These are the bookshelves that
sit behind me in the tiny little corner of a room I laughingly refer to as my study. What makes this particular bookshelf special (to me) is that I designed it specifically for this room, bought the wood, cut it, finished it and assembled the whole think myself and so it does exactly what I want. It has exactly the right amount of space for the CDs, exactly the right space for the DVD collection (of rather it did until I got some more) and all the right sized shelves for all the odd-sized books. These are the shelves that get to house everything that doesn't fit on a standard flat-pack kit. Look closely and you'll see they house one or two other things as well... The book in the middle, Quicksilver, is one of my all-time favourite reads.
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Such careful planning!
Damn, I would outgrow that in like three months...
Did you leave room for more?
I'm guessing these aren't the only shelves. ;)
I'd suspect not. Maybe that's just the "in study" collection. You need to have things close to hand while you work on them. I'm impressed with someone who makes his own shelves! I envy that -- and of course those who really make use of every inch of space.
Oh, and the going for the shelves first behaviour: I thought it was just my nosy friends. "Hello, hello, hmmm -- what new things do you have?" they say as they pass by to scan shelves, flip through books.
nope, one of the great joys in life is checking out other peoples bookshelves. :)
Usually this is the sort of thing that helps me find new books to read. I find authors I like, and find out what they're reading, since it's likely that what they read influences how they write. I've actually found a few good authors this way. It's like a book chain!
T&T I love that, I have bought so many Team Seattle and League of reluctant adults books because I like Kat Richardson.
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