shelf life
Mar. 20th, 2005 03:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
adrian_turtleFor months now, I've had an empty bookcase in my living room. It taunted me, making the potential for tidiness and order so clearly visible, only a meter from the main wobbling tower of books I had waiting to be shelved. All my other bookshelves were accumulating "to be shelved" heaps in front of what fits properly on each shelf, but I didn't worry. I had a whole empty bookcase! Just as soon as I got my act together, I could put everything away. (I even gave the top shelf to the little horde of ceramic turtles, slowly stampeding through my living room and trying to take over any available horizontal space.) Yesterday, I finally started shelving, and recognized my lovely empty bookcase is nowhere near big enough.
I think I need to start double-shelving again. Once upon a time, I had most of my books in storage, and the ones in my room had rows of paperbacks in front of every row of books. The back row was mostly hidden, but I was consistent enough about alphabetizing (and I knew what I had) so I could still find what I wanted. Now that I have higher shelves, I'd like to prop the back row of books up a bit to make them easier to see. I just want a riser, 3-5" high, that will go across the back of a shelf and support a mix of hardcovers and paperbacks. Any suggestions for finding or making such risers? I'm trying not to spend much money (see previous post) but my hand-crafting ability is somewhat limited. Papersky, are the things on your shelves made specially to fit, or did you use boxes or somesuch?
I think I need to start double-shelving again. Once upon a time, I had most of my books in storage, and the ones in my room had rows of paperbacks in front of every row of books. The back row was mostly hidden, but I was consistent enough about alphabetizing (and I knew what I had) so I could still find what I wanted. Now that I have higher shelves, I'd like to prop the back row of books up a bit to make them easier to see. I just want a riser, 3-5" high, that will go across the back of a shelf and support a mix of hardcovers and paperbacks. Any suggestions for finding or making such risers? I'm trying not to spend much money (see previous post) but my hand-crafting ability is somewhat limited. Papersky, are the things on your shelves made specially to fit, or did you use boxes or somesuch?
