And now...
Jul. 10th, 2010 10:20 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soldiergrrrlproof positive that maybe, just maaaaybe, we have too many books.
This is the upstairs hallway. The niche that was there, and is now covered in books, appears to have been *made* for paperback bookshelves. Since no one actually *makes* affordable paperback bookshelves (AKA DVD shelves, which are STUPIDLY expensive for some reason....), my Best Friend of Awesomeness and Kitten, and her Husband Who Does Not Suck, came down to help us make these. YAY! Now, since we know how to do it, we'll be making a LOT more of them. In fact, there's another spot, on the opposite side of the hallway, that will have deeper shelves in it, such as craft books.
Seriously, why is it that I can get sorta-kinda decent bookshelves...okay, never mind. Good shelves, for ANY thing, are stupidly expensive. The total cost of materials for this set was probably $175 total.
This is the upstairs hallway. The niche that was there, and is now covered in books, appears to have been *made* for paperback bookshelves. Since no one actually *makes* affordable paperback bookshelves (AKA DVD shelves, which are STUPIDLY expensive for some reason....), my Best Friend of Awesomeness and Kitten, and her Husband Who Does Not Suck, came down to help us make these. YAY! Now, since we know how to do it, we'll be making a LOT more of them. In fact, there's another spot, on the opposite side of the hallway, that will have deeper shelves in it, such as craft books.
Seriously, why is it that I can get sorta-kinda decent bookshelves...okay, never mind. Good shelves, for ANY thing, are stupidly expensive. The total cost of materials for this set was probably $175 total.
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Too many books?!?!
Date: 2010-07-10 04:17 pm (UTC)Re: Too many books?!?!
Date: 2010-07-10 04:42 pm (UTC)There's no such thing as "too many books".
Date: 2010-07-10 11:30 pm (UTC)That's how many books are in my bedroom.
Please note this does not account for the books in the hallway(s), books in the breezeway, books in the basement (by computer), books in the basement (bedroom), more books in the basement (TV wall), books in the living room, books in the foyer... This is of course not counting the books that still have not been unpacked...
I relocated with seventy-two cases of books.
About a third of a twenty-four foot straight-truck, floor to ceiling.
I have not stopped acquiring books. Books are like friends; the weight of a book in your hands, the frail, fragile scent of paper and ink and glue (especially with the older ones) awakens a warm coziness that not even tea with lemon and honey can create.
(And for any who don't know me in your reading audience, yes I really do read them all, and if you look hard enough, you may even find the ones I wrote.)
"Too many books" as a phrase does not compute.
Oh, and for the most part I build my own bookshelves for the very reason you noted: you just can't buy a good set of shelves for anything less than $OMG!RIDICULOU$.
Re: There's no such thing as "too many books".
Date: 2010-07-11 05:50 am (UTC)have not stopped acquiring books. Books are like friends; the weight of a book in your hands, the frail, fragile scent of paper and ink and glue (especially with the older ones) awakens a warm coziness that not even tea with lemon and honey can create.
This is lovely...and also why I don't "just get an e-reader".