kokotg Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 We still need to get the doors for the rest of them (Ikea was out of them), but I'm happy with how it's coming along. I'm impressed with how much shelves can hold when they go all the way up to the ceiling! Here's the blog entry with excruciating detail about the whole thing :) http://boxycolonial.blogspot.com/2012/09/library-progress.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeslieAnneLevine Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 That looks like it's straight out of the catalogue! It's looks great and very inviting too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 It looks beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollhouse Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Lovely! I really, really like your wall color, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Nice! And people say book shelves are 'out'. I love the look of a home filled with books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Who else can spot the WTM on the shelf? Love it, it's so pretty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Who else can spot the WTM on the shelf? Love it, it's so pretty. Ha! All three editions, too---I'm so devoted :D Thanks guys :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Beautiful, I love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmomma Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Ahhh.... I love books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justamouse Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Those are *gorgeous!*!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Some of those shelves look sort of empty---you should buy more books!! Lara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southcarolinamom Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Yeah, baby! Gorgeous :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Some of those shelves look sort of empty---you should buy more books!! Lara :D oh, there are more books! the poetry/drama shelf is around the corner in another room. And most of the kid fiction is still upstairs in their rooms, but it will probably come down soon. But then I think I'll move the non-school related picture books to a different room on a low, accessible shelf.....and my fiction's not even alphabetized yet! I'm just getting started! We have the height extenders for the two shelves around the corner, too, just so everyone knows; we just haven't put them on yet (it would drive me crazy to have height extenders on some of the shelves and not other ones, so I just thought I should reassure anyone else who's as anal about symmetry as I am ;)) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myeightkiddies Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I went to your blog to see if you posted which wall color you used. I knew it had to be a Benjamin Moore color. I've been knee-deep in BM swatches. Everything looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justLisa Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I went to your blog to see if you posted which wall color you used. I knew it had to be a Benjamin Moore color. I've been knee-deep in BM swatches. Everything looks great! I really love that color too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Beautiful! I need to do a corner in my dining room. Does Billy not have a corner shelf? Or was it just that the ones you have fit your space so well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~Tara~ Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Niiiiice! I like your wall color too :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 That looks really pretty! Love the paint color! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 What a beautiful room! I love the shelves and paint color; it just looks so inviting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JenniferB Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I especially love the color on the wall. What an inspirational space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thank you for making my life so easy -- I'm copying you as soon as I have enough money!! Now, make my life easy some more please and tell me -- what did you do with your formal dining room? We have a large breakfast area and just aren't formal diner-types. I'd love to turn the space into something fun, but I'm not sure what. But our living room is definitely turning into your library! Thanks, Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Beautiful! I need to do a corner in my dining room. Does Billy not have a corner shelf? Or was it just that the ones you have fit your space so well? They do have a corner shelf, and we actually bought one. It's the small one on the end--it's kind of hard to tell it's smaller from that angle, I guess. Anyway, as far as I can tell it's just the regular narrower shelf, only you're supposed to buy special brackets for it and set it at an angle in the corner. This was our plan, but, despite our careful (we thought) measuring....it didn't fit in the corner. But putting them at a right angle in the corner worked out fine; we just needed to move the shelf at the other end of the wall down maybe an inch to close the gap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 19, 2012 Author Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thank you for making my life so easy -- I'm copying you as soon as I have enough money!! Now, make my life easy some more please and tell me -- what did you do with your formal dining room? We have a large breakfast area and just aren't formal diner-types. I'd love to turn the space into something fun, but I'm not sure what. But our living room is definitely turning into your library! Thanks, Alley Well, our formal dining room is....a formal dining room. Sorry not to have been more creative :). It's actually a dining room/schoolroom....but it "passes" as a dining room pretty easily thanks to a couple of big pieces of furniture that hide the school stuff behind closed doors. We mostly eat in the kitchen, but we're liking having a big table to spread out at for school (and for occasional meals). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 WOW!!! It looks AMAZINGLY GREAT!!! :hurray: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
helena Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Oooo! I love it! What a beautiful room! The bookshelves, the colors, the arched entry... everything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Beautiful! I need to do a corner in my dining room. Does Billy not have a corner shelf? The current offering for corners is a pair of special brackets, designed so that you can fix a 40cm Billy on the diagonal such that it lines up correctly with the Billies either side of the corner. That's probably OK for the tall ones but no use for the low ones as you'd see the gaps and the fixing brackets. Even for the tall ones it wastes space. They used to sell a proper corner unit. That takes up 60cm of each of the two walls and has an opening across the diagonal just a little wider than you'd get with a 40cm Billy. The space in the corners is a bit awkward, but useable (depending on how you arrange things on the shelves). The corner unit also accommodates deeper books than the standard Billies. They are available secondhand - we've seen plenty listed on eBay. Start with a corner unit and work outwards from there, combining Billies and Bennos as needed to fit the space. That will let you work in multiples of 20cm. If you need something else, you can cut down a Billy or Benno to fill the gap. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuirkyKapers Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Beautiful! Love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 That is so nice, and I love the arch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momtokea Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I love it! It looks beautiful. I'm so happy for you, but so sad for me. We had six Billy bookshelves just like yours (but brown) in our basement, loaded with books, but we lost them all in a flood in July :( Enjoy them. They're the best! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in IN Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I love the room. It's very inviting! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I LOVE your paint choice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 So beautiful! So envious! I can not imagine living in such a beautiful and large home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unicorn. Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I love the color on the walls! And I'm jealous of the shelves. Beautiful room! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Beautiful! I love the wall color too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 So, could I get tall shelves to cover a wall but with half glass/half panel doors. My husband and I have been talking about changing our bookshelves. Our shelves are in our only family room and I wanted books behind doors for a cleaner look for our small room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 So, could I get tall shelves to cover a wall but with half glass/half panel doors. My husband and I have been talking about changing our bookshelves. Our shelves are in our only family room and I wanted books behind doors for a cleaner look for our small room. yep--they make those doors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I love it! Was it difficult to put the height extenders on the shelves an then put them into place? My husband had a difficult time when he put ours together, he also had a hard time with the corner unit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denisemomof4 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Beautiful!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 Thanks again, everyone! Having a dedicated library is seeming sort of magical so far; I keep catching kids sitting in that chair reading random books about chess or the presidents :) I love it! Was it difficult to put the height extenders on the shelves an then put them into place? My husband had a difficult time when he put ours together, he also had a hard time with the corner unit. I don't think he had much trouble with the extenders--we put them one after the shelves were already in place (that's why the last ones aren't on yet; he wants to wait until we get all the doors on in case the shelves need to scoot around a bit more). The doors, on the other hand, have been a big pain so far--getting them to close right and stay closed. I'm not sure whether to blame Ikea or our probably not entirely level floors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicia64 Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 I don't mean at all to steal your thread, but I love your style: do you use a scent in your home that you love and could recommend? Alley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted September 20, 2012 Author Share Posted September 20, 2012 I don't mean at all to steal your thread, but I love your style: do you use a scent in your home that you love and could recommend? Alley Umm, dog? :D No, I don't, but I probably should cover up the dog smell with something :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 :thumbup1: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 :D oh, there are more books! the poetry/drama shelf is around the corner in another room. And most of the kid fiction is still upstairs in their rooms, but it will probably come down soon. But then I think I'll move the non-school related picture books to a different room on a low, accessible shelf.....and my fiction's not even alphabetized yet! I'm just getting started! We have the height extenders for the two shelves around the corner, too, just so everyone knows; we just haven't put them on yet (it would drive me crazy to have height extenders on some of the shelves and not other ones, so I just thought I should reassure anyone else who's as anal about symmetry as I am ;)) I feel MUCH better about this now. I can now confidently say I LOVE IT! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TammyinTN Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Lovely...and I love the natural light in the room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chava_Raizel Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 Oh that is beautiful!! I dream of someday having a room devoted to being a library. There just isn't space for that now and we have books coming out of our ears. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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