Posts tagged ‘books’
Filling Up
Last weekend Ramses and I spend two days reorganizing our office… it’s really a bit more than a home office but calling it “the library” or “the study” seems pretentious to me. Once we have our dream house with walls of floor to ceiling bookshelves that require one of those awesome sliding ladders then and only then will we have a real library… ahh, to dream. But I digress, as I often do…
If you’ve been to our house, which most everyone who reads this has, you know that last year for my birthday Ramses had a carpenter make a floor to ceiling bookshelf that I designed and bought new office furniture to match it. Well, Mr. Carpenter never found the time to return and install the shelves in the cabinets that line the bottom. So, for a full year the cabinets that were meant to add much-needed storage to the room housed miscellaneous items that poured out anytime a door was opened. When Ramses asked what I wanted for my birthday this year I quickly decided that I would like to finish bookshelf.
We took advantage of the long weekend and made a trip to Lowe’s. We found pre-finished shelves that matched, some brackets, and the brushed nickle hardware to finish the look. I really wish I’d taken a picture of Ramses’ handywork because it turned out perfectly.
Once Ram was done it was my turn to put my organizational skills to work. Once I get organizing there is no stopping me so I started rearranging all the books on the shelves. It’s no Dewey Decimal system but it’s a system that makes sense to me and with about 450 books that is all I can ask for. I find myself just wandering into the room often and just staring at the bookshelf. I love it so much.
The best shot I could get of the whole shelf. The new hardware is sort of visible at the bottom right corner.
Some of my favorite shelves; my Alice collection, leather-bound collections, and Harry potter. I love my Alice and my Queen of Hearts dolls. My boss brought me back the tea set from London earlier this year.
My Oz collection including my Dorothy & Wicked Witch (or Elphaba as I will always refer to her after reading Wicked) and a nice shot of the beautiful moulding.
