We just installed our Little Free Library (‘Gratis Biebje’ in Dutch) in front of our home.
Marc and I designed it together, but all the credit for making it goes to Marc!
All of the materials for building it were reclaimed/recycled.
The only thing we spent some serious money on was the paint.
The note says that people can take one book at a time and that they have three options:
Trade = trade it for a book of their own.
Borrow = return it when they’ve finished reading it.
Gift = if they want to keep it, that’s fine with us too.
We also ask for book donations.
It is probably (as far as we know) the first Little Free Library in our town.
We hope you like it.
Bea & Marc
WOW! What a cool version of the Little Free Library! I have always wanted to have one, but since we live where we do I have to satisfy my urge by contributing to a few nearby.
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Lynx
(In a world where you can be anything, be kind.)
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It has been less than an hour, in a quiet street, and the three little cardboard baby books have already gone…
One book per person, you said? LOL
I hope they make that baby happy! Or perhaps multiple babies?
I love visiting the little free libraries in San Francisco. I even choose restaurants according to where a library is located! It will be fun to see how the books come and go.
It’s beautiful! I love that it’s made from reclaimed materials & I think the bright paints were definitely worth it! It looks much more fun like this than it would have looked in boring cream or grey or whatever people have in their paint stash. It looks very inviting for kids too. Don’t be surprised to come home and find three kids on your bench, playing with your cat and reading comics!
Your little library is just beautiful! Great job!
I really like the idea of sharing books. We have many of those libraries in public places around our neighborhood. Some of them are old pay phone boxes that were prettied up.
