That’s what it feels like anyways. We just took a huge load of books to the used bookstore and we still had a ton. The small bookcases were not cutting it anymore. I was so excited when we came across these beauties on clearance at target. They were pretty basic but would match the desk we already had in the Library.

Photo courtesy of www.target.com

I loved the fact it had five shelves and I could not wait to get to organizing. (My favorite stress relieving activity)  Before I could get to filling the shelves I had to account for what the bookshelves would be storing.

1)Cd’s-We had downsized I Cd collection considerably thanks to Itunes but still have some Cd’s to house some place inconspicuous.

2)Hubby’s text books and school stuff needed to be easy to grab but again I wanted to be out of the way.

3)Craft Supplies- Most of my crafting is done in this room and I needed some place to hide my most used crafting supplies.

4) Finally – the most obvious… books

I picked up some bins and photo boxes at Target and went to organizing. I used my Silhouette to print and cut perfect labels for the photo boxes, which ironically hold some of my Silhouette supplies.

The first thing I did was organize the Cd’s and school books in the canvas bins. and the craft supplies in the photo boxes. I then organized the books by color, so they would be more pleasing visually. Although I must note my husband cringed as I took some of the covers of his beloved books. After he saw the completed project he was glad I did it.

I think they turned out pretty well. Still working on the tops of the bookshelves but that is a post for another day. My favorite part has to be the photo boxes, it makes so many things so easily accessible.