quick deco help needed ... re: bookshelf spacing!

joystrength · 01-16-2009, 02:54 PM

I have a long wall (maybe 10 ft long) and two bookshelves to place against it. The shelves are 38 '' wide by 5.5 ft tall (about). SOO, do I place them adjacent or do I evenly space them (even space between and on each side of them)?

This is in our dining room. Yes, we have bookshelves in our dining room. One wall opens to the kitchen. One wall opens to the breakfast "nook" (which is really our homeschool area) and the other wall is a bay window.

Suggestions?

charla · 01-16-2009, 11:07 PM

I'm torn - I can see it both ways. I kinda like the idea of together because then they won't seem like they are floating in the room or disjointed. But on the other hand, it might be nice to space them evenly and have some kind of eye-catching art in the middle and maybe a bench unless you have already have a bench built into the bay window - then it might be too much.

Can you try it both ways to see which you like best?

klpmommy · 01-17-2009, 06:00 AM

how much space would be between them? Often that ends up just being wasted space & too small to get a vacuum or broom into to clean. So if there isn't much space then I would put them together. If there is enough space to do something b/w them (a nice chair, a low table, a picture, etc) then I might put them apart.

joystrength · 01-17-2009, 01:51 PM

I ended up putting them about 15 inches apart.
It works well with the clock that's above them.

They're next to our dining room table, so a chair wouldn't work in our room (not wide enough).

They may get moved again (we're in major re-arrange mode right now. HA!)

Thanks for the replies, mamas.

01-16-2009, 02:54 PM	#1
joystrength Rose Garden Get it? Sock.Monkey. ???? Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,258	quick deco help needed ... re: bookshelf spacing! I have a long wall (maybe 10 ft long) and two bookshelves to place against it. The shelves are 38 '' wide by 5.5 ft tall (about). SOO, do I place them adjacent or do I evenly space them (even space between and on each side of them)? This is in our dining room. Yes, we have bookshelves in our dining room. One wall opens to the kitchen. One wall opens to the breakfast "nook" (which is really our homeschool area) and the other wall is a bay window. Suggestions? __________________ TONYA Mommy to DS, 12 YO and DD, 10 YO and DD, 6 YO and angel babe His joy IS my strength! Live a life of HIS purpose How long will it go on? If you keep living the way you are living, then you will keep living the way you are living. If you want your life to change, then CHANGE your life. Live differently, for repentance is a way of life. -- DH!

01-16-2009, 11:07 PM	#2
charla Administrator Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 16,672	Re: quick deco help needed ... re: bookshelf spacing! I'm torn - I can see it both ways. I kinda like the idea of together because then they won't seem like they are floating in the room or disjointed. But on the other hand, it might be nice to space them evenly and have some kind of eye-catching art in the middle and maybe a bench unless you have already have a bench built into the bay window - then it might be too much. Can you try it both ways to see which you like best? __________________ CHARLA Married to Nick, 31 yrs Mom to Nathan and his wife Abby, and Hope Elizabeth, dancing for eternity with babies: Micah Noel, Grace Anna, Andrew David www.dancingforeternity.org www.irresistiblehope.org Save Save Save Save Save

01-17-2009, 06:00 AM	#3
klpmommy Deactivated Beware the gorgon, she's having a bad hair day Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: DFW area Posts: 54,024	Re: quick deco help needed ... re: bookshelf spacing! how much space would be between them? Often that ends up just being wasted space & too small to get a vacuum or broom into to clean. So if there isn't much space then I would put them together. If there is enough space to do something b/w them (a nice chair, a low table, a picture, etc) then I might put them apart.

01-17-2009, 01:51 PM	#4
joystrength Rose Garden Get it? Sock.Monkey. ???? Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 4,258	Re: quick deco help needed ... re: bookshelf spacing! I ended up putting them about 15 inches apart. It works well with the clock that's above them. They're next to our dining room table, so a chair wouldn't work in our room (not wide enough). They may get moved again (we're in major re-arrange mode right now. HA!) Thanks for the replies, mamas. __________________ TONYA Mommy to DS, 12 YO and DD, 10 YO and DD, 6 YO and angel babe His joy IS my strength! Live a life of HIS purpose How long will it go on? If you keep living the way you are living, then you will keep living the way you are living. If you want your life to change, then CHANGE your life. Live differently, for repentance is a way of life. -- DH!

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