Books on people’s shelves in their homes. It used to be that you could kind of get a sense of the person by seeing their bookshelf, but now it’s all spare and empty and boring
Books on people’s shelves in their homes. It used to be that you could kind of get a sense of the person by seeing their bookshelf, but now it’s all spare and empty and boring
You should come to my house. I have about 60 feet of full bookshelves in my living room (plus more in the bedrooms). I just did a big clearout to make room for the new influx of books. My sister in law runs three Little Free Libraries so she always gets my purged books.
If I ever build my own house, it will absolutely have an amazing library.
The bookstore is one place I still spend money. But my bookshelves are all full so everything I read now ends up in ever growing piles on the floor. Shelves and piles are in my bedroom so no hint of my personality for visitors.
The folks that moved in above me had bookshelves built in their living room. He’s a history professor at IU so I can guess what I can find there.
One of the first things Mr CG did in the house was build bookshelves in the living room. They’re packed with old volumes shared with photos, Mr CG’s art, sheet music, and um, CDs I can’t bear to part with 🙄. Mr CG went to audio books years ago. I prefer print, so those are stacked in my office where I need to install bookshelves!
We have built in bookshelves but my wife thinks it looks cluttered to have actual books in them so we shove them in storage or under beds, etc. That is partly why I notice this at other folks’ houses - it seems like my wife was right in the sense that this choice is in keeping with general trends in interior design, but just bums me out. I like seeing books and thinking about them and don’t particularly care what my house looks like, esp on inside
Books on people’s shelves in their homes. It used to be that you could kind of get a sense of the person by seeing their bookshelf, but now it’s all spare and empty and boring
You should come to my house. I have about 60 feet of full bookshelves in my living room (plus more in the bedrooms). I just did a big clearout to make room for the new influx of books. My sister in law runs three Little Free Libraries so she always gets my purged books.
If I ever build my own house, it will absolutely have an amazing library.
Nice!
The bookstore is one place I still spend money. But my bookshelves are all full so everything I read now ends up in ever growing piles on the floor. Shelves and piles are in my bedroom so no hint of my personality for visitors.
The folks that moved in above me had bookshelves built in their living room. He’s a history professor at IU so I can guess what I can find there.
One of the first things Mr CG did in the house was build bookshelves in the living room. They’re packed with old volumes shared with photos, Mr CG’s art, sheet music, and um, CDs I can’t bear to part with 🙄. Mr CG went to audio books years ago. I prefer print, so those are stacked in my office where I need to install bookshelves!
We have built in bookshelves but my wife thinks it looks cluttered to have actual books in them so we shove them in storage or under beds, etc. That is partly why I notice this at other folks’ houses - it seems like my wife was right in the sense that this choice is in keeping with general trends in interior design, but just bums me out. I like seeing books and thinking about them and don’t particularly care what my house looks like, esp on inside