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Matt Carr's Biblioteca Bookrack

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Cool Curves. The Biblioteca Bookrack is Matt Carr's newest design for Umbra. Carr found inspiration when he found two vintage coffee tables. He gave the coffee tables new life when he cut and configured them to make bookshelves. Now, the design is recreated with a mahogany natural top and black lacquered legs...

 
 
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This is great inspiration for a DIY shelf, or Matt's design is available from Unica Home for $500.

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I think it is very clever, though I ould like it better in all black or in all white--the wood top detracts from the shape...definitely would be an interesting diy project.

posted by polkadot on 2007-09-05 16:13:24
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I like it too. I must say I think I'm seeing a trend, I've seen this idea before. There was a DIY article on repurposing bentwood recently on Martha Stewart Living.

posted by RJD on 2007-09-05 16:27:13
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This is fabulous. Mary Englebreit was stacking benches a long time ago. This sort of strikes me as elegant and kitschy at the same time. Anyone else?

posted by Alana in Canada on 2007-09-05 16:35:06
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I would like it better had he left all the legs on it.

posted by Sara48 on 2007-09-05 16:41:49
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Cute, cute, cute!

posted by Lady J on 2007-09-05 16:43:27
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I agree with polkadot, I would really love this in just one unifying color.

posted by jon on 2007-09-05 16:48:40
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Sara48, all the legs *are* on it, the tables are cut in half.

posted by robyn on 2007-09-05 17:19:10
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Still no like. That just me.

posted by Sara48 on 2007-09-05 17:22:58
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looking at it some more, it kinda looks bat-like, no? Even more if painted all black.

posted by RJD on 2007-09-05 17:43:39
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Right on Alana. I think it's great as it is.

posted by Annalisa on 2007-09-05 18:18:17
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Doesn't do it for me

posted by dollhouse on 2007-09-05 19:01:06
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While I'm not particularly keen on these particular legs, I LOVE the idea and think it would work in certain environs. And if a person is using recycled furniture, it's even better.

posted by krister on 2007-09-05 22:42:32
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I like the shape and design process here immensely. The name seems rather odd to me, since it implies many languages' word for Library yet the shelves feel much more suited to light reading and knick-knacks than to serious book hoarding.

posted by Tessa on 2007-09-06 09:03:22
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I think its great. Very striking. I like it in the two-tone because it shows what it IS. It helps you see that it once was a coffee table which is obviously the root of its whimsy. If it was all black, I think it might just look like an oddly shaped piece of furniture.

posted by joey c on 2007-09-06 10:24:32
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I love this idea. The hard part would be finding two identical coffee tables, or at least two that are roughly the same size and shape.

posted by engineergirl on 2007-09-06 11:43:50
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blech

posted by mscot on 2007-09-06 13:50:11
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It's a great idea, and one that I gravitated to when I saw it two ICFFs ago. Unfortunately, the sample they showed had rather spotty workmanship. I hope the production pieces are much improved.

posted by GeorgeG on 2007-09-16 22:57:35
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