New Bookshelves
My new bookshelves are done! 
I wanted them dead plain with extra shelves. And white because a) there’s already a lot of wood in the room and b) it would be hard to match. Plus c) it was cheaper. <g>
I’m so happy with them — the shelves are adjustable and very easy to change. They’re studier than my old shelves, too.
The guy got here at 7am and was all done by 9.30am. (And I finished writing a scene.) He did a nice clean job. And he was very nice — he even gave Milly a treat because she’d been so quiet and good, sitting by the table on her leash, watching.
I won’t be arranging the books any time soon — I have to finish writing my current book first. And then there will have to be a massive culling, because I had two walls of books in my old house and now I have just one. I also had a number of big stand-alone bookshelves, but I’m only keeping three. I’m giving the rest (the two biggest plus one other) to charity. They’re sitting on the veranda ready for someone to take them away.
Once I have my study set up, I’ll share a photo, but it won’t be for ages.
Testing again
Anne here, and thanks to the people who let me know that their comment could not be uploaded. Apparently it was caused by a system upgrade, but I contacted my site wrangler and it’s fixed now.
Theo’s comment bounced. She said: They look wonderful, Anne! And wow! He’s a fast worker. Can’t wait to see the finished project. But don’t wait too long. We’ve been here since 2014 and I still have boxes of books to unpack…
Thanks, Theo.
Magnificent shelves!! Happy book arranging! And Merry Christmas. What a great photo, Anne.
Thanks, Michelle. I can’t wait to fill them with books, but at the same time, I’m dreading the culling.
Your shelves look wonderful, although I blanched when you mentioned ‘culling your books’. I may go through mine again one day, but the last time I did it, there were less than 10 books I was willing to part with. And I may have taken several of them back out of the box.
Thanks, Pam — I know it’s going to be a wrench, culling the books, but these days I read mostly on my e-reader, and some of those I have in hard copy. Still, I intend to keep a lot of beloved books even though I have them in e-format because I don’t trust the e-book companies to maintain those books for my lifetime. Sadly, e-books are effectively only rented.
Great looking shelves…..you are a lucky woman.
Thanks, Annette — I do feel very lucky.