The Bento fruit salad: both an art and a timeless pursuit
I have a friend (who also created the layered pillars of fruit pictured above) who I may or may not have accused of having a life like a bento box. What I mean to say by that is – uniformly portioned; aesthetically pleasing; and segregated by color! I don’t mean colors found on people duh, more like on blouses and foods!
And though I’m not always the most orderly person, sometimes there’s harmony in a system… Case in point, my own latest foray into the Bento Box lifestyle.
Rows: red, thru violet
Recently, I found myself in the unique position of having: (one) freshly moved-away boyfriend and (one) awesome New-to-Me bookshelf that got left behind during the moving process. Not exactly tit for tat.
But to make the whole installation and shifting of stuff more exciting, my art-oriented sister decided to color organize my books. She had a burning desire for rainbow book that was, so burning, it could only be quenched by rainbow book! rainbow book!
rainbow book!
So she color arranged (almost) my entire collection, and added a shoe, and it looks great! A veritable reading rainbow. Sometimes, a little aesthetic appeal goes a long way towards making things feel special :]
other fun ways to arrange your books (other than by subject) –
- stack them on their sides to make pyramids/geometric shapes
- use sparkly shoes or other decorative objects to act as bookends
- rig a lazy susan or other rotating device to hold your books
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- utilize open space! especially if you have tall books and narrow shelves
- if you’re a monochromatic control freak, cover all of your books in matching scrapbook paper!
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