Sunday 17 April 2011

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I haven't posted series of photos that inspire me for a while here, and I missed it. I thus scoured through the 'Parentheses Images Archives' (and trust me, they deserve such a name, they are quite extensive) and chose the photos that represented what inspires me the most at the moment. In fact, I found so many of them that I'll have to cut this post in a few sections! On with the first series...

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I. Bookshelves, or how to organise books


As you might already know, even though my first langauge is French, I am an English Literature student. You might also already know that I live with my boyfriend, who also happens to be an English Lit./Creative Writing student (but he does not speak French fluently hehe). Another thing you might know is that I'm quite a good thrift shopper. Something you might not know is that so is my boyfriend. Especially with books. Whatever knowledge I have of fabrics, he has of publishing houses: I can recognise real wool in miles of acrylic, he can spot the 'good' publishing houses amongst a sea of harlequins. We have no problems storing clothing, that's fine and alright, but we're starting to have a little 'book problem'. This means that we've been attempting to squeeze a third bookshelf in our tiny living room for the past few days, and no matter where we put it, our living room looks like an over-stocked bookstore. I've been thinking about putting shelves up to the ceiling and down the corridor as well, but I'm pretty sure we'll have to move out in a little over a year (our roommate, his brother, might move out) so it probably wouldn't be worth it. Any suggestions (other than getting rid of the books--we do both read and lend them enough to own them, I promise!) about dealing with massive amounts of books would be welcome.


P.S. Does it show I'm almost done all my papers, and have one whole free week to write my last one?


Photos: 1?, 2, 3?, 4?, 5?, 6?. (If you know any of the original sources/photographers, please let me know-I would very much like to give credit where it's due!)

7 comments:

  1. I used the first picture last year, and in turn I had stolen it from So Much To Tell… and that is where the trail ends. haha

    I completely understand your predicament! Right now I have two bookcases filled up, plus a small ornamental one,plus my headboard, and still I have stacks of books with nowhere to put them. At least when this happens you can try to pass it off as a look or something, not like when you have too many clothes lying around.

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  2. Check out 16 House -- in the past she's posted some great photos of people who've just left stacks and stacks of books against the wall. You have to have a lot of them for it to work but I think it really does.

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  3. I really like the visual effect of that last picture.

    I double-shelve my books if the shelve is deep enough...after one shelf is filled I shelve another row in front of the original row. So far, it works for me, since I somehow manage to remember what went where. It's not perfect but it could be a good temporary solution. I hate stacking books because removing one is such a pain!

    My problem with books is actually dust - it's so tedious keeping everything clean! I've taken to shelves with glass doors, which sadly, isn;t as pretty, but at least dusting got easier...

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  4. I also have those first two pictures in my inspiration folder. My boyfriend and I move yearly, sometimes even twice a year. If you want to put shelves in the hallway just do it! Having them there for a little over a year will be totally worth it! Your thriftyness should find you an amazing set of shelves!

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  5. oh camille...you are so cool!!! and i love that you love books...(pssst tu as gagné un prix..viens chez moi)

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  6. Katie: Thank you, I probably took it there too! I think I'll just pretend I live in a library haha!
    Michelle: Oh yes, I really like 16 House. Thanks for the idea!
    Lin: That's a good idea, I'll keep it in mind for when I won't be able to add any more bookshelves to my flat-which will be very soon. I don't seem to be having problems with dust, maybe someone secretly cleans everything when I'm not looking.
    Jessicat: How come you have to move so often? I might just do it, it's true it would be the ideal solution!
    If Jane: You're going to make me blush! Et je viens tout juste de répondre, merci! x

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