Housing books

[blamebrampton]

Three weeks ago I channelled my inner student and made J drive me to Ikea, where we purchased three bookshelves. Last night I finally brought one of them in from the car and put it together, and gave the old one away to a friend. Only two left to go, but they are happy living in the car. Fortunately, we hardly ever drive anywhere.

The first shelf looks so lovely, though, and has made my books so happy. I even found my copy of The Tales of Genji, so I can finally read the end! (Note to self: double stacking is bad.) I think I will womanhandle the remaining two up the minute the rain stops. Then I will have my reference shelves behind the sofa, which should be the impetus I need to finally deal with the remaining punctuation post and bounce out of my winter slowdown.

Comments

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

*I* think it's fine ;-)

My Swedish friends all mock my Ikea fetish and declare that my house looks as though it belongs to students. I don't know why I put them up when they're over here.

I'm a big fan of the Leksvik, but I have to say that for bang for your buck, you can't go past the Billy! And one of my cats has claimed an empty shelf, I may not be able to fill that one with books after all ...

[maya231.livejournal.com]

I have a bit of an IKEA fetish, myself (as evidenced by my using your comment as an excuse to go look at the Leksvik), but it's mostly limited to online window shopping since the store is a bit far and the biggest thing I've wanted to lug back was a POANG chair. I like the Billy, and I like the red BERGSBO bookcase with glass doors too. That's probably even less grown-up (I think it might subconsciously remind me of kindergarten with the bright colored big cubicles)! Anyway, your cats might like this http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2007/04/stairway-to-cat-heaven.html if you decide to reclaim your bookshelf.