Decorate with Books

You don’t need to be an interior designer to create a new look in your home with books. Introduce a splash of color to a room with brightly hued books or books to match your décor. Create an accent wall with shelves filled with groups or sets of books. Top your mantle with vintage books, mid-century encyclopedias or a few timeless classics. Add a cozy touch to a room with a group of Hardy Boys mysteries or Reader’s Digests. Produce an eye-catching attraction with a set of Charles Dickens novels or books on unusual topics.

The Friends of the East Providence Public Library can help you bring an exciting and personal touch to your home or office décor with sets of classic books, vintage selections and decorative encyclopedias.

Groups of a few or a shelf full of books are offered in the Friends Collectors’ Corner. Current selections include a six-volume set of Charles Dickens novels, dozens of Harvard Classics, Hardy Boy mysteries and Funk & Wagnalls and World Book encyclopedias. A collection of more than 200 vintage books, dating from the early 1900s to mid-century, can be purchased singly or by the foot.

For a list of a complete list of current selections, visit the East Providence Public Library website, www.eastprovidencelibrary.org, Click on “Your Library.” Then “Friends of the Library.” Books are listed under “Sets & Books by the Foot.”

To make arrangements to purchase books or to request photos, send an email to epcollectorscorner@yahoo.com or call 401-433-3463. Checks can be made payable to: Friends of the East Providence Public Library. As with The Friends’ seasonal sales and ongoing book sale, all proceeds from the Collectors’ Corner benefit the East Providence Public Library.