musical bookshelves

i went to ikea and picked up some new bookshelves while i still had dads truck to haul them home in. two went to the roommate and one was for me. i ended up playing musical bookcases trying to find a home for this new shelf. bookcase 1 didnt fit in spot 1. bookcase 1 fit great in spot 2, but bookcase 2 still did not fit in spot 1. bookcase 3 fit in spot 1, so bookcase 2 ended up in spot 3. i seriously unloaded and reloaded 3 bookcases and hauled them all around trying to make this work.

the new bookcase i got from ikea in its new home, the second place i tried for it at the other end of the living room. it didnt fit next to the tv where i planned to put it, but it fit exactly *perfectly* here between the thermostat on the wall and the cold air return down near the floor.
this is my 'coming and going' bookcase. my purse resides here. my bag for swimming stuff has its place here. library books coming in, and another pile for going back. a pile for stuff heading to my parents. a stack of books borrowed from my mom that will go back to her when i finish reading them. puzzles that when i finish, i'll pass on to my dad, and puzzles that came from my dad that i can send elsewhere when i finish. this is a very busy and ever changing bookcase. but its very helpful to have places for all these things.


the second bookcase that USED to reside where the new bookcase ended up, was also too wide to fit next to the tv. so it ended up in the tortoise/computer room, where the third bookcase used to reside. this is my main 'book' bookcase, and most everything here has already been read.


i had wanted to put the new bookcase next to the tv, but it was too wide, it completely blocked off the outlet for the tv and thats a rather essential outlet. this is the third bookcase from the tortoise room, a smaller skinnier unit. cookbooks on top, then dvds, then cds. still figuring out what to use the rest of it for. my busy curio cabinet is next to it.


heres a look into the tortoise/computer room.
my desktop computer and its associated mess. i can never keep this space clean no matter how i try. and my monkey blanket on the computer chair. (and bookcase 2 in spot 3)


the tortoise enclosure. (and the vacuum, and the greenhouse heater, and other stuff that ought to have a home but doesnt). this room has two doors, from the kitchen and into the hallway.


my wonderful solid-wood desk that i bought as a teenager, and stained and varnished myself. love this desk, but it doesnt work well as a desktop-computer desk. and more bookshelves i need to get sorted. i'm trying to get stuff neatened up for the new year, rather than stashed and forgotten.