Wow….I’m nonetheless a bit surprised to take a look at my publish from at this time/yesterday (what day IS it anyway???) and see that it says “January 1, 2012”. The final two days right here have been a little bit of a blur spent serving to my mother and father transfer 60 years of recollections into a brand new home. Speak about your bittersweet experiences!
Bitter:
*transferring is probably essentially the most grotesque exercise of all human experiences. haha! Seems like I’m exaggerating…however you all know I’m proper!
*leaving a spot that has been “dwelling” for a really very long time.
Candy:
*reminiscing with relations (these with sufficient guts to sort out this challenge!) over a lifetime of pictures, objects, experiences. For instance: the sugar bowl! I can’t consider I didn’t take an image of it…however my mom has this little sugar “bowl” that has been a fixture in her kitchen cabinet for a thousand years. (OK…that point I WAS exaggerating.) It’s a bit of silver-plated cup with curved handles on either side that’s barely dented and has misplaced its lustre…however while you have a look at it…you’re immediately transported again in time to waking up as a baby and stumbling to the kitchen to pour a bowl of Cheerios (the unique, no sugar sort) and reaching for the little silver sugar cup that can be there. Like a trusty little anchor.
*attending to take treasures you grew up with to your individual dwelling till you hand it right down to the subsequent era.
*laughter! LOTS of laughter…as you and your siblings, and many others attempt to get by way of “essentially the most grotesque exercise of all human experiences” and keep your sanity. 😉 (There I’m going exaggerating once more.)
I might go on and on. Shifting is unquestionably an expertise like no different. One thing NO ONE of their proper thoughts appears to be like FORWARD to. It separates the “males from the boys” (and the ladies from the ladies), however when all is claimed and “moved”…the entire journey makes us notice…if we will do THIS…we will do something!
It was whereas unpacking books and placing them into bookshelves on the new home at this time that I made a decision what this weblog publish can be about. It hit me proper over the pinnacle. No actually, it did. It was proper after a particularly heavy plaque fell from the highest shelf of the bookcase onto my head….that I made a decision “the right way to organize your bookshelves” was one good factor to discover additional.
Rule #1.
Don’t put extraordinarily massive, heavy plaques on the highest shelf. That’s actually all I received.
For extra info and inspiration I turned to my new favourite useful resource…Pinterest.
What I used to be in search of have been concepts for arranging and beautifying BASIC bookshelves (just like the ever-popular IKEA Billy cabinets). It’s not that arduous to make dear customized built-in bookshelves look good (and there are some extremely beautiful ones on the market!)….however making essentially the most out of a serviceable, but plain, mass-produced bookcase (just like the Billy) is extra of a problem! And we love challenges don’t we? 🙂
First….a couple of GENERAL guidelines to comply with (or not) from BHG.com:
1. put smaller books up prime and larger books on the backside and maintain comparable sized books collectively
2. attempt to cull all ragged books (particularly paperbacks), or “disguise” them in enticing baskets
3. depart a bit of little bit of “respiration room” on every shelf
4. put your most tasty books at eye stage
5. maintain your books straight up and down or horizontal
6. by no means stack something on prime of guide rows
And now the Bookcase Arranging Inspiration Board.
(I’ve tried to stay with primary, free-standing bookshelves, however some are built-in. Keep in mind what we’re in search of is the right way to organize what’s ON the cabinets….slightly than the precise bookcase itself.)
Oh man….now I’ve SO many extra concepts! I need to return and re-do the bookcases I stuffed at this time! (Packing arduous hat and bottle of Excedrin.)
