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SadieJay's avatar

Me too!!! And, sometimes they do have books and the spines are to the wall. Arrrrrgh!!

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AB's avatar

For decoration. I don’t get it. It’s the most ridiculous thing

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My Favorite Things's avatar

I use books as decorations. I collect antique books and they’re beautiful. However, I also read them. I think more people should read antique books like “The World’s Greatest Orations.” George Washington in his farewell speech predicted everything that’s happening in our country right now.

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Copernicus's avatar

But, the spines are the interesting parts…

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Copernicus's avatar

Wha????!!!

How does that even make any sense. They obviously do not read them.

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SadieJay's avatar

Exactly. I like the home reno shows, but when they build a beautiful library room with so many book shelves and even a ladder and place all the books with the spines in, it just killed me.

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Susan Clack's avatar

Perhaps they’re afraid some sharp-eyed viewer will be able to read the titles and find offense at the books that were put on the shelf...or else the authors might receive an unintended endorsement, getting an HGTV sales bump or something...don’t we see people on various shows who have to put tape over their clothing’s corporate logos so as to avoid paying a royalty or whatever it might be? 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️I dunno...

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Copernicus's avatar

Someone did that?

That is downright bizarre. Why have a library???????

Maybe for the show, if it was my library, and I didn’t want the world seeing all of my shelves full of dissident literature…. 😆 But I would just leave them empty and shelve my books later because who wants to turn them all back around. Except I guess maybe if they paid me enough money for my renovation to be on TV. Lol.

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SadieJay's avatar

It would have been a beautiful room with all the books put out the right way. All show no go. Stupid is as stupid does. Dissident literature! Right on baby. See you in the gulag. Haha. Funny? Not funny? Ugh!

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JenMcK's avatar

I mentioned that to my son as bizarre and he brought up that there might be copyright issues with them being on tv? So easier to turn the books around to show how the library would be set up and the books get turned back around later?

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Bandit's avatar

How ugly. Also would make it hard to remove the books from the shelves for reading. ☹

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CH's avatar

I guess they like the way it looked when they saw it on HGTV. 🤦‍♀️

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