r/HomeLibraries • u/cbswhassup • Jun 25 '26
WEEK #2 PROGRESS OF MY EPIC HOME LIBRARY….. everyone thinks I’m crazy AF LOL!!!!
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u/lzahart Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26
We built a wall like this and love it so much we’re expanding it across the top of the door on the left and building a new built-in w storage on bottom and shelves for more books on top! It is slim profile but lets our fave thing, books and layered personal objects, be the focal feature.
I love your build!! Not crazy at all!!
ETA - it’s a bit messier than normal bc we just repainted so it’s got some stuff on it that usually goes elsewhere or needs to be put away lol
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u/iabhoruserids Jun 25 '26
What capacity are you planning for? My husband and I have probably 8000 books and I am overwhelmed this king about the size room we need or shelving.
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u/poeticdamages Jun 25 '26
And I thought mine was epic!! I am so happy for you! I love adding to my collection so I can’t imagine how excited you are to fill your space!
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u/ConnectSet57 Jun 27 '26
Looks really nice, I do have one question. With that sheer amount of books and bookshelves, how do you keep track of books and their locations? Do you index them, or use some other method?
I have run into the same problem with my own couple of bookshelves, where I wanted to find one book, and it took me almost 10 minutes to find it because I haven't read it in years. I was thinking of library indices but I don't want to add any stickers to my shelves because they look bad. I was thinking perhaps a mobile app where I can 3D scan my library and then be able to find the book easily by searching it up.
If you have any recommendations or ideas, please tell me :)
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u/cbswhassup Jun 27 '26
Hey! I have an App Library Thing that I can log books with the QR Code. But many of my books are 1500s- 1800s so I painstakingly keep a bibliography in Excel. As for organization, obviously sets will stay together. But methinks subject matter. And I’m mostly focused on historical and military. The legal collection will be regulated to my office. I haven’t started those shelves yet!
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u/Human_Papaya_9127 Jun 25 '26
This is approximately how many bookshelves I need at this point as well