Bookshelves

Ever since we started planning our house back in 2012, when we were just engaged, the design for the sitting room included window seats and built in bookcases in two corners.

Because we are still finishing our house, we just haven’t gotten to start on the finishing touches yet, such as bookcases and window seats. However, since it had been two and a half years since we married and I moved up here to Tennessee with all of my beloved books boxed up, we decided it was time to unpack them at last!

We got two spacious bookshelves to house our books for now, courtesy of Craigslist. I love having the shelf space – and unpacking my books was like discovering old friends again! It’s been great to have so much reading material handy. (it’s also been great to give the books a home that were formerly stacked all over the living room!)

It might seem like a small thing, but these Craigslist shelves have been a big blessing, and I am so thankful to have them!

I had so much fun decorating the top of the shelf in the sitting room with some crockery, dried flowers, and some of my Blue Calico china.

This second set of shelves went into my sewing room. It’s wonderful having all my sewing reference and history books within reach from my sewing machine! It also provides a place for some of my bigger art paper and notebooks. The sewing room is much more organized now.

plenty of shelves = happy housewife. :)