Journal

Shelf Life

Yesterday, a couple of pieces of furniture arrived, including a new bookshelf, so I took the chance to rearrange all of my books. I also had to pack up some of the old stuff on the old rack, action figures and the like, so it took a while before everything got settled. Here are some photos in case you ever wondered what my shelf looks like.

Here’s a picture of the old rack where I displayed some things. I had to clear this out because there isn’t space for it anymore.

These are some of the things I displayed. They’re going to some dark corner, or some happy buyer.

Here are the empty shelves. The new one is on the right.

I wanted to sort out all of my books properly, so I took them all out. Here you see all of them on the floor, about 250 of them and 30 waiting to join them. You’ll also notice a jar under my bed. That’s my pencil jar. Beside the jar are an assortment of little things, mostly keepsakes and mementos, because I’m too sentimental for my own good. These sit in the free spaces of my bookshelves.

Photography books went in here. The space here is slightly longer. We chose this new piece of furniture deliberately because it’ll accommodate the larger photography books.

Here are the books all sorted out. On the left shelf, you’ll find most of the fiction. Of interest, there’s a music section in the lower part of the shelf. The right shelf comprises mostly of graphic novels. There’s a section for academic writing and other forms of non-fiction. There’s also a children’s section right at the top. It all looks rather empty now, but I’m sure it won’t be long before it fills up.

There’s some stuff left to do before I can consider the packing done. One of those things is hanging up these lumadessa prints, which I received for my birthday all those months ago.

Looking ahead, I’ll want to fill up that top space so that the jar isn’t so lonely. I’m also trying to think up a nice way to make platforms such that more books can go in. The problem with that is that the books are all of different sizes so I can’t just put planks in or the like.

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