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How to make it feel like a library

Isn't this fun?!  It's the back door to Cover Treasures, our local bookstore.  They actually used a wrapping paper that the owner found years ago cutting around the books and gluing them in the recessed panels of the door.  I found this wallpaper on Etsy. https://www.etsy.com/listing/618696514/library-wallpaper-antique-books-more-by?   Very well priced for pre-pasted wallpaper. I love that the bookstore set the paper in the recesses of the panels of the door making it look like the books are tucked into small cubbies.  You can get a similar effect by buying a door at The Restore.  I paid about $35 each for some I bought to use as worktables.  Secure it to the wall and paint according to the decor of the room.  Now, add the books wallpaper.  For a small room that would be overwhelmed by real bookcases you could put up a pair of doors, one on each side of a loveseat.  If you want to add a bit of depth frame out the outside edg...

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