When we moved into our current house, I was finally able to unbox all of my books (except stored curriculum) for the first time in years. Our (several) existing bookcases were suddenly inadequate, and my father built beautiful built-in shelves for me in our family room and living room. They were comfortably filled from the start and are now beginning to bulge at the seams. I did cull a dozen or so books at the turn of the year that I knew I would never read again *or* teach from/lend to others. (This was prompted by my desire to make room for the books coming off the TBR shelf as part of my goal of finishing the tangible TBR pile before requesting any more of the virtual TBR from the library.) but it's not going to solve my problems for long. I wish you success in finding more book nooks!
We have an open-concept house, which means that the wall space for bookshelves is somewhat less than what we'd like. That said, my (bibliovore) husband *has* slowed down his acquisition lately, and the current library size is probably 2000-2500, mostly historical/theological/philosophical reads.
When we moved into our current house, I was finally able to unbox all of my books (except stored curriculum) for the first time in years. Our (several) existing bookcases were suddenly inadequate, and my father built beautiful built-in shelves for me in our family room and living room. They were comfortably filled from the start and are now beginning to bulge at the seams. I did cull a dozen or so books at the turn of the year that I knew I would never read again *or* teach from/lend to others. (This was prompted by my desire to make room for the books coming off the TBR shelf as part of my goal of finishing the tangible TBR pile before requesting any more of the virtual TBR from the library.) but it's not going to solve my problems for long. I wish you success in finding more book nooks!
We have an open-concept house, which means that the wall space for bookshelves is somewhat less than what we'd like. That said, my (bibliovore) husband *has* slowed down his acquisition lately, and the current library size is probably 2000-2500, mostly historical/theological/philosophical reads.
That's hard! Unless you have access to a really great library, theological/philosophical reads, in particular, are just difficult to come by.