A lovely new bookcase, assembled by M. (Yes, purchased from that Scandinavian mega-retailer.)
I’m trying to keep it neat and have even refrained from creating double rows of books. And note the neat top of the case – I’ve just chosen a few of my undersized Chinese language books to “showcase” them. (We’ll see how long this lasts!)
My study is relatively neat at the moment, although some of my bookcases remain a tad messy.
Yes, I am grateful for the luxury of having a study of my own. The room gets horrifically hot on scorching summer afternoons and is not pleasant to sit in, but in other seasons it’s wonderful. On those summer afternoons I’m glad I have my eeePC (although sitting in the lounge room flanked by two chihuahuas does mean it gets warm there too).
I usually read, surf, play and sit in this room. I drink tea, eat noodles, write blog posts, listen to music, draw pictures, go through my feed aggregator, browse my bookshelves, build civilizations and learn new things here.
Do you have a you space too?
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we just weeded our bookshelf severely. I’d like to have more bookshelves but we’re kind of limited in terms of space.
I don’t seem to able to discard any of my books – even ones that I don’t like. The only one I can remember chucking, in living memory, is one that I lent to someone, who returned it after their cat peed on it (bloody rude, they should’ve bought me a new copy). The book was rank.
in our new house- which is currently being built- there will be a separate lounge are with floor to ceiling bookshelves on a least one wall. I already dream of sitting there…
K
I have my own studio where I do my art and keep some of my books. My husband did a horrible thing about 5 years ago, when we use to move around a lot due to the fact he was in the army, and weeded our collection (most of them were my books!!! which included my beloved World Book Encyclopedia) anyway he has vowed he will never do it again (I won’t let him). It broke my heart and every now and then I think to myself I wouldn’t mind reading a particular book and realise I no longer have it 🙁 Moral of the story is…hoard everything throw nothing away because you’ll only regret it later, trust me 🙂
This is starting to scare me, yet again you have said something I can relate to. I don’t throw out any books either. An old flatmate gave me some of her books when she moved back to England and even though they are not my cup of tea, 12 years on I still have not had the heart to throw them out or even give them away to a charity.