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Amber October 27, 2013

Practical Creative Bookshelf Ideas

This is the third post in the series Starting a Homeschool Library.  You can read the previous posts here:
Starting a Homeschool Library
Finding Affordable Books to Build Your Homeschool Library

No blog series on beginning a home library would be complete unless there was at least one post dealing with book shelves.  They seem to be the bane of every book lover I know.  They are expensive, there never seems to be enough room for them, and yet they are never big enough!

Before I continue with a description of our shelving and organization I thought I would share a little inspiration.  I created a Pinterest board just for this purpose.  No wildly imaginative fantasy shelves here, just simple, practical budget savvy solutions you can manage on your own:

Big Green Chair Pinterest Bookshelf Board

Big Green Chair pinterest board for creative practical shelving ideas.

Follow the link on the following pin for a great article about a minimalist homeschooling library.  A minimal library means you can have minimalist shelves.  Our library is anything but minimalist, but we still make use of simple wooden crates just like these.

Two wooden crates stacked to create a small bookshelf to hold essential homeschooling reference materials.

Simple wooden crate shelving.

I pinned this image to remind myself that books needn’t be ‘just so’.  And while I’m fairly certain these shelves aren’t prefabbed, I thought that perhaps even prefabbed shelves could be painted.  I’ve never tried it – have any of you?  If so leave a comment and let me know about your experience.

A tall ceiling home with two turquoise shelve on either side of the library doorway piled and stacked with older books.

Even simple, prefabbed shelves which are all function could be made to make bold statements with a splash of color.

Follow us on Pinterest if you are interest in these ideas.

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