Right now they rest on the top shelf of my bedroom bookcase.
The couple who lives on that nice stylish apartment are bargain hunter. I suspected they found the A to Z bookends at a flee market or a garage sale. As you can see by taking a tour of their living room, H&H style editor Michael Penny and his wife created a beautiful home on a shoestring budget. My bookends are also a BILLY bookcase from IKEA. I did not add the thick trim; maybe I should. The magazine shows the rest of the apartment. The article is full of good saving tips.
+ Photo by Angus Fergusson for Canadian House & Home
Kristy
May 22, 2009 at 12:54I have been looking for bookends exactly like this in either white or black…any idea their proper name and/or where I could find them?
Centers and Squares
May 22, 2009 at 23:45I love finding things I own in magazines! In fact, I even have a file called “My stuff in magazines”. I started it years ago when the vintage brushed aluminum chairs I had bought at a garage sale (for $1 each) started popping up everywhere – ads, movies, magazines etc. It was when they started reproducing the Emeco chairs that to this day are still everywhere. And I have a and z bookends that look very similar but mine are cast iron.
Liz
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May 23, 2009 at 01:28It is an inspiring story, Liz. I like the idea of keeping a file.
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