Book Accessories & Home Libraries

Even if you end up using one bookmark per book and leave in the book pretty much forever, a bookmark holder is a necessary, albeit somewhat overlooked accessory. This way you will always know where to look when you are beginning to read a new book.

Popular Mechanics through the years has published many articles on crafting bookshelves and other book related items. Some of those issues can be accessed on Google Books for free, in their entirety. This particular article demonstrates how you can make bookends out of scrap wood. The idea can be easily expanded, because large pieces of just about any solid material can be fashioned into bookends.
Make your own bookend from scraps