My great-grandfather was a handy guy. In the 1940s he built a bunch of furniture, lamps, door knockers, and various home do-dads that can still be seen at our family cabin. He owned a couple Popular Science craft books which got passed down to me:
Cyclopedia of Things to Make (1937) and
Complete Home Workshop Cyclopedia (1945). I was paging through these books and found several book related projects (click images to see larger):
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Storing your books under a homemade fish tank doesn't seem too wise. View larger. |
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My great-grandpa used this tree stump guide to make a pair of lamps. View larger. |
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Novel garden-gate book end decorated with jig-saw cat and dog engaged in argument. View larger. |
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This guy doesn't seem too pleased with his end table. View larger. |
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This newspaper rack isn't necessarily for books, but I'll allow it. View larger. |