Styling a Bookself

I will admit right off that I ripped off the title for this post from http://www.designsponge.com/2013/09/styling-a-bookshelf-10-homes-that-get-it-right-5-tips-for-your-own.html. I do like this blog. However reading it daily is not a priority, so actually clicking and reading the entire post is rare. But as it is I love books and reading so I was totally hooked.

As I look at my bookshelves I wonder when I'll be able to have a nice organized space for all of my friends. My downstairs unit does look aesthetically pleasing and it is loaded up with the books I like to share and read often. My upstairs bookshelf is much bigger and thus has much more clutter. Textbooks and binders full of lecture notes live on the bottom two shelves. Yes my husband and I refer to them. Maybe not everyday but often enough. Novels, reference, and a nonfiction assortment fill the next two shelves. Some places are two deep when the books are small enough. Storage has overtaken the top shelf and the top of the whole fixture. The shelves are starting to bow. and the whole unit is held in a rectangular configuration via ducktape. Oh the trials of a bookworm. I don't like to place things in front of the books spines and the artsy stacks are nice until I pull a book off the bottom and the whole pile falls over. I often wonder how often do people read their books that stack them and have stuff in front of the spines so you can't read the title? Probably more than I give them credit for.

Sincerely,  The Chocolate Moose