tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383907926280689006.post4318921304172193803..comments2024-03-18T23:41:14.186-07:00Comments on A Library of Design: A Paean to Painted LibrariesJanelle McCullochhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16006727386237836016noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383907926280689006.post-73670186343204092992012-03-03T23:31:04.381-08:002012-03-03T23:31:04.381-08:00Can I please, pretty please just have the Duchess ...Can I please, pretty please just have the Duchess of Alba's library?!!<br />What a totally exquisite room and the flash of the red chairs just works!<br />I wouldn't mind a red library but at the moment my bookcases are white and shades of grey, the books vaguely in alphabetical order by author which means I still can't find them because I never remember the name of the author!!!!!<br />They are being redone over the next few days so I just might try the colour coding (just to see what it looks like!!!!) and maybe I won't!!!!!!!<br />Julienne xxJuleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12951295463270151861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383907926280689006.post-60354373009682332782012-03-03T23:06:48.957-08:002012-03-03T23:06:48.957-08:00Oh Sharyn, you are a woman after my own heart. I a...Oh Sharyn, you are a woman after my own heart. I actually colour co-ordinated my CDs. Until even that became too much to walk past, and so now I store them in a cabinet. But I think there comes a time when we need to celebrate the diversity of our book spines and CD covers. Besides, I think the colour thing is getting a little shallow. John Rockefeller didn't organise his books by shade. And I'm quite certain Winston Churchill wouldn't have. So back to the traditional system I go...Janelle McCullochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006727386237836016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383907926280689006.post-42862270199991660352012-03-03T22:46:05.531-08:002012-03-03T22:46:05.531-08:00Yes Glamour Drops, I fear I did. So ashamed, I can...Yes Glamour Drops, I fear I did. So ashamed, I can't tell you...<br />But I HAD been reading a biography of Churchill in the past. Just not then, at that point in time. So it wasn't MUCH of a lie... Not really.<br />You never want to tell a white lie in front of barristers you know. It's like telling one in front of journalists. Or school teachers. They ALWAYS know.<br />BTW. Just adore your blog. Or as my friend's little girl says "I dore it"!<br />xxxJanelle McCullochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16006727386237836016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383907926280689006.post-65866568104822409442012-03-03T21:15:41.101-08:002012-03-03T21:15:41.101-08:00Oh dear, I am guilty of organising books by spine ...Oh dear, I am guilty of organising books by spine colour. I've even been known to turn all the DVD's around so the spine doesn't show and they all look the same. I know...completely OTT. That one frustrates hubby no end.<br />I am in the process of turning my formal sitting room into a library and I just might arrange the books by genre. Thanks for the inspiration. <br />SharynSharynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440676556305627982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6383907926280689006.post-89579585897142650762012-03-03T18:21:35.659-08:002012-03-03T18:21:35.659-08:00Oh you are a hoot, Janelle. Did you really say you...Oh you are a hoot, Janelle. Did you really say you were reading Churchill's biography when you weren't???? I think one of our most loved books is of his quotes, by the by. <br /><br />And as for this trend of colour co-ordinating libraries, I am just biding my time, hoping it will pass as quickly as it came into fashion. For the whole fun of having a library is actually being able to find something. Otherwise, we may as well go back to the system of a few books in the bedroom, a few in the hallway, a few in the living room - when one can never find anything without tearing the house to pieces. We gave over one of our rooms to become a library, and it is quite fabulous. And no, it isn't organised by spine colour, but by genre. With the exception of the penguins - which are all in one fabulous orange block.Glamour Dropshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12651174250292927988noreply@blogger.com