IKEA is, functionally, in the business of selling ground-up trees, sometimes covered in very, very thin slices of not-ground-up trees. And it’s not even clear that they get those trees in an ...

Ever since I saw the beast’s library in Beauty and the Beast as a child, I have been obsessed with the idea of one day having a gorgeous home library. Of course, that's not really possible for me ...

You may have read about the demise of the book. You know, the thing that has been around for more than a millennium — dead trees, covered in ink. A repository for the exchange of ideas, and stories — ...

In the age of e-readers and digital everything, Alex Johnson, a journalist and curator of the Bookshelf blog (theblogonthebookshelf.blogspot.com), has a new book that would look at home on any of the ...

The Standard's journalism is supported by our readers. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. We need to talk about corners. Not the kind you back yourself ...

So you just moved into a new studio apartment. Or a tiny house. Or a regular house with not a lot of space. No matter your situation, you have found yourself in a pickle: too many books, too little ...