Problem: Too many books and magazines just sitting around, collecting in your house {come on…you know you have a stack or two hiding somewhere!}

Solution: Turn them into furniture!

I will admit it, I absolutely have this problem.  So many great magazines that you just feel like you can’t throw away for some reason {for me its Real Simple, Whole Living & Yoga Journal}, or all those cool books you’ve read but dont’ know have the bookshelf space to display them.  So after seeing these pictures I put a little magazine and book clean up project on my crafting to-do list.  First order of business create an end table from all those fabulous coffee table books that…well…don’t live on my coffee table.  Let me just tell you how much I love it!  It’s currently sitting next to a lovely lounge chair and supports a reading lamp.  {I can promise you it will change locations in my house probably 45 times before its all said and done…things are constantly moving around in my house…that’s just how i roll}

Next order of business was to do something with all those magazines that pile up over time but i’m not quite ready to part with.  I first snagged a few of them to roll up and put down in my boots {great way to keep the boots shape in your closet without spending mullah on fancy boot forms} then off to craft with the rest of the millions remaining mags.  After consulted Pinterest for some inspiration {duh} I decided to go the route of rolling and magazines to create a table of sorts {see inspiration picture below on the right}.  This took a little experimenting to figure out but with a stapler and a tone of paperclips we now have a cool rolled magazine table currently residing in our hallway!

{ Thanks to Decor Hacks &  Apartment Therapy for these loverly images}

So the moral of this story is that there are all sorts of creative uses for those items just laying around your house…all you gotta do is put your thinking cap on and get crafting!!

Happy Reading

~ Jillian

** Update: Here are a few images of my little trip down novel lane with my rolled magazine accent table & stack of books end table.  Enjoy!!