BlueGum Design presents Furniture for Reading. Lesstravagent, elegant designs constructed with highest standard green materials. Here is a unique combination of economy, ecology and luxury.
The Book Mule Bookrack
For those who live with books and want to feature their decorative qualities, the Book Mule by designer Rob Tuckerman provides a unique solution.
Innovative freestanding design liberates books from the wall. Books can easily be distributed and featured throughout your home.
Canted shelves offer a unique presentation. Books are some of the most intensely designed objects you own. The Book Mule enables you to incorporate these decorative elements into the interior design of your home. Books on the top shelf can be displayed face up.
Compact size holds 40-50 books so you can organize your collection any way you want—by author or topic or purely for decoration.
Handy and portable, the Book Mule is light and easy to move for cleaning or re-arranging. It fits in small spaces, even under a desk.
Unique patent-pending locking wedge joint allows you to assemble and re-assemble the bookrack in seconds with hand pressure and no hardware.
Practical, minimal flat box packaging, ships and stores flat.
Weight: 10 lbs. Holds 40-50 lbs of books. It is light but sturdy and stable enough to stand on! The shelves will never sag.
Made in Canada of exclusive custom renewable and sustainable material. The premier quality Baltic birch veneer core plywood is Carb 2 certified and meets FSC standards.
Custom natural facings are from Hout Line Veneer, a reconstituted green product available in a number of exotic veneers. These are finished with an organic oil-wax sealer.
Book Mule also available in a phenolic film finish with a hard smooth translucent colored coating that leaves the wood grain visible. Currently available in Velvet Espresso. More color options available early in 2011.
Lesstravagent. The Book Mule is a reasonably priced, unique, quality product—a practical solution for storing and displaying your books.
Pricing
Phenolic film finish, Velvet Espresso $119
Limited time introductory offer $99Phenolic film finish, assorted colors
Available February 2011 $129HoutLine veneer finish, Apricot, Teak, Wenge $139
(more options coming February 2011)
DIY Option: Unfinished Baltic plywood $79
(For $5 you can buy a low odor interior paint sample
in the cool color of your choice, available at most
any paint supplier. This will cover two bookracks
with several coats.)Ships direct from manufacturer via FedEx Ground
Book Mule photo gallery
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Do-it-Yourself Painted Bookmule.
A whole bunch of Do-it-Yourself
Painted Bookmules!
Book Mule in Houtline teak
veneer with Champlain chair
made from red oak and vegetable
tanned leather.
Book Mule in Velvet Espresso
phenolic finish with Champlain
chair made from red oak and
vegetable tanned leather.
Book Mule in Velvet Espresso
phenolic finish with Champlain
chair made from red oak and
vegetable tanned leather.
Engraving of logos and lettering
on the phenolic finish available
on request..How to assemble your Book Mule
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