Show us your bookshelves!

[Farseer]

Can you go ahead and post my post here, Farseer?

Here 'tis! Valarya was going to start a new thread, not knowing that this one existed, so just copying and pasting that post now :

I recently moved house (about a month ago) and, as I was setting up my most prized possession, I thought about you guys and decided to take a picture of it SOLELY for making this thread.

(Ignore the fact it has taken me an entire month to finally sit down and MAKE this thread, haha. )

What amazing possession is this? Well, my bookshelf and all my favorite books, of course!!! This is the cream of the crop here. The ones that most-likely won't find themselves in the giant tupperware in the basement with the others, unless of course I'm making room for new awesome literature.

This bookshelf is a one-of-a-kind. Made by hand specifically for me by a friend, it's maple with a cherry finish. AND, (this is the coolest part), the entire thing fits together like a puzzle. Not one single screw or nail in this thing. You can take it apart in 10 seconds!!

So, without further ado.. here it is!

(Come on, guys! Take pictures of your book area, or where you read most often.. and post em up!!)



Setting it up:
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Close-up of the wood: (it's so much richer in person)
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With the goods installed:
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Close-up of the precious things (lol):
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[FoolishGirl]

Just lovely, Valarya! Amazing bookshelf. I see many of my favorites. I like how you've arranged the books with a "keystone" title beneath the other titles (e.g., The Silmarillion, of course).

Makes me long for the hard copies of all the electronic books I have...someday!

Thanks for sharing.

['thul]

These beings thought their camera was poor... (from viewing images at 150% size or so) but the detail on your images was strangely poor, almost reminding 'thul of their last camera (at the end it gave nice black images with sparkly white dots)...

The dynamite crate is a perfect bookshelf. 'thul would've loved to have more than two of them...

[joost]

Made them a little bit smaller. Camera is a phone camera and my room is poorly lit, so that contributes to the crap quality.

[fool-ish]

That's some book collection you got there joost! Valarya, 'thul yours look fab too! Mine's a tiny thing in comparison, but it's all I have room for. I've not finished filling it yet, but Thursday I intend to gather all books and see what can go, what can stay and what I can squidge into the bookcase. I'll do a pic when it's complete. It's lacking knick-knacks too, another thing to be remedied.

['thul]

If 'thul get the chance, they would sometime make copies of those crates they have. It won't be the same, but the design is very good.

[Valarya]

Just lovely, Valarya! Amazing bookshelf. I see many of my favorites. I like how you've arranged the books with a "keystone" title beneath the other titles (e.g., The Silmarillion, of course).

Makes me long for the hard copies of all the electronic books I have...someday!

Thanks for sharing.

Thanks!! I get bored of bookshelves with just a ton of straight up & down books, hahah. I like to make ridiculous stacks and randomly did that w/ the Silmarillion b/c it was too tall for that top shelf, and liked it so much I copied the idea from myself. Haha

@Joost - the smaller resolution works better. I feel I can actually see the books better, if that makes sense. Hah

['thul]

Another proof that cellular cameras (for the most part) are almost useless.

[fool-ish]

Quite amazingly, my daughter has given me permission to display her adult editions of Harry Potter in the bookcase (the original ones are in a terrible state!) The box they came in would have looked great on the shelf, but she won't allow that to leave her room, at any cost. I'm lucky to get the books, she said and if anything should happen to them, then I shall feel her wrath!

[joost]

New cellphone with a better camera.


Anime DVDs, manga's and Wheel of time

Terry Pratchett and David Eddings

The rest of the books. Top shelves are mostly comics.