Show us yer shelfies!

[hitmouse]

Do you need to ask?

Here you go - the Klaus Theweleit/Beano/Philip K Dick section:

 

[DaveCinzano]

Here you go - the Klaus Theweleit/Beano/Philip K Dick section:
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I'm short on Dick, but can match the Vile

 

[Pickman's model]

A couple here

 

[DaveCinzano]

A bit of deboxing from the garage

 

[furluxor]

A couple here

That was clearly taken at a public library and whilst very nice, should be disqualified.

 

[Pickman's model]

That was clearly taken at a public library and whilst very nice, should be disqualified.

Not a single book has a classmark label, whereas every book in a public library possesses one

 

[furluxor]

Not a single book has a classmark label, whereas every book in a public library possesses one

Just went and checked the library book I'm currently reading - no label, just one on the inside cover, with a barcode.

Nice try.

 

[Orang Utan]

I have many ex-library books that have been discarded but still have shelf marks on, so you can’t tell either way from a shelfie.
I have no doubt, though, that those are really Pickman's model ‘s books.

 

[Pickman's model]

Just went and checked the library book I'm currently reading - no label, just one on the inside cover, with a barcode.

Nice try.

Pics or stfu

 

[furluxor]

Pics or stfu

Unfortunately, some libraries are modernising.

 

[Orang Utan]

Unfortunately, some libraries are modernising.
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That’s fiction though, you ninny!
Non-fiction will have shelf marks though

 

[furluxor]

That’s fiction though, you ninny!
Non-fiction will have shelf marks though

That's me told Just went to have a look at non-fiction and indeed you're right.

 

[Orang Utan]

That's me told Just went to have a look at non-fiction and indeed you're right.

Fiction doesn’t necessarily need shelf marks as it tends to be filed in alphabetical order.

 

[Nine Bob Note]

Been cleaning/DIYing/rearranging all week. He're the new look He-Man Origins shelves...

 

[friendofdorothy]

By popular demand on the house meddling thread, behold my cardboard box shelf unit.

I had the books in the boxes just any old how but it was really annoying me. I just had to put them in order.
From top left:
One box of short stories/ anthologies
Some larger modern hardbacks that wouldn't fit in the boxes (a-z)
Then 13 X boxes of A and B format fiction (a-z) starting with Douglas Adams and ending with Zola.

 

[cesare]

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By popular demand on the house meddling thread, behold my cardboard box shelf unit.

I had the books in the boxes just any old how but it was really annoying me. I just had to put them in order.
From top left:
One box of short stories/ anthologies
Some larger modern hardbacks that wouldn't fit in the boxes (a-z)
Then 13 X boxes of A and B format fiction (a-z) starting with Douglas Adams and ending with Zola.

I love the idea of a cardboard box shelving unit, it's a really creative idea. Makes me wonder why so many of my books are.housed in cardboard boxes when I could just open up the boxes so that the books are accessible. I need to think about this!

 

[friendofdorothy]

Miscellaneous:

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They look like nice shallow shelves for paperbacks. Where did you get them?

All the cheap IKEA ones are 28cm which is deep enough for big A4 box files and the like. I'm looking for bookcases for paperbacks so it only needs to be 13cm deep. I'm looking in second hand places, but it's unlikely I'll find anything exactly the right size.

I'm thinking of making my own with 5" wide planks but that might cost a lot and wood yards scare me. Hence the temp cardboard arrangement.

 

[friendofdorothy]

I love the idea of a cardboard box shelving unit, it's a really creative idea. Makes me wonder why so many of my books are.housed in cardboard boxes when I could just open up the boxes so that the books are accessible. I need to think about this!

I started off just roughly cutting the boxes in half with a Stanley knife, like this:

Then I realised I could cut, fold and tape the boxes to be one book high to act like a shelf

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

This summer I decided that my temporary room was going to be more if a permanent one.
To mark the occasion I put up a bunch of shelves and bookcases.


Clothes and Misc. Not fully sorted yet


Tools and books.


Manga with some refrence books, asterix, and tintin on top



Dr Who on top Misc on bottom.



Board games, TTRPGs and others. Still being added to.

 

[cesare]

I started off just roughly cutting the boxes in half with a Stanley knife, like this:
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Then I realised I could cut, fold and tape the boxes to be one book high to act like a shelf

Just such an excellent idea!

 

[friendofdorothy]

I'm really proud of these shelves in the kitchen. They are IKEA picture shelves.

 

[cesare]

I'm really proud of these shelves in the kitchen. They are IKEA picture shelves.
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I like.those! And.your tiles.underneath. Did you put them.up.yourselves? Fixings?

 

[friendofdorothy]

I like.those! And.your tiles.underneath. Did you put them.up.yourselves? Fixings?

We put the shelves up ourselves - but we had the tiles done professionally as part of the kitchen refit.

These: MOSSLANDA White Picture Ledge, 115 cm - IKEA

 

[Epona]

They look like nice shallow shelves for paperbacks. Where did you get them?

All the cheap IKEA ones are 28cm which is deep enough for big A4 box files and the like. I'm looking for bookcases for paperbacks so it only needs to be 13cm deep. I'm looking in second hand places, but it's unlikely I'll find anything exactly the right size.

I'm thinking of making my own with 5" wide planks but that might cost a lot and wood yards scare me. Hence the temp cardboard arrangement.

Have a search for "shallow bookcase" - I found some on Wayfair who do a variety of wall mounted and free standing shallow shelving, and Argos also do some shallow bookcases.

If you wanted something off the shelf so to speak, rather than DIY!

I do really like what you've done with the boxes as temporary storage, much better being able to see everything than having to rummage through a pile of boxes

 

[bris]

Oops I may have misunderstood the thread title.

Joking aside I'm very disappointed to see the two of them together.

 

[friendofdorothy]

Have a search for "shallow bookcase" - I found some on Wayfair who do a variety of wall mounted and free standing shallow shelving, and Argos also do some shallow bookcases.

If you wanted something off the shelf so to speak, rather than DIY!

I do really like what you've done with the boxes as temporary storage, much better being able to see everything than having to rummage through a pile of boxes

Did look at Wayfair - they say 'shallow' but all but the tiniest knicknack shelves are 30 or 40 cm deep. It's a very annoying website to navigate too. Did you find anything more paperback sized?

 

[Epona]

Did look at Wayfair - they say 'shallow' but all but the tiniest knicknack shelves are 30 or 40 cm deep. It's a very annoying website to navigate too. Did you find anything more paperback sized?

It's an absolute pain to navigate their website (although they do have some nice stuff) but I think I almost accidentally stumbled across this when I was searching, there might be some suitable stuff here:

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www.wayfair.co.uk

The search term is misleading cos they aren't all 13cm or less but there are some items there.

The 2nd item in that is a set of 4 cubby type storage units that are 15cm deep (not sure whether tall enough for a standard paperback, I can't find my tape measure!)

 

[friendofdorothy]

It's an absolute pain to navigate their website (although they do have some nice stuff) but I think I almost accidentally stumbled across this when I was searching, there might be some suitable stuff here:

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www.wayfair.co.uk

The search term is misleading cos they aren't all 13cm or less but there are some items there.

The 2nd item in that is a set of 4 cubby type storage units that are 15cm deep (not sure whether tall enough for a standard paperback, I can't find my tape measure!)

Saw those but thought they looked rather lightweight, as they show them with only couple of books and an ornament. Not sure they are designed for the weight of a full load of books. Would need a lot of them for my amount of books too and that would be a lot of drilling in a very hard wall.

 

[DaveCinzano]

They look like nice shallow shelves for paperbacks. Where did you get them?

They were from Argos, years back! I have two of them, and they have lasted in multiple locations across five homes over 15 years (I would guess).

I don't know if they're still available, but I think they were about sixty-five quid each when I got them, and they are ideal for standard paperbacks (e.g. old style Penguins, Pan, NEL etc), as well as some slightly taller folios, and also DVDs.

 

[friendofdorothy]

They were from Argos, years back! I have two of them, and they have lasted in multiple locations across five homes over 15 years (I would guess).

I don't know if they're still available, but I think they were about sixty-five quid each when I got them, and they are ideal for standard paperbacks (e.g. old style Penguins, Pan, NEL etc), as well as some slightly taller folios, and also DVDs.

I suppose larger bookcases for lots of paperbacks are out of fashion with the popularity of kindle...