Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
Deborah & William Hillyard
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A storage closet that will eventually hold most of my collection of vinyl LPs.
PHASE 1:
The first phase of shelving; an "L" shaped section of bookcases on the right hand side as you enter the room. The first two pictures are during construction; the other two are in completed form.
Mostly for hard-backs, the narrower bookcase to the right in the pictures is for paper-backs. Originally, we estimated that we had around 2,500 books to accommodate, roughly 1,500 hard-backs and 1,000 paper-backs. This turned out to be an underestimate This bookcase took around 600 hard-backs and 400 paper-backs.
The first phase of shelving; an "L" shaped section of bookcases on the right hand side as you enter the room. The first two pictures are during construction; the other two are in completed form.
Mostly for hard-backs, the narrower bookcase to the right in the pictures is for paper-backs. Originally, we estimated that we had around 2,500 books to accommodate, roughly 1,500 hard-backs and 1,000 paper-backs. This turned out to be an underestimate This bookcase took around 600 hard-backs and 400 paper-backs.
A shot taken during the re-painting phase. Thankfully, the walls and ceiling were in good shape, the sheet rock having been replaced by the previous owner. They even insulated the outside walls!
PHASE 2:
The second phase of shelving on the left hand side as you enter the room.
This took slightly fewer than the first phase; about 850 in all, plus 200 DVDs. I have around another 600 paper-backs in a bookcase in the guest room, and we have about 700 hard-backs for which we still need more shelving! That is about 3,150 books in all. On the other hand, recently we visited a woman, from whom we were buying several books, and she had over 20,000; so we are just beginners really.
The second phase of shelving on the left hand side as you enter the room.
This took slightly fewer than the first phase; about 850 in all, plus 200 DVDs. I have around another 600 paper-backs in a bookcase in the guest room, and we have about 700 hard-backs for which we still need more shelving! That is about 3,150 books in all. On the other hand, recently we visited a woman, from whom we were buying several books, and she had over 20,000; so we are just beginners really.
A detail of the construction. The wood used is ¾ of an inch thick, and I used 12 inch and 16 inch wide boards that I ripped down to size. Shelves are approximately 8 or 9½ inches deep for hard-backs and 6 inches for paper-backs. Everything was sanded and then received two coats of primer. Then sanded again before applying two top coats with a light sanding in between.
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The Bellova ceiling lamp that we inherited. In total, we have three of these in various rooms.
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