Jeri's Organizing & Decluttering News

Keep Your Books in an Elephant

2009-11-20T07:45:00.000-08:00

If your children have a lot of books, you'll want some good storage for them. This elephant book display will be outside most budgets - it's directed at schools and libraries - but it sure is wonderful. You can buy it from Highsmith or Brodart.

For something more affordable with an elephant theme, there's this elephant bookshelf from DwellStudio, also available from Design Public. [via Swissmiss]

Yes, I do seem to be attracted to elephants lately.

And yes, to balance things out, there is a donkey bookcase that I wrote about some time ago.

Related Post:
Storing and Displaying Children's Picture Books

Keeping Work Out and Visible

2009-11-18T08:57:00.000-08:00

Are you one of those people who must have all your current projects out in sight? You can do that and still avoid the "messy piles of paper all over the place" look that might drive your spouse/partner crazy.

Copernicus Educational Products sells this tabletop bag stand (and the bags themselves); the bags measure 9 1/4" by 12". Monaco has a similar product.

Monaco also provides this wall- or door-mounted display rack which will work with a wide range of the company's bags.

There are also floor displays for hanging bags; this is the most fanciful (and quite expensive), but there are many more options, including some from Monaco.

Because these hanging bag racks are often used in libraries, you can see a range of options at sites such as The Library Store, Brodart, and Demco.

And here's a different approach: a print rack designed to hold job wallets.

A Holiday Reminder: Keep Calm and Carry On

2009-11-15T22:47:00.001-08:00

If you've somehow missed the whole Keep Calm and Carry craze, you can read the history over at Barter Books. The poster is available in many colors - and other products, and parodies, continue to proliferate.

Want to use this saying as your computer wallpaper? You can get the original - or some of the many variations. (The other choices are Now Panic and Freak Out, and Get Excited and Make Things.)

While there are many Keep Calm t-shirts, I was quite taken with this variation.

And finally, there's this poster, from 3LambsGraphics.

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It's a Chalkboard! It's a Magnetic Board! Actually, It's Both!

2009-11-13T05:44:00.000-08:00

I've written about magnetic boards, and about chalkboards - but how about the products that are a combination of magnetic board and chalkboard? The one above - available in red or black - comes from Domesticity, which has some other neat products, too.

Here's a round magnetic board/chalkboard, available in a range of colors. It's made from "reclaimed plywood from the furniture industry." [via Re-Nest]

Over on Etsy, Shabby Vintage Mom has a framed magnetic chalkboard.

And Mike's Home Decor by Design will make you a custom-sized magnetic chalkboard.

And if you really want to go all out, there's the magnetic dry-erase whiteboard with pockets from Levenger. [via iOrganized]

If you're a do-it-yourself type and would like to create your own magnetic chalkboard using magnetic and chalkboard paints, here's how.

And if you'd like some nice magnets to use on such a board, you can find many options on this blog; you could start with these or these.

Winter in California: Time for Umbrella Stands

2009-11-11T04:00:00.000-08:00

With a rainy winter season being forecast for my part of the world, I'm starting to think about umbrella stands again - it's been over two years since I last featured them!

Let's start with this umbrella-shaped umbrella holder. I'm not sure how practical it is, but it sure is eye-catching!

Here's another umbrella stand with an interesting shape!

The jet turbine umbrella stand is yet another unusual shape.

This umbrella stand, designed by Eva Schildt, got a lot of attention on the design blogs a couple years ago. It's also available here.

Here are some nice, simple umbrella stands from Australia.

And here's an umbrella stand from Japan! [via Spoon & Tamago]

This lovely mahogany umbrella stand comes from Sarreid Ltd; if you're interested, you'll need to find a Sarreid dealer.

And finally, here's an Italian ceramic umbrella stand. (If this one doesn't appeal, the same company sells another style.)

An Organizer Gets MORE Organized: Improving the Entryway

2009-11-09T11:07:00.000-08:00

Are you super organized yourself? People always ask me that, and I'll reply that while I'm indeed organized, I continue to make improvements.

My latest set of changes was inspired by reading Erin Rooney Doland's Unclutter Your Life in One Week. I decided my entryway could use some improvement - including finally finding a "home" for my purse.

Since I had these built-in shelves added to the entryway some time ago, I don't know why I never put my purse on one of them before! The item that was there - slippers for visitors, since I have a shoes-off house - moved into a basket in the entryway closet.

Other items in the shelves are the shoes I wear most often, another basket of slippers, and the bag I take to the gym.

I cleared some items out of my front closet - things that could easily live elsewhere - so now I also have a place on that closet shelf for bag I take to a weekly meeting; it had also been "homeless" before.

Many things already worked well in my entryway - like the hook for my keys, and the place where I put things like client files for the next day, or library books to be returned. But making a few small changes took care of some nagging problems, and I'm delighted with the changes!

Making Your Holiday Gift List? Read Scroogenomics First!

2009-11-07T09:54:00.000-08:00

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"Deloitte Touche conducts an annual survey of holiday gift giving. According to their 2007 survey, respondents planned to purchase an average of twenty-three gifts for friends, family, and other acquaintances. Twenty-three gifts!?!"

Although the subtitle of Scroogenomics is "Why you shouldn't buy presents for the holidays," that's not really what author Joel Waldfogel is saying. For close family and friends - especially those you see frequently - you can probably make good gift selections. Rather, his quibble is with our gift-giving to those we don't know as well: more-distant relatives we seldom see, etc. (OK, he also has a quibble with going into debt to buy holiday gifts.)

As an economist, this who-knows-what-they-want gift-giving disturbs him. He says, "My beef is not with the level of spending and consumption at Christmas but rather with the waste this spending generates ... producing a meager amount of material satisfaction for the amount of money spent."

While cash gifts would solve the problem, cash is considered inappropriate in many cases. For example, while a grandparent may give a grandchild a cash gift, a cash gift from the grandchild to the grandparent just isn't done.

Gift cards would seem like another way around the gift-giving dilemma, but about 10% of the value of gift cards is never redeemed. "People forget about their cards, or lose them, or they redeem part but then can't find something they want that costs less than the remaining balance, or the store issuing the card goes bankrupt."

His solutions? On the realm of what's available now, he likes charity gift cards, including Charity Navigator's "Good Card." Data indicates that most people would give more to charity if they could afford to do so - and many charities "allocate resources to activities with high social return."

Ideally, he'd like to see retail gift cards which expire after 12-18 months, with any unused balance going to charity - perhaps a charity chosen by the giver.

This is a tiny book - 4.25 inches by 6.25 inches, and 146 pages excluding the notes and index. But I enjoyed the different perspective Waldfogel brings to the subject of holiday gift-giving - and I learned more than I expected to learn!

"'There are worlds of money wasted, at this time of year, in getting things that nobody wants, and nobody cares for after they are got.' The observer was the prescient Harriet Beecher Stowe, writing in 1850." With this book, Waldfogel is doing his part to try to change this.

Productivity Tool: Dual Monitors

2009-11-05T00:55:00.000-08:00

Are two monitors really better than one? Someone asked me that recently - and the answer seems to be yes. (A single monitor that's very wide has the same benefits.)

I knew programmers liked the dual-monitor set-up, but I never quite understood how it could help a wide range of users until I read an article in the New York Times, where the author talks about two benefits. [Note: Registration may be required to read New York Times articles.]

1. Keeping your primary task in front of you, even when you go off to check e-mail or perform some other secondary task. As author Farhad Manjoo says:

Now I could keep my e-mail and the Web open on one screen while my Microsoft Word document ran on another. This kept me on task. Even if I did go off to the Web, my document was always visible, beckoning me to come back to work.

2. Making it easier to work with two applications at once. Again, quoting Manjoo:

As I’m writing this story in Word, I’m switching back to my text editor to search for pertinent data. When I find that information, I select it, copy it and switch back to Word to paste it. ... In a multimonitor setup, the brain rests easy: My notes now sit on one side of the dual screen while my Word document sits on the other. When I focus on one program, I don’t lose my place in the other.

In an earlier New York Times article, Ivan Berger provides more examples of how a dual-monitor set-up helped him, including this one:

When I work on tables or spreadsheets, I can see all the columns at once.

And there's research to back up the anecdotal evidence, too. As the New York Times points out:

Researchers at the University of Utah recently asked office workers to perform several common tasks using various monitor configurations. They found that people who used two 20-inch monitors were 44 percent more productive at certain text-editing operations than people using a single 18-inch monitor.

[Note: The other party in the study was NEC Display Solutions, which obviously would hope to see such results.]

Some research from Microsoft back in 2003 also showed significant increase in productivity from using a larger display area.

As one person said in a discussion of the University of Utah/NEC study:

I don't claim you can't do things almost as well with a single monitor. But once you've used a dual, you'll never go back.

Photo credit:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ngscheurich/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Dual-Purpose Funiture: The Storage Stool

2009-11-03T09:54:00.000-08:00

Looking for yet another place to add some storage? For those who love a nautical decor, like organizer John Trosko, there's this boat funnel storage stool.

For a totally different look, here's a water hyacinth stool.

And for yet another look, you could head over to Vale Upholstery and get a bespoke made storage footstool.

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Forget the Address Book: Use an Address BOX

2009-11-01T21:42:00.000-08:00

Organizers are always learning from their clients, and one of mine introduced me to the idea of using an address box. Hers was a simple file card box, which works just fine. But if you'd like, you can also buy an address box. This one comes from Assembly of Text.

And this address box is sold by Dibor. The box is made from reclaimed wood.

Over on Etsy, you can get one of the address card files made by rfrantzdesign.

And if you want something really different, there are the address boxes from UglyKitty. The address file cards are made from those annoying magazine subscription cards, and other found paper. As the creator says, these boxes are made with "lots and lots of recycled papers."

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October 2009 Organizing Tips and More

2009-10-31T20:21:00.000-07:00

My October 2009 newsletter is now available.

Tip of the Month: Organizing Your Computer Files

Organizing Product of the Month: Returned Peace Corps Volunteer International Calendar

Recycling/Reuse Idea of the Month: Glove Love [via Springwise]

Also included: Organizing Quote of the Month and some Twitter tidbits

Some Last-Minute Halloween Suggestions - for Next Year, Perhaps?

2009-10-30T00:51:00.000-07:00

I haven't bought my Halloween candy yet; I was planning on doing that today. But having just read about Books for Treats, I'm having second thoughts. I've been meaning to thin my collection of children's books; rather than selling or Freecycling the ones I no longer want, maybe I'll give them away at Halloween instead!

I grinned when I read how well this has worked for some who've done it in the past:

What will the kids think about getting books instead of candy?

Our experience is that kids, as well as their parents, are thrilled by receiving books for treats. They are much more enthusiastic than we have ever seen them when we gave candy.

We have witnessed many children running to the sidewalk waiving a new treasure yelling "Mom, look! I got a book!" We also saw a group of kids standing on the sidewalk showing each other their books. And we heard one girl greet a friend coming from the other direction "Hey, this house gives books! Cool!"

If you'd prefer not to give candy - not even tasty fair trade chocolates like this or this - and the book idea just isn't your thing, you can see a list of other options from Green Halloween and The Lemonade Stand. If you're going this route, pick carefully so you don't create clutter in someone else's home! I especially like the Lemonade Stand list because it focuses on craft supplies - a consumable, and something that most families I work with would certainly appreciate.

He or She is History: Now What About the Stuff?

2009-10-28T07:21:00.000-07:00

While many people will use avenues such as garage sales, eBay, craigslist, Freecycle, and donations to thrift stores - or just the garbage can - to get rid of items that bring back unhappy memories, Jonathan Carroll writes of a different approach:

An unusual Croatian exhibition is traveling around Europe. 'The Museum of Broken Relationships' is the name of the exhibition that has already visited Bosnia Herzegovina, Slovakia and Germany. ... Anyone can visit the exhibition and bring any things relevant to ex-relationships and ex-partners. ...

The main point of the exhibit is to get rid of these painful reminders in a public way. Therapists say that the idea is also good from a psychological point of view. They explain that giving away things that remind us of our ex-partners is the first step towards ridding the heart of its pain and a way of doing something creative with it.

The museum's web site says:

The museum has everything from romantic and touching letters to different gifts given to lovers like teddy bears and photos, but also such unusual examples as leg prosthesis donated by a war veteran who fell in love with his physiotherapist or a gall stone. Every single object on display is anonymous, and has a description / story related to the relationship.

Want to participate without waiting for the exhibit to arrive in your area? You can mail off your contribution to Croatia!

Fabulous Felt Boxes and Baskets

2009-10-27T08:00:00.000-07:00

For colorful, a bit out-of-the-ordinary storage - the kind that sits out on a shelf, not away in a garage, basement, or attic - you might look to felt boxes and baskets. This lovely felt box comes from Picciolo, over on Etsy. [via UK Handmade]

This felt basket comes from Muskhane.

And this felted basket comes from Én Gry og Sif. You can also find some of the company's felted baskets here.

Here's a different approach - these felt boxes ship flat, making them easy to store in between uses. [via Mighty Goods]

On a separate note: This is my blog anniversary; I published my first post on Oct. 27, 2006. My thanks to everyone who has supported me these past three years!

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Watches - Because Some of Us Still Rely on Them to Keep Us on Track

2009-10-26T06:41:00.000-07:00

While many people are giving up on watches and just using their cell phones for determining the time, some of us still like to wear a watch. And some of us, with older eyes, like simple easy-to-read watches - ones that don't have a lot of other functions, but still have a bit of pizazz.

Since I'm one of those people, I've been looking at what's available. The Mondaine Swiss Railways watches were the first to really catch my eye. There are a number of models for both men and woman. [via the San Francisco Chronicle]

Another lovely watch is the Longines LungoMare model L35094762.

And then there's the Luna watch from Alessi, available from Unica Home and Emmo Home (among others).

If someone else knows of another watch along the same lines, please let us know in the comments.

Recycling Made Super Simple

2009-10-23T13:02:00.000-07:00

We want to do the right thing, and keep reusable and toxic materials out of landfill - but we also have busy lives. So anything that makes recycling easier is a good thing!

I used to go to the post office to pick up postage-paid envelopes for recycling inkjet cartridges - but when I went recently, the post office no longer had them. (I see it was a pilot program.)

So I was delighted when Mary Key consultant Viv Tracy told me about the Mary Kay program using the postage-paid envelopes shown above. (Mary Kay pink! Easy to spot!) You can recycle both printer cartridges and cell phones through this program.

Mary Kay has partnered with Access Computer Products Inc. Since the Access web site doesn't (yet) have much information about how they do their recycling, I called the company and spoke to someone, and I'm now comfortable that their practices are indeed responsible; you won't be contributing to the problems described in my earlier post.

Other organizations offer similar programs; for example, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds has the RSPB Recycling Appeal which uses Freepost envelopes.

Five Fantastic Magazine Racks

2009-10-22T06:33:00.000-07:00

Looking for a very special way to save and display your current - or special - magazines? This revolving magazine rack/table might do! But there are a number of other very nice choices, too.

Staying with beautiful wood pieces, let's admire this magazine rack from Niels Jensen of Quebec.

And here's a magazine tree from Indiana for Modern.

For a very different approach, see the Motion magazine stand from Innersmile. [via netspaze]

And finally, here's a leather magazine rack - one of a number made by the Asis family.

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Reader Question: Planners for the Side of a Fridge

2009-10-21T06:51:00.000-07:00

I've always wanted to find a calendar that can 1) be attached to the side of the fridge, 2) can have a wipe off marker feature, and 3) is large enough to accommodate a family schedule. If you ever run into such a product I would love to hear about it. --Jason, commenting on this post

Jason, you're in luck; a number of companies make products that might work for you. If you happen to live in the U.K, you can get the Gripping Stuff dry erase calendar (sold online here).

Customized Creations can make you a magnetic-backed dry erase refrigerator calendar using stock photography or one of your photos. You can get a number of formats, too - including a standard monthly block, a weekly calendar with name rows like the one shown above, and more.

More Time Moms has a family magnetic calendar.

Adornit Decor has a number of lovely dry erase magnetic calendars. [via ListEn iN]

And then there's the Juicy Lucy magnetic fridge planner.

The final two planners aren't what Jason wanted - they are pads, not dry erase boards. But maybe they will work for someone else! BusyBodyBook has magnetic 7-column undated weekly grid pad, with 52 pages.

And Lake Erie Gifts & Decor has magnetic weekly reminders in four different patterns; each pad has 55 sheets.

Calendars to Manage Your Time - and Help a Good Cause

2009-10-19T14:19:00.000-07:00

Animal shelter and rescue organizations and humane societies often create some very nice calendars; here's just a sampling. The Dog Days calendar above is created by Sutton Studios to benefit a number of agencies in the Chicago area.

Boston Buddies comes from Southern California Boston Terrier Rescue. Check out the web site to see all the interior pages.

The Humane Society of Northwest Montana uses illustrations by artist Jane Kleinschmidt on its 2010 Paws & Claws calendar.

And the 2010 calendar from Atlanta Pet Rescue features the work of pet photographer Leesia Teh.

While I spoke about the Dallas-Fort Worth Dachshund Rescue Foundation's calendar back in November 2008, it's so stunning I had to show this year's, too.

Clarks Farm Greyhound Rescue has produced its first calendar.

And the Detroit Lions / Friends For the Dearborn Animal Shelter Pet Calendar looks like it will be pretty great, too. You can see the terrific photos from the photo shoot (which are copyright protected) at the Detroit Free Press web site. [via Nancy Nall]

Other 2010 Calendar Posts:
First Look: 2010 Calendars
16 Organizers and Planners for Moms and Families

Hard Choices: Best Organizing Web Site or Blog

2009-10-15T16:53:00.000-07:00

Want to read some other good organizing blogs?

I'm thrilled to be nominated, for the second time, as Best Organizing Web Site or Blog; if you want to vote for me, login here and cast your ballot. You have until December 15, but why procrastinate?

But I'm also thrilled to be in such good company. Three of the other nominees are blogs I subscribe to because of their consistent high quality. If you want to vote for one of them, you won't hurt my feelings!

The Clutter Diet, by Lorie Marrero, offers much more than just a blog - but I'm going to focus on the Clutter Diet blog for now. Lorie has a way of taking good solid organizing advice and adding a telling story, or a turn of phrase, that makes me sit up and take notice. She also has sense of humor!

To get a taste of Lorie's writing, go to these posts:
- Organizing Magic Wand Now Available (but note the date on this post)
- 7 Unusual Scheduling Tips to Save Your Time & Sanity
- It's So Totally ME!

You can also follow ClutterDiet on Twitter, and read Lorie's great ClutterTweetTips!

Simplify 101, by Aby and Jay Garvey, also offers more than a blog - but again, let's focus on Aby's Creative Organizing blog for now. Aby's everything I'm not - the scrapbooker, the one who will futz around creating lovely do-it-yourself labels. And this difference makes it so much fun for me to read her blog!

To get a taste of Aby's writing, see:
- Make a Quick and Simple Travel Planner
- Budget-friendly scrapbook storage + organizing ideas
- Thoughts on Decluttering

You can also follow Aby on Twitter.

Unclutterer, with editor-in-chief Erin Doland, covers a wide range of organizing issues. From the first moment I saw it, I knew it was bound to be a hit with readers.

To get a feel for Unclutterer, take a look at these posts:
- Prioritizing uncluttering and organizing projects
- Unitasker Wednesday: Lem-O Saver
- Hinge hooks

You can also follow Erin (and Unclutterer) on Twitter; I've enjoyed following Erin, and getting to know a bit more about the woman behind Unclutterer.

Organizing with Etsy for Halloween - and for Dia de los Muertos

2009-10-15T07:03:00.000-07:00

Looking for seasonal organizing-related items? I've found some pretty wonderful items over on Etsy; let's start with these coffee sack baskets by Brin & Nohl.

This handpainted vintage wooden box comes from Janie D Mattern's Halloween collection.

These handpainted nesting boxes come from Beth Logan's artstuff studio.

This Dia de los Muertos fabric bin from Nestings is made to order.

And finally, Herbis Orbis has an amazing collection of Day of the Dead skull magnets.

Update on Nov. 1, 2009: Full disclosure: After this post ran, Anne of Herbis Orbis offered me a couple free magnets. This came as a pleasant surprise, and I accepted. The magnets are delightful!

Related Post:
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Taking Care of an Elderly Parent - and Staying Sane

2009-10-14T07:04:00.000-07:00

Are you taking care of an elderly parent or other family member? That can become an all-consuming job. Learning how to manage the situation - including when and how to say "no" - is crucial.

Here's what Eldercare Coach Janice Wallace says in her latest newsletter:

Caregiver stress can creep up on you as you gradually do more and more things to help your family member. It's easy to justify adding just one more thing to your groaning to-do list when it's to help your loved one.

When you are doing too much, you will get signals from your body and your mind. ... You may get feedback from family and friends who have noticed how you are changing and express concern. You may receive complaints from family or friends who feel neglected.

Now what? You've thought things through and realized that maybe you do have caregiver stress. Looking at your situation may leave you feeling a bit hopeless. You can see clearly that your family member needs help; how can you possibly do less?

In order to honor your commitment to help your family member, you have to seek the right mix of helping, taking care of yourself and using other resources.

You can read the rest of this article, with Janice's specific advice, on her web site. She's a wise and compassionate woman!

Related Post:
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Photo credit:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/theeerin/ / CC BY-ND 2.0

Hangers: Going Way Beyond the Ordinary

2009-10-13T07:04:00.000-07:00

No one needs hangers like these - or any of the others in this listing. But it's interesting to see what some designers have done with something as basic as a clothes hanger. And these hangers from John Green are made from what would have been wasted material from his production of furniture.

Seeing the John Green hangers reminded me of theses Cityscape hangers. The original company which produced them is no longer in business - but they are back! There's London (shown above, and available at One Eco Home), Milan, New York, Paris and Tokyo - and you can also get one custom-designed.

Ingibjorg Hanna of Iceland designed this bird coat hanger - which also comes in a trouser version. Birkiland sells the hanger in all three colors - black, white, and pink - but doesn't have the trouser version.

The Ditto hangers made from recycled paper come in lots of 100; they're intended for clothing retailer, dry cleaners, etc. [via Apartment Therapy]

And then there's the Zilka hanger from Ryan Frank, made from recycled British newspapers. Bouf sells them in solid colors and patterns - and they can also be purchased from The Greenhaus and Pure Design. [via Apartment Therapy]

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Colorful Shelves to Brighten Your Day

2009-10-11T22:15:00.000-07:00

It's been a gray day in Half Moon Bay - with our first big winter storm on the way - so I've been attracted to these bright and cheery shelves. Lagolinea, shown above, seems like a wonderful system - unfortunately, while Lago has stores in a number of European cities, the company doesn't have one in the U.S. [via Freshome]

Here's one more picture from Lagolinea; the photos were too good to pick just one!

The Lorna Shelf from the William Feeney Studio is available in custom sizes and colors. [via Apartment Therapy]

The Confetti shelf system has tiles in four colors, which you can arrange as you like, and then add the shelves between the tile grooves. [via Switched On Set]

The Waveform shelf comes from Plodes Studio, and is available in 12 colors. [via Better Living Through Design]

If you need just a little wall shelf - for some books by the reading chair or the bed - you could get the Bookhouse by David Restorick Interiors. (Yes, book lovers, I know that placing the book on the top like that isn't good for the book. You wouldn't have to put one there.) [via Designspotter]

And if you have $3,500 to spare (or 2,700 euro) you could get Collect, from Normann Copenhagen; spring green is the only color. It's sold here and here.

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Treat Your Books to Some Nice Bookends: The Elephant Edition

2009-10-08T19:54:00.000-07:00

How can you not love these elephants - or at least some of the many wonderful leather animal bookends made by Sandy Vohr? It's been almost two years since I last mentioned these, so it was time for a reminder. Vohr makes another style of elephant, too. (I own one of her rhinos.)

Zuny also makes some very neat animal bookends. You can buy them through MollaSpace, WesternBloc, Beautifly, and others.

The MoMA store is selling an elephant bookend that the museum claims is a MoMA exclusive, but it sure looks like the Zuny elephant shown above - and Zuny says MoMA has its product. [via Better Living Through Design]

Then there are these elephant bookends, from Zid Zid Kids.

While most of the bookends at DapperFrog aren't to my taste, I do like these elephant bookends, made of cast stone. [via Apartment Therapy]

These elephant bookends from Mosaic Garden on Etsy are one-of-a-kind, and expensive - but what a visual treat!

And finally, here are the bookends you can't get any more, because Alison Heath of Hardwood Artisans already bought them - as she gloated recently. But Alison inspired this post, so it's only fair to let her show off a bit.

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