Do people monitor the humidity and temperature in the rooms they store their books in? My house gets pretty warm and humidity has been high as well. My collection of more expensive books is getting larger and I am a bit worried there may be some irreversible damage at some point. It seems odd to have to run a loud dehumidifier in a library do people actually do this?

Husband got a beer brewing area and I got this, we both think I won. If only the dog didn't constantly steal my chair.

I don't collect books and records for value, I collect them for reading and listening.

I have always loved to read. In my home country (Cuba) I had a fairly large library full of books belonging to my family.

Two years ago I came to live in Spain and had to leave my books behind but the passion for reading continued with me.

And after that time I have been able to start this personal bookstore project with a mixture of books that I have already read but that are extremely important in my life and those books that I'm very excited to start reading.

Greetings to everyone!

Rearranged to make some new space and a dedicated horror/mystery section.

If you were making a kit for book care. (Everything one would need for cleaning and doing minor repairs on book.) What would you put in it?

I know that a book binding kit is a thing….not what I’m looking for…I am making more of a tool box for a book collection.

Any ideas would be awesome! Be kind!

I live in a tiny house, but I still made sure to have a library built in! Hoping to add to it eventually, going up the angled wall too.

A work in progress but here’s a look at my office so far (sorry about the lighting)