Talk about getting it down to the basics.  You have to appreciate a minimalist approach to anything these days.  I mean think about how much space we as Americans waste every single day on crap that we don’t need and don’t care about.   We should learn something from the English.

The English village of Westbury-sub-Mendip is home to a rather unusual public library – an old red phone box. It was bought for just 1 pound and remodeled as possibly the smallest library in the world, if not the smallest it must win the prize for the most unusual.

This thing is awesome.  Turns out that it has a nifty system as well.  People from the town swap read books for new ones left by older patrons. Over 100 books and CD’s are available.  Now that’s using space wisely.

Pictures after the jump

Thanks to DJ Mick for these