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POSTED 2 YEARS AGO

What do you with your old books once you've read - and re-read - them over and over again? Offbeat Earth has come up with a few interesting and artistic ways to repurpose your literary collection into something fun and maybe even useful!

The perfect reading chair... made out of books.

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A vase made from old books.

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Alice In Wonderland comes to life in the ultimate pop-up book.

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Pillow forts haven't got anything on book forts.

See the rest, including How-Tos, at Offbeat Earth.

As a writer, it stings a little bit to see those books cut up, so my personal opinion is that the best use of an old book would be to donate it to a shelter, thrift store, or even a friend. What do you do with your old books?

via TreeHugger

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	Arielle Marie says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	....thats a lot of books to make that fort! haha, but i've kept most of my books untill i have A LOT like that i will keep them in case i need one. Then maybe when I'm older I'll donate them or bring them to a book store.



	voice for those who cant says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	that is so kool who comes up with theses things awesome



	sani says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO




	[bremackk] says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	I keep my books. I tend to re-read them often. (:



	livingsecrets says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	thats a really great idea.



	firthfan33 says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	i like the alice in wonderland one, and the vase looks nice haha



	heatheranne1555 says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	My favorite is the alice in wonderland one



	Forgotten and Misterious says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	That's a lot of books @_@



	Pan says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	the alice in wonderland one is so cool but ..I could never cut up a book like that shudders lol I love my books.



	Kassy says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	That is awesome.



	Kristiiiina. says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	Trade them in at used book stores and stuff. Usually they give you credit for there store to get more books. Or they just give you one for giving them one.



	Angx says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	=D awesome



	Alove says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	LOVE IT!



	Lana says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	that art is amazing! but I just swap my books with others on book swapping sites, like bookcrossing.com



	PenguinRawr! says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	pop up one is awesome



	?uestion Mark says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	how long do you think it took to make that fort?



	Cotaku says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	Wow... I definitely don't have nearly enough old books to build a fort. Now I'm sad. After I realize that I have a million books that are just taking up space, I usually give them to a used book store or someplace like the Salvation Army. Sometimes I give them away to the school library or some of my friends, too.



	joapproach:) says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	these are amazing!!!!!!!!



	Uniquely Moi says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	cool! Xx



	Bballgrl8952 says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	i donate of course!



	hayebabynay says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	the only books i really own r tha harry potter books & tha twilight books so i re-read ALOT!!! but that is awesome...



	frawgy006 says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	i likke to read but not that much!.. lolz awesome ideas though... xD (>'-')>



	Zackaroni says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	I like the fort. I let friends read them and stuff.



	SavanYERD! :) says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	Righteous!



	Imspecial0035 says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	this seemss reallly coooool. but what about the regular people who cant figure out how to make a bok into a vase??



	sarahhbelle17 says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	I like the Alice in Wonderland one (:



	GlarinJar3n says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	I think keeping books is better than wasting your time in life making a dang fort for 100 days hahaha.



	GirlieInThe RabbitHole says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	Yay for Alice in Wonderland ♥



	Christa says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	Haha, thats awesome! I love the fort one!



	ta-ki-z-ka says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	are you nuts? you dont just trash books like that.



	jalala says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	i just donate them to the salvation army...



	jalala says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	i just donate them to the salvation army...



	Forever Gone says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	the alice in wonderland one is MY FAV!!!



	Jayme_Hearts_You says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	thats cool



	xZ AnthonY Zx says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	that book fort is awesome



	Tori ;] says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	i dunno. i keep all of my books. i plan on giving them to my children when i have them.



	cass-a-frass says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	donate them to people who need them or my local library



	Laur.en. says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	damnn books are good for fckn everythinggg!



	whereismadi says:	POSTED 2 YEARS AGO
	wow this is fucking awesome!