J and I have had this gaping hole in our living room. Just empty space that doesn’t look quite right. Coincidentally, we also have an overflow of stuff that won’t fit into our (large) bookcase. So for the time-being we were stacking DVDs, keeping the Wii games on the floor, and just dealing with the disarray. Well I was dealing with the disarray. I’m sure J didn’t even notice lol.
We’ve been looking at bookcases and talking about getting one for quite some time now, but haven’t gotten around to it. One issue is that if we’re going to get another standard bookcase, it needs to perfectly match the one we already have. It’s really big and bulky, and I don’t know that we have enough stuff to fill an entire second one. So we decided to get something that was less traditional.
We originally fell in love with the Brosna Bookcase at Scandinavian Designs. The picture they have on their website is actually 3 of these items put right next to each other; the bookcase by itself is actually pretty narrow, with shelves coming off either side of a center stand. We liked it cuz it was different, but would fit our needs well.
Of course this weekend when we went to Scandinavian Designs we had to look at ALL of the bookcases before choosing one. Yep, we are indecisive like that! After about half an hour wandering around the store, checking out bookcases, couches, bedroom sets, etc., we finally decided on our bookcase: the Capri (wide).
We love it because it’s not your standard bookcase, the shelves are all fully adjustable, and it has really interesting storage space options. For instance, we can fit a Rock Band Guitar in one of the cubbies, then a picture frame in another one.
We’re picking it up this week and I’m so excited. Like maybe pathologically excited lol. I’m even skipping the gym today so I can go home and SCRUB the house. Everything will be put in its place, and most importantly, that area where it will live is going to get cleared out and vacuumed. I’m going to get all my puzzles and games out of the closet so they can be more accessible, and heck that will even give me more room in my tiny hall closet!
I’m totally stoked. Maybe I’ll even throw a little get together to show it off 
melissa 
