Every January, I rummage through & often rearrange my bookshelves.
In late November, I switch my shelf of Christmas books, next to the fireplace, with the top shelf of a low white IKEA bookshelf of treasured children's classic, arranging them from tallest to smallest, creating a sledding hill for sledding stuffies.
Switching them back in the new year is always an opportunity to rethink where I tuck away all my books.
For years, business books & on empowered eldering have been in the computer studio, along with self-help & books on creativity; art & home projects were down in the basement; a mish-mash of titles in the den. The front room had spiritual titles & personal development, while the living room was home to my best beloveds. The master bedroom is home to the children's books we've given each other over the past 26+ years.
We are currently overhauling the art files/computer studio to be more spiritually centered. It's where I'll do meditation & what passes with my creaky body as yoga.
The change was inspired by a friend's Christmas present of his large painting of Fred Astaire dancing - it needs a deeper, richer background than our current wimpy walls & this is the smallest room.
So, out will go the business books, probably into easily accessed storage. From Age-ing to Sage-ing & its ilk - along with Pema Chodron & Jack Kornfield, Jean Houston & Don Miguel Ruiz, Nancy Aronie & Michael A. Singer - will fill the bookshelves. Dvds & personal development are going into the front room. The under-utilized den shelves will get more attention, house more tenderly selected books; the basement will remain home to projects & home repair. The living room is forever dedicated to O Best Beloveds, the master bedroom to our cherished children's books.
I love January's review & revamp of my personal libraries! As for John - his art studio is a drawing table surrounded on three sides by floor to ceiling bookshelves.
“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading
it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and
you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That
doesn't happen much, though.”
Credits:
1) blog.coldwellbanker.com
2) harborplayhouse.org
3) dannykuo.com
4) hgtv.com
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