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The problem with book-based decor is you actually have to deface a book to create it. I don't know that I could do it, but the ideas all do look nice I suppose.

Archdarling, I'm going to have to disagree.

While there are sure to be plenty of inexpensive well-designed items out there, most of the inexpensive brands just mimic the expensive styles of the season anyway. (See the Devil Wears Prada "Cerulean Blue" clip for reference.)

And whether they would like to admit it or not, the knockoff industry can actually be a benefit to a lot of designers. The fact is, people buying knockoffs simply cannot buy the real thing—there isn't lost revenue there because the money to pay full retail price was simply never there to begin with.

By purchasing the "fake," though, what that person is doing is perpetuating the brand and getting the name into the public. If it weren't for the knockoffs the average person would see (and therefore be reminded of a desire for) major designer names far less than we do now. I'm not saying it's an amazing system and it isn't strewn with ethical dilemmas, but you have to balance out "lost" profits with brand perpetuation too.

And I think it's kind of lame to put someone down for the "I like the design" argument. These brands are elite and expensive because some of the most talented designers in the world are behind them. So, yeah, people will like the design. That's kind of the point, isn't it?