Balcony Booktopia
Take a page from these stylish, small balconies and the books that may have inspired them
Books take a reader to another world, some vaguely familiar and some completely new. Books can take you not just into and through new worlds, but through different times, perhaps through space, and introduce you to characters you will love … and hate. Let these small balconies inspire you to flesh out that ‘escape to another world’ using classic and contemporary reads.
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
A 1962 novel on dystopian futuristic London turned into a highly controversial film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick in the 1970s. This balcony’s feel is near-future with the cheery orange offering a counterbalance to the book’s ‘ultra violence.’
A 1962 novel on dystopian futuristic London turned into a highly controversial film adapted, produced, and directed by Stanley Kubrick in the 1970s. This balcony’s feel is near-future with the cheery orange offering a counterbalance to the book’s ‘ultra violence.’
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Another children’s literature classic that tells of sickly and contrary orphan Mary Lennox and her bed-ridden friend Colin, and how their prospects were transformed when Mary found the key to a secret garden. Maybe the cherub now keeps the key?
Another children’s literature classic that tells of sickly and contrary orphan Mary Lennox and her bed-ridden friend Colin, and how their prospects were transformed when Mary found the key to a secret garden. Maybe the cherub now keeps the key?
James Bond by Ian Fleming
Devour all 12 of the novels that revolve around the suave and enigmatic super-spy we also know as Agent 007 in this equally charming and elegant space.
Devour all 12 of the novels that revolve around the suave and enigmatic super-spy we also know as Agent 007 in this equally charming and elegant space.
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
This picture book, first published in 1964, is a heart-melting story of a tree’s unselfish love and the joys of generosity. All the woodsy elements here plus the tree stump seem to re-enact that tale.
This picture book, first published in 1964, is a heart-melting story of a tree’s unselfish love and the joys of generosity. All the woodsy elements here plus the tree stump seem to re-enact that tale.
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
A science fiction set in the earth’s future where children are trained at a very young age in the various tactical methods of war in preparation for an anticipated invasion of insectoid aliens.
A science fiction set in the earth’s future where children are trained at a very young age in the various tactical methods of war in preparation for an anticipated invasion of insectoid aliens.
The Bamboo Stalk by Saud Alsanousi
A prize-winning novel by Kuwaiti novelist and journalist Saud Alsanousi that tells of the struggles on identity, race and religion – themes we are familiar with – told through protagonist Jose.
A prize-winning novel by Kuwaiti novelist and journalist Saud Alsanousi that tells of the struggles on identity, race and religion – themes we are familiar with – told through protagonist Jose.
The Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin
The first book in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels that has been turned into a highly successful HBO series, this setting quite represents Winterfell, with the Godswood in the background.
The first book in A Song of Ice and Fire, a series of fantasy novels that has been turned into a highly successful HBO series, this setting quite represents Winterfell, with the Godswood in the background.
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
The second book of the vampire romance series Twilight, New Moon depicts the darkest time in Bella Swan’s life, one of the main characters in the series.
Spoiler alert! In this book, Edward Cullen, the vampire whom she was in love with, broke up with her and left her depressed.
The second book of the vampire romance series Twilight, New Moon depicts the darkest time in Bella Swan’s life, one of the main characters in the series.
Spoiler alert! In this book, Edward Cullen, the vampire whom she was in love with, broke up with her and left her depressed.
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
If Elizabeth Bennet, the main protagonist of the book, had a balcony, it would probably eventually resemble this, with Fitzwilliam Darcy’s portrait, of course.
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Alice’s adventures in this famous children’s classic written by English mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson under a pseudonym began when she followed a white rabbit down the rabbit-hole.