Jim Rosenau

Jim Rosenau was raised in a house with 5,000 books. He has been making and selling thematic bookshelves from vintage books since 2002. The idea occurred to him years earlier after reading an essay, "Books As Furniture," by Nicholson Baker. Given his background as the son and grandson of publishers, he assumed the reaction, should he make such a thing, would be furious. The work, once underway, proved him wrong. His book furniture has since earned him a wide following with work sold in almost 50 states and countries. Primarily shown at closely juried shows, he is also represented by dealers from Vermont to Los Angeles. The work has been widely published in print and on the Internet. Previously, he has been a carpenter, comedy writer (with Charlie Varon) , editor, software developer, planning commissioner and designed and built parade floats. His writing has been published in Fine Homebuilding, The New Yorker, ReadyMade, Salon.com and heard on public radio. He lives and works in Berkeley, California.

"Book Shelf" Cooking themed display shelf 9" wide $375	"Bookshelf" Law themed display shelf 9.5" wide $375	"Book Shelf" Fishing themed display shelf 9" wide $375
"Bookshelf" Writing themed display shelf 9.5" wide $340	"Book Shelf" Gardening themed display shelf 8.5" wide $350	"Bookshelf" Horse themed display shelf 9" wide $350
"Birdhouse Clock" Bird themed clock $295	"Saddle and Bridle" Horse themed book clock $350	"Trailin'!" Hiking themed book clock $195
"Fishes of Utah" Clock 6" x 9" $95	"Care and Handling of Cats" Clock $95	"Vital English" Clock $95
"Macbeth" Clock $80	"Fourth Reader" Clock $95	"Oh Ranger!" Clock $95
"Yellowstone Geysers" Clock $95	"Child Craft" Clock $95	"The Mother" Clock $95
"Many Surprises" Clock $95	"The Mustangs" Clock $95	"Horse Talk" Clock $110
"Botany" Clock $95	Nancy Drew "The Secret of the Old Clock" Clock $85	Nancy Drew "Mystery At the Ski Jump" Clock $85
"Aeronautical Dictionary" Clock $95	"Astrology" Clock $95	"A Brief History of Time" Clock $95
"Daily Life Arithmetics" Clock $95	"Golf Etiquette" Clock $95	"The Inner Game of Golf" Clock 7.5" x 9.5" $85
"Golf After Forty" Clock $95	"Good Housekeeping Cook Book" Clock $95	"The Potter's Wheel" Clock $95
"Modern Machine Woodworking" Clock $95	"Consumers All" Clock 6" x 9" $85	"In After Years" Clock $95
"Isaac Walton's Lives" Clock $85	"Men Called Him Master" Dog Leash and Key Holder 6" x 9" $75	"Seen My Keys?" Key Holder $85
"10 Days to a Successful Memory" Key Holder $75	"So Well Remembered" Key Holder $75	"Long Time No See" Key Holder $75
"The Last Time I Saw Them" Key Holder $75	"A Six-Cylinder Courtship" Key Holder $75	"The Complete Book of Gardening" Gardening themed book clock $195
"Practice of Medicine" Medicine themed book clock $195	"Architects and Builders Handbook" Construction themed book clock $195	"Modern French Culinary Art" Cooking themed book clock $195
"The Last Best Place" Montana themed book clock $195