Sometimes, it really is the little things that make life grand.
This weekend, it was new bookshelves.
Before
Note the bucket of power tools and utter lack of discord.
During
Stacks on stacks! For the first time in years, I sorted books before shoving them on shelves. It felt So. Good. A feeling that probably only other slightly OCD book nerds would understand.
After
Lovely.
The Bookshelf Scoop
My wonderful husband Scott made these with hickory and the photos don’t do justice to the color variations in the wood. We wanted them to fit under the breakfast ledge in our apartment that we never use since we don’t own stools, and because our table sits right next to it. These shelves fill that unusable space perfectly, and add a little personality to out otherwise white walled apartment.
Scott has been learning the art of woodworking from our good friend Gordy the last couple of years. If you need some similarly awesome, custom-made shelves for your place and happen to live in or around the Madison area, check out Gordon Miller Woodworks in Brooklyn, WI. Gordy has a knack for taking unique pieces of wood and creating works of functional art.
How do you corral all your books? I need some ideas for the other 30% of the collection not pictured here… Oops.