limette commented on ' Organizing books'
I never thought to colour coordinate them. I have removed all the dust jackets which helps. All my novels are in the living room, everything else is in the rec room (soon to be homeschooling room).
View ArticleMarie commented on ' Organizing books'
Mmmmm I tried something like that with my CDs once but it turned out to be insanely impractical.... love the look, tho
View Articlesubo commented on ' Organizing books'
rather than try to cover all your books, you may want to try removing all of the dust jackets. it's hard for some people to do, (and of course only works with hard cover books), but the books...
View ArticlePatia commented on ' Organizing books'
I feel the color coordination gets a bit silly-looking at some point. I prefer to organize by general category, like you, then by size. Either large to small or small to large, depending on whether I'm...
View ArticleMia commented on ' Organizing books'
I'm a huge book worm like Martin but I also think they mess up a room. So my plan is to buy a (three actually) white blind (? - rullgardin) and cover my white Ikea Billy bookshelve. And no, I could...
View ArticleMarianne commented on ' Organizing books'
I don't have my books in the livingroom. There are a few under my coffeetable, but that is all. The rest is upstairs. I organize them by subject. I love books and I accept that it looks kind of busy....
View ArticleLindzi commented on ' Organizing books'
Nä nu måste jag allt fixa iordning alla röriga bokhyllor. Älskar böcker men det får inte se skräpigt ut. Precis vad jag behövde! Tack!
View ArticleJohanna commented on ' Organizing books'
We also don't keep books in the living room. We have one big book case in our guest room, there the books are organized by subject and size.
View ArticleLessie commented on ' Organizing books'
That's so funny that you tried the covering bit. That's how the books are in all the Martha Stewart photos. I personally couldn't do it either. I just live with the busy. Love books too. :)
View ArticleRachel commented on ' Organizing books'
WOW, they look amazing! I really love the book and car vignette.
View ArticleKaren commented on ' Organizing books'
A girl after my own heart. If I had the time I might consider covering all of my books with colored paper to coordinate with a room. However, like you I think it would take me until 2010. I love books....
View ArticleKsenia in Canada commented on ' Organizing books'
We have lots of books -- probably enough to fill 6-7 Billys (but we don't have Billys). I am torn as to whether to store the majority of our books in the living room. We have been, but it feels too...
View ArticleKathy commented on ' Organizing books'
My sister lived 1 year in a small crowded basement apartment and found the bookshelves overly stimulating, so she turned them all backwards you could only see the pages. It did calm the space down by...
View Articleanne commented on ' Organizing books'
I love books too, but since I've recently moved to compact living with my two children there just isn't space for a library... If I had the space I would actually have a library room. I'm not a fan of...
View ArticleLesley commented on ' Organizing books'
I havent got enough books on show to do the colour co ordination think but would be tempted if I did have ! mine are very simply done by size - large down to small but I dont have that many on show...
View ArticleKajsa commented on ' Organizing books'
I have to say that I'm against. I have books in my house because I want to look in them, take them out and read them. And to be able to do that, I need to find the book I want. Therefore, I categorize...
View Articlemel commented on ' Organizing books'
I organised my novels by rainbow order and I love it. My how-to books are organised by width, this makes it so easy to dust as i just run the duster along the shelf. I would love to line everything up...
View Articledevil commented on ' Organizing books'
When I first saw this, I thought this was such a "Martha Stewart" thing to do. You know, looks good but doesn't really work in real life. To me, the content of the books is more important than the...
View ArticleBenita commented on ' Organizing books'
Thank you all for your great comments. I got quite a few ideas to consider there! And I completetly understand those of you who don't like the idea. Kajsa, "Makes me feel the books are not there for...
View ArticleMia commented on ' Organizing books'
Anne: "have you seen that there are doors for the Billy book shelves? I love the glass ones where you can put fabric or wallpaper to change the look of them." Oh yes! I have and I can clearly see them...
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