Rainbow shelf

This is my favourite project that I finished recently: the new rainbow shelf~ I decided that we needed more books in our living room, instead of a shelf full of dvds and random toys. I loved having the books organsied by colour in our old study and I think it looks really nice in this brightly coloured room.

It’s funny because although I love reading, our book collection is pretty small. Since I’m a librarian I can borrow almost anything I like either from my library, or on interlibrary loan. So I really only buy books that I either can’t find, or love so much I want to read over and over again.

Most of my books are gifts, childhood favourites, thrift store finds, and leftovers from the office of a retiring academic when I was a postgraduate. My library books live next to my bed in a big pile that I use instead of a nightstand ♥

Posted on: Tuesday, April 26th, 2011 Filed under: crafts, haus inspiration~

8 Comments

  1. La on 26.04.2011 at 10:37 (Reply)

    wow! I didn’t know you were a librarian. That is so cool :)

    1. Lyndall~ on 03.05.2011 at 03:16 (Reply)

      Yes, I’ve been a librarian for just over a year now! It is pretty cool, although working with the public can be an… adventure, sometimes!

  2. Arielle on 27.04.2011 at 01:44 (Reply)

    Awesome! Looks great :)

    1. Lyndall~ on 03.05.2011 at 03:15 (Reply)

      Thank you! ♥

  3. Lily on 03.05.2011 at 06:34 (Reply)

    It looks really great! I’ve been thinking to do that at my place but the strange thing is… I have no blue books! Where have they gone, i don’t know… Now i think twice before buying a book with red covers (have too many!)
    I’m loving your new layout very much (probably because I love mustard yellow, too!)
    Xxx,
    Lily

    1. Lyndall~ on 06.05.2011 at 00:20 (Reply)

      It’s funny how there are so many red/orange covered books! I never noticed it until I put them into the colour-coded shelves :)

  4. eva vercauteren on 03.05.2011 at 20:07 (Reply)

    I sort a lot of items by colour. My clothes, my fabrics, sometimes my yarns, etc. Your bookshelf looks amazing!

    1. Lyndall~ on 06.05.2011 at 00:16 (Reply)

      Thank you! Sorting things by colour is just such a nice way to do things, especially if they are on display. I love looking at all the colour-coded wool in craft stores :)

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