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mayanas ([personal profile] mayanas) wrote2013-09-10 12:23 pm

Books

Put up a small bookshelf today. I'm using scrap wood for everything. This piece I think was once part of one of the walls in the kitchen. It was painted white with a sort of red residue underneath which I had to strip off but it was just the right width for the shelf I wanted so... Anyway, there are now books in my room. Much better!

The books currently on my shelf. It's a bit of a mix of books I like to read, books I'd like to read and books I probably ought to read, and some that I figure I might enjoy on a rainy day. I have more books than this but they are stored away in the shed or on other people's bookshelves and occasionally I will do a big switch around and my bookshelf will then look entirely different. Tolkien stays, though.

[identity profile] lotjeisgraaf.livejournal.com 2013-09-10 02:23 pm (UTC)(link)

Excellent shelf building skills :D A book shelf makes any room look much nicer, also. I mean when it has books on it.

[identity profile] mayanas.livejournal.com 2013-09-10 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
If I had more space I would have more books. I'm just really enjoying the bare walls and the lack of clutter! There are no bare walls in this house. This summer D wanted a poster of France up (with the Tour de France route) and he had to dismantle an entire wall of shelves and relocate I don't know how many serving dishes and various condiments. For a poster. Of France.
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[identity profile] mayanas.livejournal.com 2013-09-10 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you! Yes, there are certainly Tolkien books. The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales ought to be somewhere, too, but I can't find them.

[identity profile] rubyelf.livejournal.com 2013-09-10 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Lovely to have a nice little bookshelf!

[identity profile] mayanas.livejournal.com 2013-09-10 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it is. And I've learned to use no less than three different saws in the process! You wouldn't think it would be so complicated just by looking at it...