![]() ![]() And they’re used… a lot! In this episode: I’ll give you a peek at a few of my own bookshelves throughout this post, which are definitely not gorgeous or Instagram-worthy. It also means the organization isn’t the goal. And that might mean organizing it in a different way than you think. Here’s the thing: Your home library should serve your family’s reading life. I’m going to break down my system and hopefully help spark ideas for how to best organize books at your house. We won’t recommend starting your home library on that foot.We get many questions about how I organize books in my home library, and today we’re talking all about it. Adopters of this method may claim they like the sense of mystery it creates on their books, but it is clearly a chaotic method of book arrangement. Miscellaneous Method of Book Arrangement – A recent fad in book arrangement is a method where the spine of books is turned inwards while the sheaf of pages face outward. Stay away from this type of arrangement unless you want your book display to serve only aesthetic functions. Compared to other methods, it is especially ridiculous to attempt to arrange thousands of volumes this way and expect to easily get the book(s) you are looking for when you need it/them. If you want to use this method, we recommend putting thick heavy volumes on the bottom or middle shelves to make reaching them easier.Īrranging By Color – Arranging books by color serves mostly aesthetic purposes and is impractical from the viewpoint of functionality. If you are a collector of fiction book too, subcategories within fiction can be easily created also, depending on your collection.Īrranging by Size – Books can also be arranged according to size. And that is just an example within the category of non-fiction. You can arrange your book according to different subjects like History, Biographies, Religion, Home Improvement etc. It is a smart way of arranging your books and will even work for people who are using your home library for the first time whenever they are looking for books. This can be especially useful if you possess thousands of volumes.Īrranging By Subject or Genre – This is perhaps the most popular method of them all. Arranging the books alphabetically by their titles or their author’s name makes reaching the right book faster and easier so long as you know exactly what you are looking for. The best method is up to you depending on the goal you have in mind, either for aesthetic or function or a compromise between both.Īrranging Alphabetically – This is the best method if you have the ability to recall the title of books. There are several methods of sorting and arranging books on your shelves. These factors are location, space use and the books themselves. These factors are quite general, and will certainly make a good home library realizable if all its conditions are met. To create a perfect library in your home, a number of factors must be put into consideration. We believe starting a home library should not be a rocket science. How to make yourself a perfect home library regardless of your income and floor space is what this article is about. This means a bigger home (since it points to a bigger income) may mean a bigger library, and a small home should have a small library that fits its own nature like a glove and should fit it very well. A proper home library should be as elaborate only as the owner can afford, and maintain. ![]() This is because their vision of what a small home library can be is only restricted to what they have seen in movies and TV.īut small home libraries are not restricted to what is seen on TV and home decor magazines pictures, the range of possibilities about creating one are almost limitless. However, for most, it mostly remains a lofty dream. Possessing a good library within our homes is a dream for many of us. But the reason why proper home libraries are rare is that not everybody possesses the know-how of creating one. Having a library in a home is nothing new. But it can also be where a library can be! And we are not just talking of a jumble of books stashed in a corner in a dinghy part of one obscure room here, but a deliberate, tidy, organized, homey, functional, good library! ![]()
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