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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

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Looks more like a used bookstore rather than a home..I wouldn't want to use a ladder....Maybe its time to DONATE, DONATE, DONATE some of those books...

 

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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

 

 

I love te shelves in the second picture.  I might even have enough books to fill the shelves. 

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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

No no no. Your right about the dusting. It would be a nightmare. 

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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

The shelving in the first picture is just ugly.  The second picture is slightly more attractive.  I think if you are going to have floor to ceiling bookshelves they need to be architecturally appealing.  Neither of these examples is appealing to me.

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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

I can find walls of shelves very attractive, but these both more resemble library stacks... To me, the shelves themselves have to offer some appeal and there needs to be a mixture of books and objects on the shelves for them to serve a decorative as well as a functional purpose. I'd also add that both of these sets of shelves are a bit overwhelming. The second is somewhat tolerable, but the first is particularly unappealing.


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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

No, it is just too much! Although the 2nd pic is better, it is still too much for me!

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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

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Dinaki, that's what I love about the shelves--they remind me of a library!

 

(And for those of you concerned about dusting--I rarely dust.)

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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

The 2nd pic is more attractive than the 1st but still a hard NO for me.

Too many shelves, too many books, too much clutter, too much dust, the ladder is a no way, just no.

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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

I like shelves...but those are just too much IMO

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Re: Shelves, Shelves, and more Shelves!

@wilma  hideous for a home situation.