I design and build my own bookcases. The problem is that I only have enough wall space to shelve about 1/8th of my collection, and I'm still buying physical books because I love them.

The rest of my collection is in boxes in the basement. It's my dream to some day move to a small former library so I can shelve and alphabetize my whole collection...and keep expanding it.

I've designed most of the shelves for standard US paperback-sized books, which also happens to be ideal for DVDs and Blu-Rays. I do have a huge number of larger and hardcover books in the basement. If I had to guess, my collection is probably at least 5,000 books. Could easily be more.

I've always built them out of pine boards because they're the most affordable. Normally that would lead to bowing and sagging over the years from the weight of the books. But I use backing boards, and put nails or screws through the back into the backs of every shelf. That completely eliminates all sagging or bending. I wish I could say that I did that intentionally, but I built my first bookcase when I was 14 or 15 years old and I just made it that way for no particular reason. My oldest surviving case is at least 35 years old, and it hasn't sagged •at all•. None of my shelves have.

#Books #Bookstodon #Bookcase #Bookcases

Sigh. Not enough places to have on display and readily accessible books, rocks, and knickknacks. Abraham Lincoln and the cat are not impressed. The snakes are openly laughing. This is the problem downsizing over the years.

I have divested 3 glass display cabinets so my extensive rocks/minerals/fossils and crystals collection is still in disarray and partly still boxed up. I’m down to 2 tall bookcases so I’ve only got my favorite books out, favorite history books, favorite rocks and geology books and my favorite cookbooks out but there are still 6 boxes of books I just can’t give up but…they are in the garage.

Woe is me. Sniff. Got to snug up my britches, drink some more liquid Resolve and Fortitude and start divesting again. “With a knick-knack paddywhack” even. #Books #Clutter #Bookcase #Cookbooks #KnickKnack

Kicknacks: can’t live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em.
Somehow having to pare down books from this tall case that was moved in order to fit in my new white display case for my rock collection.

This bookcase probably had about 400 of my books. Came to about 8 boxes I had to sort through and make decisions about displaying or packing to donate or store. BUT this case also had a lot of small and medium decorative pieces that are special keepsakes from family history. What to do, what to do. So far the display of knickknacks there is winning over many books. What do you do with such dilemma in display when you have “too much”?
#Bookcase #Books #Knicknacks

Youtube vid: A seemingly nice lady, is sorting out what she claims is her personal home library of 800 books (mostly hardbacks).

So far so good.

Using only 8 IKEA Billy bookcases (with topper shelves) and they aren't double stacking books.... and I'm just..

HOW?

WHAT EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY tricks are they using, or are they just.. lying?

#books #bookstacks #library #personallibrary #bookcase

Good news: put together an IKEA bookcase within the span of a comedy special
Bad news: ow ow ow ow my hIP—