tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post6812255138716825535..comments2024-03-06T07:06:38.928-08:00Comments on JSBlog - Journal of a Southern Bookreader: Bookcases (and sheds)Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-66332260897293554162009-06-07T06:34:34.240-07:002009-06-07T06:34:34.240-07:00While there is nothing more captivating than a roo...While there is nothing more captivating than a room full of books, there are bookcases and then there are bookcases. Most of these designs seem to me to be more about disguising the fact that one has books than they are about celebrating them. Like putting knickknacks in amongst one's books as if the books in themselves aren't enough. Bookcases should be about making the books available to read. I like the color-coded spines, though, and I love the hidden doorway!Fencing Bearhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16825525662123382529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-28448162388960694032009-06-07T09:51:47.220-07:002009-06-07T09:51:47.220-07:00I most like the ones such as the Rafter Bookshelf ...I most like the ones such as the <a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/look/look-store-your-books-in-the-rafters-039700" rel="nofollow">Rafter Bookshelf</a> that make good use of limited space; less so (though I'm not one to pass judgement on this matter) on ones like <a href="http://www.dwr.com/product/furniture/living/storage/opus-shelving-system.do?sortby=ourPicks" rel="nofollow">Opus Shelving</a> that are likely to distort books by stacking them at odd angles.Ray Girvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05556764642402680159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8937414969460147900.post-56235725715613123762009-06-07T09:59:21.617-07:002009-06-07T09:59:21.617-07:00That's a strangely revealing picture. In the C...That's a strangely revealing picture. <br><br>In the Canon Digital Photography Forums a few years ago they had a <a href="http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=165694&highlight=fridge" rel="nofollow">Photo Your Fridge</a> thread with photos that I found to be similarly revealing of their owners.<br><br>I would like self-dusting bookshelves that are sturdy enough so that when I climb up them (and I always climb up them) they don't wobble dangerously.Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com