[bksvol-discuss] Re: Storing and Organizing Books
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:10:30 -0800 (PST)
Mayrie,
Covering the boards with contact paper is a good idea,
but we got finished boards when we did it, so it
wasn't necessary. When we started to have children
running around, though, my husband put pieces of
sponge or cut tennis balls on the corners so they
wouldn't get hurt.
Your suggestion of milk crates reminded me of orange
crates that we used at camp for our belongings, but I
don't ting they're so easy to find any more--maybe, or
potato crates.
G. Cindy
--- Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Monica,
>
> When I first started storing books, I used
> milk crates,
> stacked in a closet with their open tops facing
> outward toward the
> front, kind of like cubbies in preschools. They
> aren't the
> sturdiest, but they worked. At the time I was
> working in an
> establishment where we sold milk products, and our
> really nice milk
> man just gave the crates to me. You can, however,
> buy milk crate
> looking type boxish things at Right Aide, Target,
> and/or
> OfficeMax. Also, I don't know whether you have
> trouble identifying
> each book. I have so many paperbacks floating
> around here that I
> have resorted to brailling the title and author of
> any particular
> book on an index card and sticking it in the book.
> That way I don't
> have to scan the preliminary pages of a bunch of
> books to find one
> particular book when I want it.
>
> If you decide on the cinder blocks and
> boards kind of
> shelving, you might consider covering the boards
> with contact paper
> to avoid getting splinters.
>
> Just more ideas. And if you're short on
> large amounts of
> wall space, the milk crates, though kind of, well,
> topply, will fit
> in stacks in narrow spaces.
>
> Peace,
> Mayrie
>
> At 04:53 AM 11/13/2007, you wrote:
> >Hi, everybody. I'm asking this question on the
> volunteers list
> >because I think more people on this list might
> understand my
> >question. For those of you with large collections
> of print books,
> >how do you store and organize them so you know what
> they are? For
> >now, I have several giant stacks on my desk and a
> 3-drawer plastic
> >unit full of paperbacks. I also have 3 closet
> shelves with multiple
> >stacks of books on it. I think I need a bookcase of
> some sort, but I
> >am totally lost with putting things together with a
> hammer and
> >nails. Do any of you know about any kind of storage
> units that don't
> >require major assembly? My book chaos is getting
> out of hand, and
> >there's got to be a better way to do this. I need
> to sit down for a
> >few weeks and scan for several hours a day to get
> out from under my
> >stacks of books on my desk. They are wish list
> books and should be
> >done first. It would be nice to see the base unit
> for my cordless
> >phone without reaching carefully behind two
> towering stacks of
> >books. (smile) One stack of books is over three
> feet tall. Yikes!
> >
> >Monica Willyard
>
>
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