Big beautiful bookcases!

Seeing pictures of Flavia's gorgeous new home and study (love those colors!) while catching up on blog-reading this weekend made me realize that I haven't yet posted pictures of the *beautiful* bookcases Bullock made for me. I don't have kids or pets to brag about, so instead I offer you my beloved Bullock's handiwork. You really must click on the small pictures to see them in their full glory. Here are two of them from top to bottom:

Eventually I'm going to get rid of those ugly binders on the bottom row of the second case (they contain six different versions of my book!) and use it for library books. (That wire running across the floor is the internet cable that comes in my study, through the wireless router [I'm wireless], out my study door, across the hall, and into Bullock's computer. Yeah, fixing that is on the project to-do list, but it involves drilling through the brick exterior of the house to take it in through B's office.) Oh, and btw, all the shelves are adjustable -- it's just kind of a coincidence that I have most of them on the same level across the cases. And now here's all three together, though I couldn't get them all to fit totally in the frame:


Now here are some shots that give you a good look at the details and the gorgeous wood. First, a close-up of one of the shelves without books on it.

If you click on it to see the bigger version, you'll see that each shelf has a simple beading to it. The caps on the top have a similar beading, only kind of in reverse. (I don't have a good picture of that to show you, unfortunately.) And I just love the maple and walnut contrast, which really shows up on the side of the cases -- only one of which is visible, unfortunately. But it's the first thing you see as you enter the office, as you can see in this final picture. I dig the grain pattern:


Isn't Bullock talented?

Now, if only the color of the walls were as cool as Flavia's study! The dull gray-blue came with the house, and while Bullock has done lots of repainting in the living room, dining room, stairs, and hallway, we just haven't gotten to my study. The bookcases were more important. Of course, if we do repaint, we'll have to move all those books! Sigh.