Lovely Little Shelf

Bookish Opinion Needed

So, I know I brag about my shelves all the time. I love them.
But I’m thinking about changing them.

I’ll pause for the gasps.

Ok, ya back with me?

Great. I love them being organized by color, and I’m going to keep them organized by color, but sometimes I think that the shelves don’t totally look cohesive. I have 4 shelves, so you really have to stand far back to get the full effect…. and I live in a bitty apartment.

Here is what they look like right now:

The only difference is that now there are about 2.5 shelves worth of black books lined at the top between bookends.

The only difference is that now there are about 2.5 shelves worth of black books lined at the top between bookends.

Here is kind of what I’m thinking:

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See? I kind of like that vertical look versus the horizontal look.

My only real fear is that I am constantly adding new books and it maybe be a little tougher to add books and they could start looking kind of out of whack quickly.

So I need your thoughts? Leave them as-is or switch it up?

This entry was written by Jacki, posted on September 22, 2011 at 7:13 pm, filed under Thoughts. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

5 Comments

  1. Crystal
    Posted September 22, 2011 at 7:28 pm | Permalink

    I love the vertical coloring! Which is really all I wanted to say because I’m unhelpful and agree that it would be difficult to add books with limited space

  2. Mandi
    Posted September 23, 2011 at 9:14 am | Permalink

    Go ahead and switch them up! Live dangerously :)

  3. booneybear
    Posted September 23, 2011 at 11:56 am | Permalink

    I am digging the vertical look because the anal person inside me thinks that it would be easier to line up the books by height as well vertically.

  4. Andrea
    Posted September 23, 2011 at 12:21 pm | Permalink

    I really like the vertical

  5. Marce
    Posted September 23, 2011 at 2:32 pm | Permalink

    I love the verticle, so interesting indeed. Go for it.