{"id":138513,"date":"2023-07-27T22:00:47","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-minimalism-trend-has-waged-a-war-on-bookshelves-but-im-not-ready-to-marie-kondo-my-home-library-paul-daley\/"},"modified":"2023-07-27T22:06:06","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T15:06:06","slug":"the-minimalism-trend-has-waged-a-war-on-bookshelves-but-im-not-ready-to-marie-kondo-my-home-library-paul-daley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/the-minimalism-trend-has-waged-a-war-on-bookshelves-but-im-not-ready-to-marie-kondo-my-home-library-paul-daley\/","title":{"rendered":"The minimalism trend has waged a war on bookshelves \u2013 but I\u2019m not ready to Marie Kondo my home library | Paul Daley"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nSure, with more than 70 metres of shelves in my home, my books have a housing crisis. But what if I miss them when they\u2019re gone?When moving house and cities some years ago there was a conspicuous absence in so many of the potential homes we inspected \u2013 bookshelves.And where there are no bookshelves it usually means there are very few books. It was as if, when styling homes for potential sale, the real estate agents had issued strict instructions: whatever you do, make sure there are no damn books about. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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