Registration and Libraries

On one hand, picking out things for people to give me as gifts makes me extremely uncomfortable. It's as though I'm running out on the street screaming "I want this!" in people's faces. I'm the kind of person who doesn't mention that it's her birthday when people forget. I'm more of a behind-the-scenes instead of in-the-spotlight gal, which Dallas reminds me is hilarious considering that I'm planning a big party for our wedding. However, the part that I do like is the fantasy of our own beautiful place, picking out pieces that would fit together perfectly and make our house a home. I have a big imagination, with room for all kinds of scenarios, and it has only become more wild and out of control with the fact that Dallas is a builder. So I often comment to him, in passing, "would you make me that?" and the answer is always yes (though i've probably imagined enough projects by now to keep him busy into his early nineties). The above dresser from Anthro has a certain amount of whimsy in its rustic sensibility. I love libraries and English wood panelled rooms, so the classic leather furniture fits that nicely.

We've been discussing what to do with the hundreds of books I already own, how to organize and display them nicely (building floor to ceiling bookshelves is project #243 on D's list), when I came across a nice little article Craft linked me to.

I like the idea of organizing them by color, though my system will probably be more intricately organized by genre and author. How have you organized your bookshelves?