- Hemnes Bookcase x 4 for "The Art Library" #1 - shows you what I bought - the Hemnes 90cm wide bookcase by IKEA. ie the naked version as per IKEA catalogue
- Hemnes Bookcase x 4 for "The Art Library" #2 - RESULT! - this shows you the top two thirds of the first one we made up - loaded with books
- Reviews: Hemnes Bookcases - after the carpentry! - This shows you what three look like together and screwed to the wall to avoid them toppling.
One year on I continue to highly recommend these bookcases. They are the most satisfactory purchase I've ever made in terms of quality and cost and housing books.
The bookcases are made of robust wood and have shown absolutely no signs of sagging due to the very heavy weight of my art books during the last 12 months since I got them.
Here's a picture of the top five shelves of a couple of them. We are talking seriously heavy weight art books. I stagger just shifting a small pile of them! As you can see there is absolutely no sagging after a year doing a good job.
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| Hemnes bookcases do not sag when used for heavyweight art books |
It is worth noting that since many of books are oversized I've had to resort to lying them down on their sides so that I am can then make most effective use of the shelves and space available. It just takes a little longer to get at the one at the bottom of the pile.
I'd rather do it this way than have yet another bookcase so it can look "smarter". I'm a fan of shelves stuffed full of books and in case would continue to stuff books in them even if I tried being neater/smarter.
All I ask is that I can have a rigorous library categorisation system (I'm nearly there)
I'd rather do it this way than have yet another bookcase so it can look "smarter". I'm a fan of shelves stuffed full of books and in case would continue to stuff books in them even if I tried being neater/smarter.
All I ask is that I can have a rigorous library categorisation system (I'm nearly there)
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| Almost a full size view of Bookcase 2 Shelf 1 (top) Botanical Art - Art history on left and instruction on right Shelf 2: Design and Composition on left and Colour on right Shelf 3: Coloured Pencils on left and Pastels on right Shelf 4: Van Gogh and David Hockney - plus misc. small art history books Shelf 5: Warercolour painting Shelf 6: Drawing pads, large and small Moleskine and Daler Rowney sketchbooks plus some very big books |
You can click the images to see larger images if you'd like to try and read the titles of my books!
1 comment:
You have so many books, Katherine! Fantastic! Thanks for the interesting and funny article!
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