Diy: paper covered books
diy+fyi | creatively created
I’ve been working on unifying the colors in our living room and pulling together a clean and organized look. We spend most of our time in this space so I stare a lot at the bookshelf with multi-colored books…um, no bueno. Being the first room you see when you walk through our front door, I needed a quick and cheap decor solution. Let’s cover the books in colors I need and like! MAKE IT! You will need: Wrapping paper sheets (I used two sheets from Paper Source…this one and that one) Scissors Tape Pencil/pen Ruler 1 – CHOOSE PAPER. Lay out your papers and decide which one will cover which books. 2 – MEASURE & CUT. Lay the book to one corner of the paper so that the book is flush on the long and short sides. Using your pencil/pen, trace a line on the top edge of the book. Like wrapping a gift, flip your book over and again, trace the top edge. To make sure you have more than enough paper to wrap the covers of the book, extend the top edge line an extra 3
