Sacramento Movers Discuss How To Fill Bookshelves

Bookshelves can be a great way to decorate a wall in your living room, bedroom, home office, or even the hallway of your home. Bookshelves may be built into the structure of the home or free-standing. For those who do not own many if any books, built-in bookshelves can create a decorating dilemma. Or for those who have lots of books that are all stored away in boxes, maybe it’s time to put them on display.

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Gather all the books you own in the room where the bookshelves are located. Organize the books into stacks according to some standard that makes sense to you. Perhaps you’d like to alphabetize the books by title or author’s last name. Or perhaps separating them by genre makes more sense. Another way to do it would be to divide the books up be their height standing on the shelf, placing the taller books together on one shelf and shorter books on another.

Once you’ve determined how you would like to organize the books, it is time to start placing them on the shelf. There are a few methods for book placement:

The Library Method. This method works best when you have lots of books that easily fill up all shelf space. Simply place books standing, side by side in neat rows along each shelf.

The Vertical/Horizontal Method. Using this method, place a handful of books standing, side by side, then place another handful lying stacked almost like a book end. Alternate groups of books standing vertically and books lying horizontally all the way across each shelf.

The Museum Method. If you have various knick-knacks to display, this method would be perfect for you. Place a stack of books standing, side by side then set a favorite framed photograph or figurine next to the books like a book end. Place another stack of books then another knick-knack. Items you might use to intersperse with books include framed photos, small potted plants, figurines or statures, souvenirs, trophies, candles, decorative vases or urns.

The Books Are Forbidden Method. In this style of decorating a bookshelf, the method is exactly as it sounds, just about anything can be placed on the shelves except books. This method is for those who do not own books or enough books to put on display. Use similar items to decorate the shelves as mentioned above in the Museum Method.

As you go through your selection of books you may find that there are some books that don’t fit on your display. In this case you may either choose to donate the books to a used book store or library or to set aside the excess books in a personal storage area. If this is the case, be sure to pack the books in small boxes that are reinforced with clear packing tape. Stack the books neatly in the box on their side so that the weight is evenly distributed and so that the books do not shift in the box. Label the box and store it in a dry, out of the way place.

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