You have your books on display in your home for one reason: to impress people with how smart and well-read you are. Well, if that's the reason, you might as well take it to the next level, impressing people not only with your smarts but also with your cleverness.

This upside-down bookshelf not only shows off that you are a huge Proust fan, but it shows off that you like wacky home furnishings as well. It appears that your books are all being suspended from the bookshelf above them, when in reality the books are being held up by stretchy strips of cloth. Your books won't be damaged at all. Best of all? You can make it yourself, giving you a third thing to show off to visitors: how handy you are.

Instructables, via Boing Boing