Rerun: Attire For Your Books

This recent picture of India Hick's covered books reminded me of my wee library gathering dust in our storage unit. I figured, if I reran the tutorial post on my own handsome book jackets, I could have a virtual visit with my lil collection...

Several months ago, during an open house, Babe and I seized the opportunity for a peek-see inside one of the homes we had been stalking admiring down the street...

I became instantly obsessed with the beautiful vellum they had covering their books and the following morning slipped their cleaning lady a properly written note begging for insider info regarding the materials used. I was thrilled when one of the men of the house called me within minutes of my covert operation and generously gave up his trade secret...

My little project would require an X-Acto knife, a cutting mat and a 36" ruler for cutting precise lines...

And, rolls and rolls of vellum all of which were found at Pearl Paint...

My new acquaintance Paul was lucky enough to have one of his assistant's in NYC do all the labor. I, on the other hand, could not keep my help from laying down on the job...

So I called on my old high school book covering talents (minus the doodles of polo ponies and Madison Clark's initials) to get the job done...

I won't lie, it took me weeeeks...

And, naturally the effect was much more striking in Paul and Eric's floor to ceiling built-ins...

But, it dressed up our little Parsons shelf perfectly. And, all my toiling has paid off in compliments and drools received from friends and guests alike...

Kindness of Paul Sinclair and Eric Berthold for so generously sharing their design secret. Fingers crossed my pretty covers are holding up well in their storage unit. Hold on tight my lil books, Mummy will hopefully be retrieving you shortly...XXOO