Forum Thermomix
Welcoming Center, Management and General Chat => Chit Chat => Topic started by: maddy on August 24, 2012, 06:23:57 am
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......you have more space by stacking your books horizontally or vertically on a book shelf?
seems a lame question, but I have stupidly undertaken the task of sorting my books out, and tidying up the piles elsewhere (dumb move now I realise :-)))
I have stacked heaps horizontal.....but I still have a huge pile to contend with :( I don't want to start over re-stacking until I get some opinions :)
Thank you :-*
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I stack both ways. In the bottom of my pantry I stack them horizontally because I was sick of them falling over when I took one out and in my bookcase vertically because they just fit better there, sorry not really any help :)
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I’m not sure that it makes a lot of difference – perhaps a combination of the two? – what I do know is that if the books are vertical they are easier to get out of the bookshelf.
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Mine are vertical, but I don't use many cookbooks. :)
Mainly off here.
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what I do know is that if the books are vertical they are easier to get out of the bookshelf.
Good point....I have figured out they won't all fit in the bookcase :-\. plan B...whatever that is.
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Lol when you figure it out can you let me know too please?
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Gosh that bookshelf looks very familiar to me djinni!
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Lol when you figure it out can you let me know too please?
LOL.....I should have taken a before picture....mine was yours x 10 worse than :P
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Gosh that bookshelf looks very familiar to me djinni!
Me too :D :D
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:D :D :D
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OK so I can have a tendancy to enjoy organising...but at the same time much of my house is in shambles as I've been recovering from glandular fever for the most part of this year, so I feel a bit hypocritical offering organising advice with the current state of my abode but....
When I'm storing books I try to order them by type and then by size (and then colour if I'm really fussy that day). I find that the large books are best stored vertically for easy access but you might find that you have a collection of small books that if stored horizontally will be more space efficient IYKWIM...In my classroom I often use storage tubs as 'drawers' so that the kids can find the books they need quickly, I've found this is helpful with some books at home too.
Happy organising :-)
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Great photo djinni, had a good laugh at that one.
I do half and half and actually prefer them horizontally packed as I can read the titles better. Having said that I rarely pull a recipe book out and can never find the one I want :-)) Mine are on the bottom shelves of the bookcase which makes it harder to get down there easily. My TMX books are in a cupboard in the kitchen and are so much easier to get to.
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Mine are on the bottom shelves of the bookcase which makes it harder to get down there easily.
So were a lot of mine, so I shoved hubby's down there now (he doesn't read anymore, I piffed a lot of his...he just looks at tractor magazines now).....so I am still working on it *sighs*
There was dvd's shoved in there, kids prep work books....I even found a sprouting potato :-\ must have been the boy child!
Jamberie....hope your recover soon, glandular fever really does knock you around, doesn't it! It's reoccurring for my Brother every year.
Thanks for your tips :) What I have noticed is my shelves are not very deep, and I hate books hanging over the edges :-\ but I have a pretty curtain that I attach to the front.....hence why I am not confronted with the visual shambles every day ;)
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Anything goes here
(http://img.tapatalk.com/3aafd1df-184e-eacc.jpg)
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Very neat deedub and even room for a couple more shelves to be filled if you remove the photos ;) Are they all cookbooks ???
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Not cookbooks Judy, mainly novels. The cookbooks are in another part of the shelving which didn't fit in the photo, only a couple of shelves worth. I have some in the kitchen as well, but I really don't own that many cookbooks, wasn't that interested in cooking before I got Thermie. I should load up a photo of the kids' bookshelf - definitely NOT neat!
Just got my Kindle so I doubt I'll need more room for books on the shelves now!
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My next purchase will be a kindle. ;D
We cleaned up our bookshelf and moved it today into our office.
But I never look at any of them, and its just a waste of space. :(