I'm debating . . .

[mojosmom]

I decided the sun room needed a bookcase, but it can't be too big because the room is small. Also, because it's windows on three sides, and open into the living room on most of the fourth, the only place I can put it, taking into account door sill and window sill projections, is 23" wide. So I found these at Pier One.

I bought the shorter one today, because the taller one would probably be too overwhelming for the space. But now I'm thinking that I have three very similar cases that are between these two in size - 48" tall, with four shelves, one of which is in my "butler's pantry" and holds my cookbooks, which are, of course, tightly packed. So if the medium-sized one fits in the sun room, I can return the short one, and get the five-shelf one for the butler's pantry. Of course, this means emptying all the books out of it for the experiment.

The saleswoman told me I have thirty days to, as she put it, "play around with it" and change my mind if I want. So play I will.

Comments

[kencf0618.livejournal.com]

Brava!

[holmesfan.livejournal.com]

Those bookselves look very versatile.
Have fun with your playing around. Actually playing around with books and bookcases is a great thing to do.

[appleshoelace.livejournal.com]

I have a couple of folding bookcases like that small one - pretty much exactly like it, except the metal bits are wood on mine. My dad bought them from an auction when I was five - my sisters and I had one each, but they didn't want theirs any more, so I took two, because the third one was broken. They are great to move around, because they just fold away. And the shelves are deep and fit two rows of books.

With mine, you can slot one bookcase on top of the other to make a tall one, and then it just looks like a tall bookcase. I can't see if the one you bought does that - but anyway, for you it would be cheaper to buy the big one than two small ones. I kind of like the cosiness of the shortness of them though - my other bookcases are all tall, so it's nice to have two short ones.