When one becomes the second occupant in a small house, she has to fight for real estate. Bathroom cabinet space? Closet space? No, I’m talking about bookshelf space.
Since I moved in, Matt has occupied four tall bookcases, and one short; I managed to fit into one tall bookcase, plus some treacherous book piles.
No more – while preparing for baby, it became urgent that the book piles disappear, along with our guest bed and an extra dresser (we’re donating the latter two items to a local organization called Homestretch).
Last week, I became the proud occupant of two new bookcases in our upstairs hallway – a narrow bookcase outside of the future nursery (below left), and an amazingly tall bookcase outside of our bedroom (below right).
There is nothing more satisfying to my inner geek than moving all of my books around. See how straight the spines are? And how there is empty shelf space for new books?
Not that it will last long – you may note the books on the floor in the photo on the left. We have already purchased a third bookshelf for Matt and his pile of school books which are sitting on the floor of the future nursery. How many bookshelves can we squeeze in before the house collapses?
Up next: two offices become one.