I have a new bookshelf in my room, yay! It’s as big as one of the walls – one wall has closets, another has windows and the third one has the headboard of the bed against it. This is what it looks like with empty:
It still needs glass covers but it can already be used so just for fun, I arranged my books by color:
Top shelf contains black books, green and white on the second shelf, blue and purple on the third shelf, yellow and orange on the fourth shelf and brown and red on the fifth one. I ran out of space for the blacks and blues so this doesn’t contain all of my books. I’ll probably do a bookshelf tour when I’ve fixed everything and arranged the books by author. I just wanted to do a post about it because I love having a bigger bookshelf. π
February 13, 2011 at 11:12 pm
I have a big black bookshelf too! π I love the colour. Your shelf looks wonderful and I love the way you have organized your books.
February 13, 2011 at 11:13 pm
Looks awesome! I hope our home renovation finally pushes through this year so I can get more shelving installed.
February 14, 2011 at 8:57 am
Blooey, yes, you should definitely push for more bookshelves when your house gets renovated!
February 14, 2011 at 8:55 am
Misha, I thought it would be good to go with a dark color for the shelf because the books would stand out. Plus, it won’t look dirty as time passes by. The books arranged by color is a temporary thing. π
February 14, 2011 at 4:27 am
Oh my Chachic, I love it! How long did it take you?
February 14, 2011 at 8:58 am
I think a couple of weeks? I’m not exactly sure but I was surprised at how fast it was. I wasn’t expecting it to be finished so soon. Or do you mean how long did it take for me to arrange the books? π
February 14, 2011 at 10:13 am
Lol yeah I meant the books. The shelves took a couple of weeks to build?
February 14, 2011 at 10:47 am
Oh it only took me two hours or so? Not too long really. Yes, the shelves took a couple of weeks to build. It’s still missing glass panels but it’s already functional so I decided to put the books in there instead of having them piled all over my room.
February 14, 2011 at 6:43 am
Great bookshelves!
February 14, 2011 at 8:59 am
Thanks Rachel!
February 14, 2011 at 7:34 am
That shelf is gorgeous! I love that you have arranged it by colour π
February 14, 2011 at 9:02 am
Nic, it looks great with the books arranged by color, right? π If only I could keep it that way. It’ll be hard to keep track of the books though.
February 14, 2011 at 9:41 am
Cool bookshelf, Chachic! Nice! ^_^
February 14, 2011 at 10:47 am
Thanks Jayson! I think it’s great too.
February 14, 2011 at 10:48 am
Like I said in Facebook: pretty! β€ It makes me think of making my shelves black, too. Right now I think it'll be white. I can't wait for mine to be finished, too. π
February 14, 2011 at 11:09 am
It’s actually hard to pick a color for your bookshelf because it has to blend well with the colors of the rest of the room. I chose black because it goes with anything. π Plus, I think it looks chic. When will the renovation in your house be finished?
February 14, 2011 at 9:54 pm
Sometime before the end of March, I think. π My walls are white for now so I think the shelves will be white too. π
February 14, 2011 at 2:54 pm
It’s finished…well, almost. I love it!
February 14, 2011 at 3:12 pm
Yep, not quite finished it yet but I’m still happy with the results. π I hope it can hold all of my books.
February 14, 2011 at 6:12 pm
Wait, so that isn’t everything yet?
February 14, 2011 at 9:32 pm
Yep, I still have some books in my big plastic box. I ran out of space for the appropriate colors.
February 15, 2011 at 1:39 am
So pretty!!
February 15, 2011 at 8:44 am
It really is! I keep staring at it just to see how it looks. π
February 20, 2011 at 12:49 am
That looks gorgeous!! I have two tall black bookshelves, but they aren’t quite as big. ALSO the sorting by color is so so so awesome.
February 20, 2011 at 10:39 am
I put more books on it yesterday and it’s completely filled up now. The books are still arranged by color. LOL I don’t know when I’ll change it.
February 26, 2011 at 7:41 pm
Ooh, that looks very smart. I think I will go for arranging by author or book title when I sort out my shelves but colours together does look good. Hmm…
February 27, 2011 at 1:40 pm
I’m going to arrange it by author now that the picture taking is over because it’s hard to look for the books that I want based on the color of the spine. π
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