Now, the shelves would be great for yarn storage because the mostly round balls of yarn, or the ends of the skeins that appear round, would not give the appearance of leaning. This would create order out of the book chaos.

Great blog. I plan on checking back often.

Unfortunately, all of my bookshelves came from Target. Cheap, relatively sturdy, only leave a little to be desired in the looks department. They serve, however, and I only have a few stacks going on in the bedroom.

Some folks just don’t understand the need to OWN a book! They are probably closer in the range of normal than we are….

A word of warning about those shelves you’re coveting. I think they are designed by people who are maybe not readers… or someone who simply cannot imagine the shelf space a real book lover requires.

A friend of ours made some similar to these, and as visually appealing as they might be, we have found them terrifically frustrating — the book we want is inevitably at the bottom of a stack — and a poor use of space. Alas, because a friend made them, we cannot dismember the wood and put it to better use.