Guys, I put up shelves and they haven't fallen down!! Ok ok so that isn't entirely true I had help, my dad helped me to put my shelves up but how amazing do they look!? Wait, let's rewind back to the start and look at how it was before I blessed it with some beautiful shelves (See picture on the right)…boring right?
It's been like that for a few years now, just somewhere for me to put things that I don't really need or don't want but also don't want to get rid of. Yes, I am one of those people, I'm a hoarder. Cinema tickets from 10+ years ago? Yep I have those in my memory box and so on. I'd have loved to have seen a proper fire in this alcove it would have been something straight out of a Bridgerton novel. After we moved in I used to use this as a little make-up table and used to think I was very fancy and posh...if only!
It was before Christmas where the idea of putting shelves for books in my alcove came to me, I put the idea to my dad as he's the wood man in our house and he said it was do-able. Mam also agreed it was a good idea, secretly she knew she'd bought me books for Christmas and I had no room for them on my bookcase or other two shelves on my wall. So me and my dad set too it at the beginning of the week and I will admit it did look at one point that my dreams of a Alcove mini bookcase wasn't going to work but it did and it is beautiful! (See picture left)
Hardest bit after putting them up was:
1. Putting the lights up, the top two shelves lights are on a single metal wire and were a pain to manoeuvre.
2. Choosing which books go on these shelves and in what order.
I had already decided roughly which books I wanted on these shelves but still it was a bit of a challenge! The main book I wanted to fit was my large hardback illustrated version of Phillip Pullman's His Dark Materials Northern Lights as that book is huge, beautiful but huge. Before when it was on my bookcase it didn't fit anyway I tried to place it so that was my main concern when getting the right height and width of the shelves but it fits amazingly so that was a strong tick.
And there you have it you lovely Bookworms my DIY project of January 2023, I wonder what I will do next but until then Bobbett The Builder signing out!
** P.S If you head over to my Instagram I created a little reel to do with my new shelves so have a gander if you fancy it **
Happy Reading!
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