Finally, my treasured possesses are making an appearance. While we have many many bookshelves around the house, eight in the library alone, these are mine. Keep in mind that I've only been a reader for five years and that I've only been collecting, on a budget, for about two years.On the shelf to the left you will find the following:top shelf, cookbooks and quilting books; second shelf, non-fiction and poetry; third and fourth shelves, novels written in the last 20 or 30 years; fifth and sixth shelves, compilation sets for kids and homeschool books we are not using this year. The shelves on the right(my favorite) are:shelves one and two, 1909 Harvard Classics I got for $10. and various anthologies; the next four shelves, classic fiction in alphabetical order according to the author's last name.
They are a beauty to behold IRL. I find myself staring at them frequently when I'm feeling uncertain about life. But I barely have any room left. The Theologian says he will not buy me anymore shelves for a while so I had better modify my book buying indulgences soon. But it's a good thing I didn't start today or I never would have found that used copy of Master and Commander for the upcoming Seafaring Challenge. =)
7 comments:
These are lovely and you are so organized! My books are only very loosely organized by subject, I keep promising myself I will get better... I envy your Harvard Classics.
Lovely bookshelves! And I love how you organized them so carefully. Mine are a bit of a mess. I should do something about it.
Thanks. I'll have to put up the photos of the rest of the library. My hubby's 6 bookshelves are way more organized than mine.
I love seeing bookshelves! My cookbooks are in the kitchen, since my bookshelves are in my room.
Very nice bookshelves. I have a few throughout the house, but none are matching. I've run out of room, so I have random stacks of books all over the place. I keep telling Hubby that all I want for Christmas is a bookshelf (right now I'm using a flimsy DVD rack from Wal-Mart in desperation).
Thanks for sharing your treasures!
Nice books and bookcase! Envy, envy envy.
Eva-my kitchen is on the backside of the bookshelf wall so they are close at hand when I need them.
Trish-I always had dreams of being a decorator so I had to have the pretty, matching shelves. The library is the best looking room in the house.
Carrie-wait til you see the rest of them. ;)
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