is anyone "home"?

of like the whole area where that bookshelf is, i feel like maybe u need to expand the scope of this project

Instead of brackets, could you use shelves that have a narrow post at each corner? I'm all about stand-alone shelving, probably b/c 1) renter 2) like to rearrange/repurpose.

here u go
http://i.imgur.com/D4SN6Kg.jpg

ha thank you, i mean the other way tho like if we are looking at the book shelf straight on, needless to say feel free to ignore these requests for pictures of yr home

oh. i see. i'm upstairs now. the wall i want shelves on is facing you though. the wall the bookshelf is on is not part of the project. or is it?

yeah thats what im asking myself, like you say you hate those shelves anyway right, lets challenge our assumptions about the boundaries of this project

Here's one idea, it looks like L brackets but on TOP of the shelves and spaced in from the edges so they get almost completely covered up by books.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2587/3786593986_58b6489934_b.jpg

well i want to put my cookbooks on the new shelves and get rid of the target bookcase. ^ this is kind of what i mean. i'd like the L-brackets to be even more out of the way though. maybe it's fine. you can get sturdy L-brackets not made for shelves that are shorter i just need to remember enough physics to know how short they can be. can't find the answer in all the mom blogs i sifted through.

http://www.homedepot.com/b/Storage-Organization-Shelves-Shelf-Brackets/Brackets/N-5yc1vZc89kZ1z0tuqv?cm_sp=PLP-_-bnr-_-d59-_-shelves_shelving-_-brackets

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Sorry, that link doesn't go to the individual item I wanted to show, which was this.

ha i have employed that very bracket before

http://cds.a9t2h4q7.hwcdn.net/main/store/20090519001/items/media/Hardware/KNAPE001/ProductLarge/0122-7PM.jpg

I've gone with these bracket systems in a bunch of different situations. Height is adjustable, depth is adjustable, I can get as wild as I want with color using unpainted pine boards instead of standard white/black/blond prefinished boards. In my office I have a high 10" deep shelf for LP size box sets & oversize books that overhangs 6" shelves for CDs.

oh, the brackets are really on top. i thought the bottom of the L was underneath. that seems a bit dangerous.

i was actually going to go with the track shelves because i used them somewhere else but the space is just too narrow for it not to look clunky.

i think i am biased against those track shelves because that was what was in my childhood bedroom.

what are the walls made of? Is it old school plaster and lath or ....?

freestanding bookcases are nice if you have walls where you have to do things like drill through brick or have plaster and lath that is secretly crumbling

i grew up and live in the land of earthquakes so my instinct would be to put a sheet of 1/4" or 1/2" plywood up, paint it till it looks ok, and then install the shelves.

what about floating shelves?

http://www.floating-shelves.com/beech-floating-shelves.html

yeah i think that is what i'm going to end up doing. i can just drill into the boards. the brackets seem hard to find/expensive though. i've been looking.

walls are just wood frame and drywall so no issue hanging shelves elsewhere in the house. earthquakes not an issue!

Don't have anything substantive to add but am thriled to see the book behind the legendary curry chronicles pictured

hey, home thread cool. I spent my vacation days on putting in a new shelf that I'm very happy with. it used to skip like crazy before and now I can jump up and down in front of it.

http://altairnouveau.com/IMG_9399.jpg

also, on topic, here are shelves that we put up a while back.

http://altairnouveau.com/IMG_9401.jpg

not really a light touch at all, but I like bracket shelves that kind of lay the hardware right out. floating shelves or other minimal solutions seem kind of fussy to me maybe?

uh should be "a new turntable shelf" and "it (being the turntable) used to skip like crazy"

we have ugly baseboard heating. thus all the wall-mounted shelves.

i like ur setup

thanks. a turntable in every room someday.

is that an onkyo i have one that looks a lot like it from a distance

the tuner

pioneer sa-8500

I really want a black sansui amp though:

http://img.canuckaudiomart.com/uploads/large/141222-sansui_au20000_integrated_amp.jpg

huh maybe the one i was thinking of was pioneer? idk i just looked for it not sure i still have it lol

it's a great amp that I bought in a thrift store in astoria, oregon close to 10 years ago

vintage 2-channel receivers are the best things

where are those colored clamp lamps from? they're really cool

i like those shelves. i just don't want the hardware here because it's a small space.

kinda going back and forth though. i don't always like the look of floating either.

Chinavision - that's a Marantz on the book shelf, right? Is that a Rega on the small shelf?

I agree, very nice setup. What do you do for vinyl storage?

know what, i'm gonna think about those track shelves again. the white looks cool. it looks like a place where someone lives, not some bullshit on pinterest.

first picture: thorens td-160 and pioneer sa-8500
second picture: marantz 6200 turntable and model 2238 receiver

the lamps are ikea

and most records are on ikea shelves, with a lot of twelve inches around the corner in my studio, which is very messy. if I could I'd replace the shelves with something white.
plus a gratuitous shot of our mantle.

http://www.altairnouveau.com/indulgent.jpg

the hardware of those shelves seems less bulky/intrusive bc its the same color as the walls

yeah. i'm not gonna do white for the walls but i might do light gray which would be ok. can't wait to go to home depot tomorrow lol.

Something like the Ikea Lack shelves that attach to the wall with no visible hardware supporting it:
http://www.blendswap.com/files/images/2013/09/blend_70179/bubbakk_ikea_lack_shelves_medium_3ddbf5a61882a5d0399c1ca3ecc68c8ec037ed21.jpg
Lots of other colours available

nope nope nope

would you be against building in half a bookcase into the corner with the side on the entrance by the kitchen?

there's also shit like this -

http://venta.brick7.com.ar/media/ar/282601_282700/282699_d018789e4c4f1a2e.jpg

Enjoying these pictures of everybody's shelving setup here's a pic of mine

http://i.imgur.com/uRvwxtS.jpg

not sure if I envy or am freaked out by uncluttered pictures

I am a master of clutter
picture preceding this post knows what I'm talking about

migt want to return some of those library books dan

literally almost choked on coffee at that post 龜

ogmor i'm not *opposed* to that but that's like 4-5" of shelf and the stove is behind there so it would get greasy

kinda like that corner shelf and saw it before but it's beyond my carpentry capabilities

migt want to return some of those library books dan

― lag∞n, Saturday, January 3, 2015 11:10 AM (11 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Never vive la France

i am the supreme master of clutter. i'm not a hoarder, i love throwing things away, but i create piles because i lack proper storage for everything. i work a lot and get tired from working and that makes me clean less. also get overwhelmed, which clutter makes worse. this week i worked on cleaning a lot & trying to use my cleaning momentum to get this project done.

the lady is quite a charming loon too telling stories about how she loved to read articles about how to clean things when she was a kid

i bought it because the title claims tidying up is magical and i believe that

we just ripped out track shelving but it looked awful in a georgian living room. want to replace it with tall cupboards/cabinets we can cover in wallpaper but not sure you can get ones tall and narrow enough. or maybe you can and they're called wardrobes idk

this kind of thing: http://flodeau.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Cole-Son-Circus-wallpaper-FLODEAU.COM-1.jpeg

hot

i apologize in advance for this horrifically ugly pic

http://designlike.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/countryliving.jpg

WHAT is the thing on the left hand/upper side of the pic that appears to be holding dried flowers in its base

A water dispenser/vat with a spiggot at the bottom and a basin to catch drips? Is my best guess.

Every time I look at the sheer number of flowered things I start laughing though so I'm a lil distracted.

ya some sort of olde timey sink

hahha i know im soo sorry

kind of tempted to start an "ugliest interior design pics" thread

that is beautifully hideous

i esp love the (of course flowered) "happy birthday" tray on far right

D:

going to redo my entire house in this motif

inside and out

before i even scrolled down to your post beneath the image, my first thought was 'wtf is that awesome thing on the wall'

I know it's potpourri in that stupid thing under it, but I decided you put dried mushrooms in there and it's a mushroom rehydrating device

finally, a real answer

chinese water torture device for unruly babies

i put up the shelves. i'll take a picture when my kitchen is clean again (lol, never). i used white track shelving and a cheap pine board i got cut up at home depot. i'll paint it white when it's warm out. looks fine! i might get that magic decluttering book.

home diaries

upstairs hallway light bulbs die. upon taking shade off i notice there was only one 40w bulb in there. got new bulbs. realize i was not paying attention and the things you screw in were the small size. get bulbs again. install. absentmindedly put screws holding lip of glass shade to ceiling fitting on way too tight. shade cracks into pieces from pressure of screws 1 min later. SO STUPID.

I need a giant rug and thinking of getting a piece of carpet bound on the edges - anyone done this?

How giant does this rug need to be?

about 10.5 x 11.5 feet? Not sure actually, going to play around with the rug we have to see where's best to put it.

i need a rug too, what are some good rugs?

I fantasize about filling my house w layers of rugs from overstock.com tbh

Thanks, that's the kind of place I was looking for

I think they have lots of nice looking ones. I wish the sort function worked slightly more specifically but actually it's pretty good.

still not got a rug, bookcases or blinds.
Do have sofas and gorgeous wallpaper in my dining room, although the rest of the room is covered in highchair/playpen/baby food

Got a room with walls painted grey - need some colour in it, especially a blind (one of the ones I still don't have from November 2015 apparently). I like some yellow fabrics but is grey&yellow going to be too played out from Pinterest in the near future?

If you like it, you like it. Some colors go together.

gray goes well with a lot of colors. yellow, red, purple, and green all match w/ it well imo

Was considering doing a shari vari in the back of our bookshelves but decided to go for a single colour instead. Which should match/complement the blind.

To be more specific, different grays go with different other colors. It's more about the shading than anything. There are a million grays.

indeed
also "do what you like" otm

i am trying to be less of a slob. that's my current home improvement project.

me too! stop being so disgusting. also re-start painting. i'm acknowledging i'm never going to *want* to paint. so i need to stop waiting to want to paint.

I've transcended from clutter to actually dirty around here, took day off work for mental health reasons and am going to try to get some cleaning done!

be less disgusting otm
my breaking point came when i saw something hiding behind the grapefruit and made the mistake of reaching out to touch it and it was an extremely decrepit pear ;_;
pretty gross

me too! stop being so disgusting. also re-start painting. i'm acknowledging i'm never going to *want* to paint. so i need to stop waiting to want to paint.

― assawoman bay (harbl), Friday, February 24, 2017 9:09 AM (three hours ago)

i have the desire to paint, de-clutter and clean when I'm totally slammed with work and don't have time to do these things -- also, the desire is an escape mechanism -- putting off one thing in favor of something else that isn't as immediately necessary but easier. bedroom really needs paint, as it hasn't been painted in almost 20 yrs (as in right before I moved in). But I'm going to wait until summer or at least warmish spring, so I can open the windows to air out the paint smell.

When I'm pushed to action with a really busy week at work I feel the obligation to be _on_ when I'm home, too

which is horrible because slow times at work would be the perfect time to get a lot of home stuff done but I slow down

first time i've seen this thread. chinavision!'s pad's feng shui is off the charts