Rainbow Bookshelf

Over the time you’ve seen a lot of bookshelves on Freshome, but what I’ve found today is really impressive. I was browsing Flickr and I found this beautiful example of organizing books by color and the smart guy that managed to do it, is user chotda. This is a very good way of changing the whole aspect of a bookshelf with a little bit of creativity. I guess you’ll have to pay more attention to the book’s cover from now on if you want to reproduce that effect and have your own rainbow bookshelf.

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    7 aktivnosti za lijeni dan | rozakoza Says:

    [...] vizualizirati kako bi izgledalo kada biste si presložili knjige po policama po duginim bojama. [...]

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    I’m offically unpacked! « My blank page Says:

    [...] best to organize them – suggestions? All alphabetical, by section and then alphabetically, by color? And this means that my living room is verging on finished – just waiting for the wallpaper [...]

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    Currently obsessed with : bookshelves - Stickers and Donuts Says:

    [...] #1. This is a GREAT idea for those who like nice-looking things but don’t really have the money to furnish their place. Just re-organise your books by color ! The result is quite breathtaking, don’t you think ? (More pictures here) [...]

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    kay gadd Says:

    What a fabuluous ides. Cute dog too.

  5. 126
    Blog-Deko: Eine gute Idee: Bücher durch Farben zu befehlen Says:

    [...] eine gute Idee sein, eine Inventur durch Farben zu machen, während ihr sie befehlt. Weg | freshome In Decoesfera | Bücher und Zeitschriften Posted by Elsies Hephard at 1:58 AM [...]

  6. 125
    Blog decoration: A good idea: to arrange books for colors Says:

    [...] be able to be a good idea to do an inventory to you for colors while you arrange them. Route | freshome In Decoesfera | Books and magazines Posted by Elsies Hephard at 1:39 AM [...]

  7. 124
    Blog decoration: Une bonne idée : ordonner des livres par des couleurs Says:

    [...] une bonne idée vous faire un inventaire par des couleurs tandis que vous les ordonnez. Une voie | freshome Dans Decoesfera | les Livres et les revues Posted by Elsies Hephard at 1:27 AM [...]

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    Blog decoration Russia: Хорошая идея: упорядочивать книги из-за цветов Says:

    [...] из-за цветов пока вы упорядочиваете их. Путь | freshome В Decoesfera | Книги и журналы Posted by Elsies Hephard at 11:53 [...]

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    Una buena idea: ordenar libros por colores | Glitter Network Says:

    [...] | freshome En Decoesfera | Libros y [...]

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    Aslan Say » Design : 个性书架设计(一) Says:

    [...] Color-Coded Books: [...]

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    Wannabeartist » Bücherregal – Es muss nicht immer Billy sein Says:

    [...] Bücher in Farben (ist zwar kein Bücherregal, aber der link darf trotzdem nicht fehlen): http://freshome.com/2008/02/12/rainbow-bookshelf/ [...]

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    Rainbows « Totally Inspiring Says:

    [...] Rainbow Bookshelf shown on freshome Inspriation point: I love how these books are sorted. I am thinking it would look super cool to use small strips for a  border/background/frame on a page. I might have to organize my books in my scrap room by color…hmm… [...]

  13. 118
    Amy Says:

    I worked in a bookstore for 6 years. Everyone remembers books they are looking for by
    the color of the cover anyway!

  14. 117
    Szivárvány könyvespolc « szamárfüles blog Says:

    [...] bizony nem emlékszem, hogy honnan jött az ötlet (talán innen ») de amikor a tavasszal elszántuk magunkat, hogy kifestjük a nappalit és az előszobát, [...]

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    Organizar libros por colores | Buzzeando Says:

    [...] los libros por el color de la portada es un criterio válido. De hecho, visualmente es el más [...]

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    Organizar libros por colores @ Sobre tecnologia Says:

    [...] los libros por el color de la portada es un criterio válido. De hecho, visualmente es el más [...]

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    Indy Grrrl Says:

    I can’t wait to do this with my books. This one looks amazing!

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    Arco-íris de prazer « Laion Monteiro Says:

    [...] fonte: Freshome [...]

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    Justine.Babiiy Says:

    Thats absolutely magnificent..
    in every wonder of the world
    the faggs that disagree are the idots
    that can’t take time to understand beyond the meanings and colors of it all.
    and they are just hating because they will probably never amount to anything much less understand the work
    and effort put into to such a masterpiece..
    and the dick that said autism
    no honey you or your mom didn’t do this.
    so suck it it’s gorgeous
    Check my flow uhhh
    get the meaning..?? i won’t test your simple minds
    however GORGEOUS IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD..!!
    nicolasjake_rox_my_sox@yahoo.com

  20. 111
    Harry Podder and the Big Apple » Blog Archive » Rainbow in your room Says:

    [...] continuing my research to improve on my Project Monochrome. I come across this very unique way of book [...]

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    Grey Says:

    I think this is absolutely gorgeous! I could rock that, because my brain functions in such a manner that I remember the color of the book before I remember the author or the genre. Soooo….yeah. :3

    Thank you for posting this! <3

  22. 109
    How to Make the Stairs the Most Interesting Element of Your Home Says:

    [...] few months ago we presented an interesting project called the Rainbow Bookshelf, a beautiful example of organizing books by color. Today here is another interesting way to play [...]

  23. 108
    Caitlin Says:

    Anyone who says it will be impossible to find a book either has no visual memory or no idea what a database is.

    Anyone who says books don’t come in these colours have clearly not picked up a modern-day, pedagogically-advanced textbook.

    I think this is a fantastic idea. I’ve been trying to figure out how to organise my thousands of books for a while now. Of course, I went down the same route as everyone else: organisation by subject. I tried using both the LCC and DDS, and both were horrible for my extensive collection of bioinformatics and medical imaging related books (i.e., tons of books from meds and the life scis combined with loads of CS and tech texts, with many that are both). I’d been so frustrated, I gave up, thinking that maybe I’ll come up with my own little classification system someday. Perhaps I’ll try this instead!

  24. 107
    RJ Says:

    I used to do this with my CDs. Only took up a shelf or two though. I like the look.

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    Rainbow Bookshelf no desviarte Says:

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    Roque Says:

    Holy Christ what is wrong with some of these commenters. Have they heard of Paxil? Have they heard of “If you have nothing nice to say…?” Here’s my something not-nice, addressed to the negative commenters: pleeeease get a life.

    Seriously, where’s the fire? Must one’s need to find a book be a life-or-death race against time? Maximum efficiency in ordering your shelves doesn’t have to be priority one for anyone. “Books are meant to be organized by subject”?! And here I thought books were meant to be read. Life’s short, pal, but not that short. Many of us would prefer egregiously impractical beauty. It is far from “pointless” or “retarded.”

    BEAUTY IS THE POINT. IF LIFE IS SHORT, IT IS FAR TOO SHORT TO SURRENDER BEAUTY TO EFFICIENCY. If the sad, hateful, glass-half-full bean-counters have a problem grasping this simple notion, I hope they keep it to themselves . . . or that they only subject paid professionals to their toxic inner monologues.

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    You’re Getting Warmer: Unleashing the Real Power of RFID « Surf’s Up Says:

    [...] Dewey Decimal come to mind. Other people have experimented with color arrangement too. Check out this and this and this. I think there was even one library that experimented with arranging a [...]

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    » Не практично, зато симпатично • Гей-сайт Беларуси | sunshine.by Says:

    [...] Стырено отсюда [...]

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    0 n 8 = ? » Blog Archive » Yaratıcı kitaplıklar Says:

    [...] birçok sıradışı kitaplık tipi sıralanmış. merdiven tipi kitaplık kulübe tipi kitaplık rengarenk kitaplık gizli kapı tipi kitaplık tavana gömmeli kitaplık yatak olabilen [...]

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    cloud9 design Says:

    i love this. i am trying to do this with my collection as well…

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