A friend sent me an article for a house for sale in Ohio. Designed as a two-unit short-term rental, it is notable for ... its books.
Yes, the seller amassed 7,000 hardcover volumes which presumably accompany the sale of the house.
Since the article mentions the seller purchased the books for about ten cents apiece, it's an easy conclusion that he got them from some sort of wholesale "books by the yard" source and hasn't actually read any of them.
Still, after seeing endless real estate listings or interior design photos touting sleek modern furnishings dominated by big-screen TVs, I must admit this listing is a refreshing alternative.
I really hate "books as decoration." If you don't read, you forfeit the right to bookshelves.
ReplyDeleteI don't know anything about books by the yard. But I do know you can pick em up cheap at estate sales and often even library sales. At least around here. I donate a lot of books to the library, sometimes boxes of them. Had to start getting choosy about what to keep because they will run you out of the house if you aren't' careful. And when people pass away often family members just box them up and haul them off to the library. If they already have them or can't sell them online for $$, they'll let you have a sack for a dollar.
ReplyDeleteIt looks to me like the idea was to have an actual reading library since it's set up to sit and read.
Several years ago, my family rented a Vrbo house on vacation, and the house had a little bit of a downstairs rec room, complete with a couple of comfy chairs and probably about 500 books in the built-in bookshelves. It really mad that space seem comfy. I don't know if they meant for people to just read them while they were staying there or if they didn't mind "losing" a few, but it was a really nice touch.
ReplyDeleteHave you seen the restaurant near Union, Connecticut named "Food And Books"? It is a two story, cafeteria style restaurant with walls lined in books! Every meal gets a free book of your choice. I believe it is for sale at this time as a turn-key operation.
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