My mum is building me a fake one as decoration. Since I now have a full wall of books too... Never thought that would fit into my room... I love you IKEA!!
Although it looks really cool and satisfying I could never rainbow my bookshelves because most of my books are parts of series' and the idea of splitting them up physically hurts me 😂
I set my series aside (unless they are all the same color) and put them on separate shelves just so I can have the rainbow! I cannot split them up or I go insane haha!
The only way I would ever organise books is by alphabetical order... there are so many books that you just can’t really tell the genre of, I don’t understand why that way is so popular!
@@scarletmccluskey8529 I prefer organising it by genre and then alphabetically . I also have an index of books in a spreadsheet and I keep updating it whenever I get a new book. I print that index once in a few months and paste it on the shelf. Being a person who hardly reads non-fiction, it is easy for me to organise because the topics are pretty easy to identify
I don’t have all my books with me (different house) so I don’t have a problem :( And due to lockdown I can’t order books that I really wanna readdd ahhhhhh
The most asthetic and relaxing for the eyes is of course the stylized method. But none of these methods work for me... I dont have so many books but I would do it with your mass of books too: I ALWAYS keep a series together!! Biggest rule :D and then I put my favorites together on eye level just how I think it looks good, and the rest just somehow but harmonic
I really love the organisation method you chose in the end! I really like the look of books flipped backwards, and with al the accessories it looks really calm compared to the edge-to-edge shelves!
I organise my books by colour but within each colour it’s in alphabetical order by last name. So it’s nice to look at but also functional (for me anyway).
I'm planning to go through all my books and re-organise my bookshelf (I have a ton of books I never read anymore) and I will definitely use your style! Thanks! 💙
Ultimate organization: Read & Unread Within each, separate by genre Then within each genre... ALPHABETIZE! ^ Time to actually do that to my bookshelves XD
I think I want to try organizing my books by the aesthetic of the story or feeling it gives you. I haven’t seen anyone do that yet, and I think it’ll be pretty cool.
The stylized way is really cool. You could switch the books around based on the seasons if you want to. Like the yellows and maybe orange for summer, with your cool colors turned the opposite way.
•Rainbow •Diagonal Rainbow •Author last name •Hight •Read and Unread •Starring system (5-1 stars) •Stylised (By cooler/warmer colours and the books are the wrong way round. Smh) Hope this was helpful to someone! 😊
Fits well into my space, I painted the back green. It's very easy to customize just the back if that's something you want to do. I would suggest sanding it first before painting, I got a little impatient. The shelves th-cam.com/users/postUgkxM8H4CjCb79vzeyvgaFMdzmLm88oVFPMkare pretty small so keep that in mind if you're going to have it horizontal that some books won't fit. I like the snug look that it has. Good small shelf if you don't have much space, but not too small. Simple to put together, though you'll need your own tools, a screwdriver and a mallet/hammer, it's easiest to do with another person.
Working at a Bookstore tells my mind Alphabetically is the best way to go and I also LOVED how you added the letters very stylish touch, I may do that to mine💜
This was my favorite bookshelf organization video I've ever seen. Sometimes they're boring, but since you had an experiment and voice-over dedicated to talking about that experiment, it was fascinating. Thank you. I organize by read/unread and then by author's last name, so that I can have all of my guilt staring me directly in the face, alphabetically. I like the aesthetic of rainbow bookshelves, but it would drive me absolutely insane to have them, because I wouldn't be able to find anything and authors/series wouldn't be together.
Yes I agree. I liked hearing the rational and thought process behind it all. Usually bookshelf organization videos are all the same - sped up video over a time lapse and not much, if any, explanation of it.
on my first shelf, i put boxes; then i organize by unread and read: I put series on one shelf and the single book in another. In the single book shelf, I organize by color. The unread books stay in another one, so i can be guilty too hahahah
Wow, I can't believe how much work you put into this video! Your final result is really nice. It looks like it came straight out of a magazine. My books are mostly organized by genre and then alphabetized, although shelving them by size has become a necessity for some since space is at a premium. Of all of your results, I like the alphabetized version the best. I love how it looks with the big letters and I think it would be the easiest method for locating a book. Great video!
I wasn’t sure how I’d like the books being flipped around but looking at the whole thing finished I really like it. I organize my shelves by genre because I can’t stand to separate series and authors
As I'm only a teen, I don't have loads of books (although I plan to when im older) so I organise them as follows: Bottom shelf - Books too huge to go on the other shelves 2nd up - Series 3rd up - Series and books in boxes 4th up - Standalone 5th - Bit of both (with a bookend between them) 6th(really thin shelf) - Old books, family treasures 7th - Library books and a few standalones Any tips?
That's almost exactly the same way I did mine when I was in my teens. 😊 My best advice as someone now in their late 30s is to just do it your way. As long as you can find the book you want when you want it, then your system works.
I'm a teenager too, so I have a small 3×3 shelf in my room for my favorite books/books that are perfect for my age and reading level. I have a shelf for spiritual or biblical books. I have a shelf for my "Dork Diaries" series(please don't judge me for having that series at the age of 13) and my other small series( Diary of a Wimpy Kid). Everything else is all over the place. I also have a ginormous double-sided shelf in the den for other books or books that I share with my brother.
I thought my favorite would be the rainbow, and while it is extremely pretty, I am in love with the way you decided to organize them in the end, they look super cool!
my turned around books received fairly good comments! i think as long as you know where things are (you start to memorize the place of things over time anyway) it works just fine. i wish i had room for accessories! i was literally thinking “she should do read books by color with accessories” so glad that was the end product!
The OCD Virgo in me is screaming "alphabetized is the only way!!!!", but I gotta admit that rainbow shelves always make my heart skip a beat! Also, where did you get those letters? I loved them!
The control freak Scorpio in me is in total agreement! And I hear you on the rainbow, something about it is just so darn pleasing to the eye. For me personally though, finding anything would be a nightmare, and not having series together would make my eye twitch constantly.
a lot of the ways look pretty. until you wend up with literally 5,000 books. then the ONLY way to find anything is to organize by last name. i would love to organize some of my books rainbow style or wahtever, but i just plain have too many
I currently have my books organised by genre and then alphabetically within each genre, but it’s SO hard to keep up. I really love having them by genre though, so I think I’m going to keep it like that but then just organise them by what looks nice within each genre rather than alphabetically.
"by genre and then alphabetically within each genre", like a civilized person! (sorry! I studied library sciences in high school and your comment warmed my heart! I think I'm the only one who keeps my shelves like that!)
wow that is a lot of work haha. i have never reorganized mine and right now they are sort of by genre and then size (hard vs paperback). and i have one cube that's unread.
I personally love rainbows. I organize almost everything by rainbow: My colored pencils, my clothes, my jewellery, ... I think a rainbow-bookshelf looks amazing, but I just can't create one myself, because then my series would be spilt up, and I just can't stand the thought of the book not being in the right order!
Lol yup. Me too. I do like the pretty bookshelves but I never do it. Sometimes I have it roughly ordered by size and genre, but never very strictly. I did try rainbow once, but it made it super hard to find anything.
I organize by subject matter and then by how frequently I use the book, but I primarily keep reference books so they get taken off the shelf a lot, so I have to have an efficient way of finding what I want.
I organise maybe mostly by 'feel'. Authors books go together and things like Penguin Modern Classics go together but the rest group up wherever feels right. Usually that means there'll be a group of poetry and references and a group of historical fiction but the rest go where they want to without any reasoning at all
My shelves are organized using multiple criteria, based mostly on the shelves being functional rather than stylish. I can't really call it organized, more like grouped based on how my own brain knows them. Most of my books are organized by size because I have different-sized bookcases. My large textbooks and encyclopedias are on my heavy duty shelf, organized roughly by subject. My smaller hardcovers-and softcovers are organized mostly by size to fit the shelf and look steamlined, but if I have a large collection of a certain tyoe of book those will go next to each other. All my Shakespeare is together regardless of genre, all my Greek plays are together regardless of author, all my philosophy is together regardless of size. I do have 20 of my favorites all together, and I do love making one shelf entirely out of already read books. And of course I have knickknacks interplaced.
This was an awesome video! Thanks! I honestly didn't think I would like the books flipped around in the end, but it turned out looking amazing, and honestly, a little more mature and guest friendly considering it's in your living room. Thanks so much for all of the gorgeous ideas, I look forward to seeing more from you!
I love a stylized bookshelf. It's by far the most aesthetically pleasing, and since you're bookshelves are in a living space, I *love* that that's where you ended up. Organizationally, my favorite is by genre. But it's definitely hard to make that look as nice. :)
I have an organization method that works for me but other people might find weird too. I have a small shelf like the one you have all the way to the left that has all of my favorite books. The top two shelves are one author each because I have so many by them (Rick Riordan and John Flanagan), then three or four authored series I love, then stand-alones. I keep all of my journals and inspiration books and things of that nature on top of my favorites shelf. Then I have another big bookshelf that holds all of my other books. The top shelves are all the books I've read and the bottom ones are my TBR. From there, I just put them how I think looks best, which is a combination of organizing by color, height, and genre.
i used to do by size but now i have the alphabetized. i prefer this one because it looks nice aesthetically and is pleasing to my brain. a huge pain in the ass to organize though. evertime i get a new one i have to move em around. i also have some books hidden under my bed now because there like series i used to read when i was little and/or they were to ugly to keep in the shelf. Plus it saves space because i do stil enjoy having trinckets in there. Anyways its late around her so i´ve you´ve read this all have a good sleep/day
You did everything but display the books. For example you could have had some of the books facing foward to display a pretty cover. Kinda like they do in the bookstore. Facing the books forward also allows you to store similar books by the same author together and save space. I don't know whatever sprinkles your donuts.
By far, this was the best video I’ve watched on organizing a bookshelf. Thank you so much! Most of these videos have either no books or just a few books on the shelves, which baffles me. BOOKshelves should have books!
This is possibly the most useful TH-cam video I have seen, because I know I don't want to do this at home but I was curious how it would look. I spent four hours 2 weeks ago doing my own shelves and DID NOT want to rearrange them- now I dont have to. thanks to you I know what I like now!
It’s really surprising to hear that alphabetized isn’t functional. Any particular reason why that is? Is it just too hard to remember author last names for certain books?
ęlectra heart Once you put all your existing books in the right order, it's actually quite easy to maintain. Every book has its place... Take a book out, read it, put it back in the gap. Easy.
I have my shelves sorted in alphabetical order, but I also put my unread books in separate shelves. So when I have read them, and need to put them in their proper place, it can be a bit of a process of moving books to new shelves to fit it in. If a author has the last name that starts with 'A', you have to move books with author last names starting with b - z. Otherwise, I think it's 100% functional.
god, all of your creative content is my absolute favorite thing. your ideas and videos are just THE BEST 💜 also, I'm not sure whether or not I could handle backwards books on my shelves, but man, I LOOOOVE how yours turned out! SO beautiful and interesting and pleasing to the eye. I just want to sit on the floor in your living room and stare at your shelves aajjfjsgf 😂 thanks for another wonderful video! 💖💕
Wow a lot of work went into this video. So far it has given me the ideas with the smallest amount of books with the tiniest of bookshelves. I've now settles with a combination of Genre, Big to Small and Stylised. I'm happy with the results.
I would not have the patience to reorganize my bookshelves 8 times! Wow! I really liked the end result, though 😊 Personally, I like having mine separated by genre (SFF, Classic Lit, YA, and then a kind of literary fiction/memoir mix) and then alphabetized. I don't differentiate between read or unread at all! Though I have thought about it.
wow i love all the effort you put on this. I get it must be a little tired but also very funny! i wouldn't know, i just have like thrirty something books, so i can't have much fun with the organization (totally loved the stylized, gonna have them like that someday)
Alphabetical by genre is how I organize my books, with some stylized touches mixed in. I also keep all my tiny books together on a small shelf, those that are about 6" or smaller. I really like how you got the big letters for the alphabetized version! Another option is to sort by book title. The reason I organize alphabetical by genre is that I read mostly nonfiction, so I like to see all the author's books stacked together. This also helps reduce the chance of buying a book I already have. What a chore to keep moving around all those books! Thank you for taking the time to share all the ideas!
To me by genre is the best, also the most beautiful because I like my bookshelves to look "messy" as someone who really like to read, not so much organize lol
samee my dads always buying books for me and my sister, so he buys us a book we are currently reading and we have one unread on standby. That way once we finish the first we can start the other one while waiting for our next book to arrive... that prob makes not sense but works for us :)
I think this whole video is incredible, it is creative and thoughtful. Thank you for taking the time to film this and thank your husband for for his patience. I love the final product but honestly i have no preference other than keeping series together so rainbow shelves are a no for me.
I kinda liked how it looked with the genres separated. It's a good way to keep track of what you have and determine if you like books in that genre or if you have different tastes. Keeping series together by genre would also make it easier.
I know this is an older video, but I saw another booktuber organize some of her books by year and I thought that was a fascinating idea! Not sure if you've tried that. Personally, I mostly have mine split into "genre" and a section of books that are read (I have a lot less books). I keep all of my Japanese books in a separate section to spark my joy
This video is so satisfying I've watched it several times even though I'm not going to do any of these. I worked at the library in high school and it took me a while to realize thats not actually the most functional for most people's lives. Several hundred books ago I organized alphabetically by genre (fiction, plays, poetry, narrative nonfiction, nonfiction) or sometimes topic. I totally have a favorites shelf most of the time now, but if I rated something less than a 3 or 4 I wouldn't keep it! More room for new books! I do want to try separating out what I have and haven't read now, at least for non-referrence books like cook books, which I may never read cover to cover. I think I have *way more genres* than a lot of people on bookstagram and TH-cam. 10 cent day at Friends of the Library has done crazy things to my to be read book collection.
i love antique library aesthetic for bookshelves but i wanted to find a new way to organizing my books instead of like you said "edge to edge". i completely enjoyed watching you organize and reorganize those shelves it was so entertaining and i love that you found what makes you the happiest. love the end results!
This is 2024, I Loved this video! I just moved and decided before I put my books on the shelf’s just to take a peek around and see how others do it or might do it. You really did a great video you and your husband.👍🏼💖
My favourite is colour Part 2. I wish I could do my shelves like that but I find it hard to find a book I am looking for. I have to do mine by authors last name.
I think there is no wrong answer 🤓 they are all beautiful! My collection isn't as big as yours, I tend to only keep four and five star books, if I didn't love it I pass it along for someone else to enjoy. But I have one rainbow shelf for joy, and I keep all my series together on the top shelf, and a handful of TBR on another shelf. It works for now, but always fun to play around with organizing books!
Oh my Gosh! I absolutely Love You! You had me laughing so hard because I'm much older than you so I have 17 bookshelves and I am just amazed that you would spend time organizing and reorganizing your books. I do this but not on purpose. I change my mind, then several bookshelves end up rearranged. You must be my new best friend. My true soulmate! Lol
I'm not the only one whose always dreamed of bookshelves with a rolling ladder right?😍📚
My mum is building me a fake one as decoration. Since I now have a full wall of books too... Never thought that would fit into my room... I love you IKEA!!
Its my Dream
It’s my dream
I’m sure I’ll have one when I’m older. With how fast my book collection grows.
Definitely not the only one! I'll forever dream of them because it's practically impossible to do that in my house!
Imagine having to reorganize this shelf *SEVEN* times
wEirDOpANdAoWl 8 times because she had to reorganise it AGAIN
I personally find it really relaxing to organize bookshelves!
Sounds like heaven to me
@@medusa123584 Oof, I'm not the only one :'D
Yooo this is actually very calming
Although it looks really cool and satisfying I could never rainbow my bookshelves because most of my books are parts of series' and the idea of splitting them up physically hurts me 😂
Aquamarine yes!! Same!!! Like Hunger Games series: hunger games (black book), catching fire (red book), and mocking jay (blue book)
I set my series aside (unless they are all the same color) and put them on separate shelves just so I can have the rainbow! I cannot split them up or I go insane haha!
SAME. I have NO IDEA how people can even breathe with separated series i- that would destroy my heart lmao
same I also hate the look of books in random height order. It bothers me.
Same
How I organise my bookshelf: Tetris style, have barely any room and need to cram everything so I'm a genius at book tetris
GZ_Zeldafan what’s a book tetris?
@@Phoenix_Ash30 look up tetris and imagine that with books
Same tho.
That used to be me. Now I have a complete wall for books... These Billy shelfs are the best thing ever invented
😂
Personally I dislike organizing books by genre because I never know which book belongs in which one
The only way I would ever organise books is by alphabetical order... there are so many books that you just can’t really tell the genre of, I don’t understand why that way is so popular!
Honestly same
Same I read books with more then one genre so I'm always like but where do I put it!?
I organizing my book by read and unread is soo much better to find them
@@scarletmccluskey8529 I prefer organising it by genre and then alphabetically . I also have an index of books in a spreadsheet and I keep updating it whenever I get a new book. I print that index once in a few months and paste it on the shelf. Being a person who hardly reads non-fiction, it is easy for me to organise because the topics are pretty easy to identify
Shelves organized by size was so pleasing. I had to stop the video for a moment.
Same
Same
Same
I need someone to leave a timestamp to go rewatch it. Fuck it, I’m doing it on my own: 5:39
That is how I organize mine.
The fact that you reorganized this SEVEN TIMES is insane. But I love how invested you were.
*When you just now realize people organize books and you’ve been missing out*
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Soooooo true🤣🤣🤣🤣
SaMe I just throw mine in the shelf
@@cirquedefreak7329 lol 😂
i only have like 5 series:p
and im sitting here, watching despite not having enough books to have an organization problems 😂
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yeah same.. don't cry don't cry don't ahkdbasdjfhebs
I don’t have all my books with me (different house) so I don’t have a problem :(
And due to lockdown I can’t order books that I really wanna readdd ahhhhhh
Or get the books in the other house back =‘(
jealous omg. i keep my books in a bookshelf besides my bed and in a wardrobe
The most asthetic and relaxing for the eyes is of course the stylized method.
But none of these methods work for me... I dont have so many books but I would do it with your mass of books too: I ALWAYS keep a series together!! Biggest rule :D and then I put my favorites together on eye level just how I think it looks good, and the rest just somehow but harmonic
Exactly how I have mine!
Right? Forget the flipping around, separating series is absolutely barbaric!
I have mine by height and once I get more bookshelves I'll have designated shelves for some of my favorites.
I really love the organisation method you chose in the end! I really like the look of books flipped backwards, and with al the accessories it looks really calm compared to the edge-to-edge shelves!
Yup I too agree
Little Book Owl I like how it looks but I think that knowing what book is this in the flipped backward books
Little Book Owl organization*
I organise my books by colour but within each colour it’s in alphabetical order by last name. So it’s nice to look at but also functional (for me anyway).
That’s a cool way to do it, Carlos! You get the best of two worlds - the beauty of colour and the efficiency of alphabetical.
I'm planning to go through all my books and re-organise my bookshelf (I have a ton of books I never read anymore) and I will definitely use your style! Thanks! 💙
This is the same way I organize my books as well! It’s so pleasing to look at and quite easy for me to find a book as well. :)
That is genius
Ultimate organization:
Read & Unread
Within each, separate by genre
Then within each genre... ALPHABETIZE!
^ Time to actually do that to my bookshelves XD
I would do it by read/unread then by colors and then alphabetically. Idk I prefer it that way
Ukulele Bear!! I would do it by read/unread. Then alphabetically and theeeen by color 🥴
Read/unread then genre then size
Not organized by time of publication is a crime... Or maybe is just my opinion
I never buy books unless I've read them. I borrow them from the library then if I love them I buy them. So I couldn't really do that lol.
Omg flipping around the books it really got me!!! Is a big no for me!! 🤣🤣🤣
Sammeee my OCD is triggered
And the pages will get yellow!
Yeah, i'd like to stylize my shelf, by genre, then each genre will sort by size, so it will looks aesthetic
Its FluffyLove ikr I was shaking my head violently at this
@Tmslogig i hope you're joking
I think I want to try organizing my books by the aesthetic of the story or feeling it gives you. I haven’t seen anyone do that yet, and I think it’ll be pretty cool.
Isabela H oh, i do it that way
I think it works best for me :)
I could never put it into words but that's what I do. Put them together "because it just feels right"
This really shows how much effort you have put into making this video.
Hello, yes... please organize my books for me... your shelves are so pretty o.O
The letters was a cute idea! But I feel you on the functional aspect
Jay G LPS
That idea really was cute! I'm definitely keeping it in mind for when I have the space!
The stylized way is really cool. You could switch the books around based on the seasons if you want to. Like the yellows and maybe orange for summer, with your cool colors turned the opposite way.
you're a genius
I'm so excited to try that
BooksandLala thanks. I hope you enjoy it!
Aliyah - that's a great idea! You can change things up and get a different look with little effort.
This is such a great idea!!!
•Rainbow
•Diagonal Rainbow
•Author last name
•Hight
•Read and Unread
•Starring system (5-1 stars)
•Stylised (By cooler/warmer colours and the books are the wrong way round. Smh)
Hope this was helpful to someone! 😊
Thank you!
Very Helpful
You missed genre
Jump to 11:17 to see it
*Height
Fits well into my space, I painted the back green. It's very easy to customize just the back if that's something you want to do. I would suggest sanding it first before painting, I got a little impatient. The shelves th-cam.com/users/postUgkxM8H4CjCb79vzeyvgaFMdzmLm88oVFPMkare pretty small so keep that in mind if you're going to have it horizontal that some books won't fit. I like the snug look that it has. Good small shelf if you don't have much space, but not too small. Simple to put together, though you'll need your own tools, a screwdriver and a mallet/hammer, it's easiest to do with another person.
Working at a Bookstore tells my mind Alphabetically is the best way to go and I also LOVED how you added the letters very stylish touch, I may do that to mine💜
That was my favorite as well. However I would end up adding Alphabetical by Genre
This is the best bookshelf organization video I have ever seen! You really put out top notch content!
This was my favorite bookshelf organization video I've ever seen. Sometimes they're boring, but since you had an experiment and voice-over dedicated to talking about that experiment, it was fascinating. Thank you.
I organize by read/unread and then by author's last name, so that I can have all of my guilt staring me directly in the face, alphabetically. I like the aesthetic of rainbow bookshelves, but it would drive me absolutely insane to have them, because I wouldn't be able to find anything and authors/series wouldn't be together.
"so that I can have all of my guilt staring me directly in the face, alphabetically" 😂
I agree, I loved the voice over, it was so much better than just watching fast time lapse with a silly song in the background. Lala is the best.
Yes I agree. I liked hearing the rational and thought process behind it all. Usually bookshelf organization videos are all the same - sped up video over a time lapse and not much, if any, explanation of it.
on my first shelf, i put boxes; then i organize by unread and read: I put series on one shelf and the single book in another. In the single book shelf, I organize by color. The unread books stay in another one, so i can be guilty too hahahah
I'm shuddering at the thought of reorganizing my shelfs once. You did it 7 times!! I'm impressed
I love all the idea but she is right I would scream seeing my books backwards with page out lol
When you see the words bookshelf and organization in the same title and your heart goes "YES"
Wow, I can't believe how much work you put into this video! Your final result is really nice. It looks like it came straight out of a magazine. My books are mostly organized by genre and then alphabetized, although shelving them by size has become a necessity for some since space is at a premium. Of all of your results, I like the alphabetized version the best. I love how it looks with the big letters and I think it would be the easiest method for locating a book. Great video!
My favourite has gotta be colour pt.2. But I love the way you have them at the end! the decorations are really nice
I like to organize my bookshelf is by existence if my books exist and i own them they go on the shelf
And here I am owning around 20 books. Why am I so hooked?
Let them grow 😂
Ikr
I have 22
I have 70 books
TheHijabi Reader lucky I really love reading but I have no room for more books I have a small shelf I have 70😭
I wasn’t sure how I’d like the books being flipped around but looking at the whole thing finished I really like it. I organize my shelves by genre because I can’t stand to separate series and authors
i love how you own two copies of a book named “replica”
ikr i was just staring at it like the whole time lol
That last one looks sooo cute!!!
As I'm only a teen, I don't have loads of books (although I plan to when im older) so I organise them as follows:
Bottom shelf - Books too huge to go on the other shelves
2nd up - Series
3rd up - Series and books in boxes
4th up - Standalone
5th - Bit of both (with a bookend between them)
6th(really thin shelf) - Old books, family treasures
7th - Library books and a few standalones
Any tips?
That's almost exactly the same way I did mine when I was in my teens. 😊 My best advice as someone now in their late 30s is to just do it your way. As long as you can find the book you want when you want it, then your system works.
@@Liv2Pnt thx🙃
Omg that actually sounds like a great organisation idea as a fellow teen... I have 125 books and would love to have them all neatly shelved
I'm a teenager too, so I have a small 3×3 shelf in my room for my favorite books/books that are perfect for my age and reading level. I have a shelf for spiritual or biblical books. I have a shelf for my "Dork Diaries" series(please don't judge me for having that series at the age of 13) and my other small series( Diary of a Wimpy Kid). Everything else is all over the place. I also have a ginormous double-sided shelf in the den for other books or books that I share with my brother.
FBI I would love to see a photo of your shelves 😍
This was the best of both worlds, books and decorating
I thought my favorite would be the rainbow, and while it is extremely pretty, I am in love with the way you decided to organize them in the end, they look super cool!
my turned around books received fairly good comments! i think as long as you know where things are (you start to memorize the place of things over time anyway) it works just fine. i wish i had room for accessories! i was literally thinking “she should do read books by color with accessories” so glad that was the end product!
The OCD Virgo in me is screaming "alphabetized is the only way!!!!", but I gotta admit that rainbow shelves always make my heart skip a beat! Also, where did you get those letters? I loved them!
vivian wolkoff I believe she said Michael's!
The control freak Scorpio in me is in total agreement! And I hear you on the rainbow, something about it is just so darn pleasing to the eye. For me personally though, finding anything would be a nightmare, and not having series together would make my eye twitch constantly.
i organise my books by year of publication, if it's a series, i move the whole series to the place the where the latest book is
**faints because my head is now spinning
a lot of the ways look pretty. until you wend up with literally 5,000 books. then the ONLY way to find anything is to organize by last name. i would love to organize some of my books rainbow style or wahtever, but i just plain have too many
just wow, I'm blown away with your patience
The effort that you put into this video, I’m subscribing!
I currently have my books organised by genre and then alphabetically within each genre, but it’s SO hard to keep up. I really love having them by genre though, so I think I’m going to keep it like that but then just organise them by what looks nice within each genre rather than alphabetically.
"by genre and then alphabetically within each genre", like a civilized person! (sorry! I studied library sciences in high school and your comment warmed my heart! I think I'm the only one who keeps my shelves like that!)
vivian wolkoff haha thank you! (I’m flattered😂)
Right now I do genre and then my favorites within that genre first, kind of like the rating one she did.
ImagesonthePage Ahh omg I love that! I think I’m going to try that next
Helena x 😀
wow that is a lot of work haha. i have never reorganized mine and right now they are sort of by genre and then size (hard vs paperback). and i have one cube that's unread.
I like the read and unread one but I had a thought, what if you color coordinated each of them separately??
KASSIE agree
YES
I personally love rainbows. I organize almost everything by rainbow: My colored pencils, my clothes, my jewellery, ... I think a rainbow-bookshelf looks amazing, but I just can't create one myself, because then my series would be spilt up, and I just can't stand the thought of the book not being in the right order!
my ocd never allowes me to seperate anything colour wise that is not rainbow
I think the colour 2, alphabetized was my favourite.
The stylized too but I don't like the flipped around books...but it's beautiful, too.
I put my books on my bookshelf and that’s it
same, I don't understand why it has to be pretty
Lol yup. Me too. I do like the pretty bookshelves but I never do it. Sometimes I have it roughly ordered by size and genre, but never very strictly. I did try rainbow once, but it made it super hard to find anything.
because it's in her living room and some people like their house to look nice.
Same
I organize by subject matter and then by how frequently I use the book, but I primarily keep reference books so they get taken off the shelf a lot, so I have to have an efficient way of finding what I want.
I organise maybe mostly by 'feel'. Authors books go together and things like Penguin Modern Classics go together but the rest group up wherever feels right. Usually that means there'll be a group of poetry and references and a group of historical fiction but the rest go where they want to without any reasoning at all
Me too. My books are grouped how my brain thinks of them, but there is no uniform criteria.
My shelves are organized using multiple criteria, based mostly on the shelves being functional rather than stylish. I can't really call it organized, more like grouped based on how my own brain knows them.
Most of my books are organized by size because I have different-sized bookcases.
My large textbooks and encyclopedias are on my heavy duty shelf, organized roughly by subject.
My smaller hardcovers-and softcovers are organized mostly by size to fit the shelf and look steamlined, but if I have a large collection of a certain tyoe of book those will go next to each other. All my Shakespeare is together regardless of genre, all my Greek plays are together regardless of author, all my philosophy is together regardless of size. I do have 20 of my favorites all together, and I do love making one shelf entirely out of already read books. And of course I have knickknacks interplaced.
This was an awesome video! Thanks! I honestly didn't think I would like the books flipped around in the end, but it turned out looking amazing, and honestly, a little more mature and guest friendly considering it's in your living room. Thanks so much for all of the gorgeous ideas, I look forward to seeing more from you!
Right now my books are organized by color. I realy enjoy the video it was so satisfying!
I love a stylized bookshelf. It's by far the most aesthetically pleasing, and since you're bookshelves are in a living space, I *love* that that's where you ended up. Organizationally, my favorite is by genre. But it's definitely hard to make that look as nice. :)
I have an organization method that works for me but other people might find weird too. I have a small shelf like the one you have all the way to the left that has all of my favorite books. The top two shelves are one author each because I have so many by them (Rick Riordan and John Flanagan), then three or four authored series I love, then stand-alones. I keep all of my journals and inspiration books and things of that nature on top of my favorites shelf. Then I have another big bookshelf that holds all of my other books. The top shelves are all the books I've read and the bottom ones are my TBR. From there, I just put them how I think looks best, which is a combination of organizing by color, height, and genre.
Ooh. I’m assuming you've read Ranger's Apprentice?
Stylized bookshelves are for sure my favourite one to look at, even tho organizing by genre (without having to divide series) is the most useful one.
i used to do by size but now i have the alphabetized. i prefer this one because it looks nice aesthetically and is pleasing to my brain. a huge pain in the ass to organize though. evertime i get a new one i have to move em around. i also have some books hidden under my bed now because there like series i used to read when i was little and/or they were to ugly to keep in the shelf. Plus it saves space because i do stil enjoy having trinckets in there. Anyways its late around her so i´ve you´ve read this all have a good sleep/day
I have watched this video so many times, it’s so relaxing 😌
Omg that last one is actually kind of awesome
I just put my books on the shelf-
yeah same sis
You're pic goes along with this so well lmao
The profile picture goes so well with the comment!
Lol!
You did everything but display the books. For example you could have had some of the books facing foward to display a pretty cover. Kinda like they do in the bookstore. Facing the books forward also allows you to store similar books by the same author together and save space. I don't know whatever sprinkles your donuts.
By far, this was the best video I’ve watched on organizing a bookshelf. Thank you so much! Most of these videos have either no books or just a few books on the shelves, which baffles me. BOOKshelves should have books!
This is possibly the most useful TH-cam video I have seen, because I know I don't want to do this at home but I was curious how it would look. I spent four hours 2 weeks ago doing my own shelves and DID NOT want to rearrange them- now I dont have to. thanks to you I know what I like now!
It’s really surprising to hear that alphabetized isn’t functional. Any particular reason why that is? Is it just too hard to remember author last names for certain books?
Chronicle V my thoughts exactly... Alphabetically seems like the only functional way to me!
It's hard to keep them that way
ęlectra heart Once you put all your existing books in the right order, it's actually quite easy to maintain. Every book has its place... Take a book out, read it, put it back in the gap. Easy.
Chronicle V you could also do it with instead of authors name the books name
I have my shelves sorted in alphabetical order, but I also put my unread books in separate shelves. So when I have read them, and need to put them in their proper place, it can be a bit of a process of moving books to new shelves to fit it in. If a author has the last name that starts with 'A', you have to move books with author last names starting with b - z. Otherwise, I think it's 100% functional.
I love how you ended, the stylized version is my favorite
god, all of your creative content is my absolute favorite thing. your ideas and videos are just THE BEST 💜 also, I'm not sure whether or not I could handle backwards books on my shelves, but man, I LOOOOVE how yours turned out! SO beautiful and interesting and pleasing to the eye. I just want to sit on the floor in your living room and stare at your shelves aajjfjsgf 😂 thanks for another wonderful video! 💖💕
thank you thank you thank you! you're so kind ♥♥
I LOVE the way the bookshelves turned out!! I'm definitely going to try that out thx for the inspiration
Wow a lot of work went into this video. So far it has given me the ideas with the smallest amount of books with the tiniest of bookshelves. I've now settles with a combination of Genre, Big to Small and Stylised. I'm happy with the results.
I would not have the patience to reorganize my bookshelves 8 times! Wow! I really liked the end result, though 😊
Personally, I like having mine separated by genre (SFF, Classic Lit, YA, and then a kind of literary fiction/memoir mix) and then alphabetized. I don't differentiate between read or unread at all! Though I have thought about it.
The way I organize them it’s a mix of the 7
wow i love all the effort you put on this. I get it must be a little tired but also very funny! i wouldn't know, i just have like thrirty something books, so i can't have much fun with the organization
(totally loved the stylized, gonna have them like that someday)
I like shelves.
Something about the organization is so soothing to my brain. Every book has a place to be. Lovely!
Alphabetical by genre is how I organize my books, with some stylized touches mixed in. I also keep all my tiny books together on a small shelf, those that are about 6" or smaller. I really like how you got the big letters for the alphabetized version! Another option is to sort by book title. The reason I organize alphabetical by genre is that I read mostly nonfiction, so I like to see all the author's books stacked together. This also helps reduce the chance of buying a book I already have. What a chore to keep moving around all those books! Thank you for taking the time to share all the ideas!
To me by genre is the best, also the most beautiful because I like my bookshelves to look "messy" as someone who really like to read, not so much organize lol
Lucía Frau
I organize by type of book which I guess is similar to genre.
Not ONE of my books is unread😂 I just buy a book and read it in a instant.
Super cool. I'm glad the world can have all different preferences and still respect each other's way of doing things ☺️
Same, I prefer to buy books as I need them. About 4 a month
same, and i don't buy books that often so yeah lol they are all read on my shelf (i own like 15 books in total)
I could never. My TBR list is so fucking big and i have no time to read everything that i want to.
samee my dads always buying books for me and my sister, so he buys us a book we are currently reading and we have one unread on standby. That way once we finish the first we can start the other one while waiting for our next book to arrive... that prob makes not sense but works for us :)
I think this whole video is incredible, it is creative and thoughtful. Thank you for taking the time to film this and thank your husband for for his patience.
I love the final product but honestly i have no preference other than keeping series together so rainbow shelves are a no for me.
omg right? he's such a good person to put up with my bookish insanity.
While the end result was, admittedly, very nice, I still prefer the wall stacked full of books. Just found ur channel! Great vid!
I kinda liked how it looked with the genres separated. It's a good way to keep track of what you have and determine if you like books in that genre or if you have different tastes. Keeping series together by genre would also make it easier.
I know this is an older video, but I saw another booktuber organize some of her books by year and I thought that was a fascinating idea! Not sure if you've tried that. Personally, I mostly have mine split into "genre" and a section of books that are read (I have a lot less books). I keep all of my Japanese books in a separate section to spark my joy
Nope, I'd have to see the spine/title. I'm glad you like it though.
I have mine organized by series and favorites
This video is so satisfying I've watched it several times even though I'm not going to do any of these. I worked at the library in high school and it took me a while to realize thats not actually the most functional for most people's lives. Several hundred books ago I organized alphabetically by genre (fiction, plays, poetry, narrative nonfiction, nonfiction) or sometimes topic. I totally have a favorites shelf most of the time now, but if I rated something less than a 3 or 4 I wouldn't keep it! More room for new books! I do want to try separating out what I have and haven't read now, at least for non-referrence books like cook books, which I may never read cover to cover. I think I have *way more genres* than a lot of people on bookstagram and TH-cam. 10 cent day at Friends of the Library has done crazy things to my to be read book collection.
By colour pt.2 is the best, hands down. ITS SO SATISFYING!!!!!
I can't bring myself to organise my books any other way than alphabetically 😂😂
You're book collection is #goals
My favorite is the rainbow and the last one that you decided to keep! I think it looks great! Thanks so much for sharing your ideas!!
i love antique library aesthetic for bookshelves but i wanted to find a new way to organizing my books instead of like you said "edge to edge". i completely enjoyed watching you organize and reorganize those shelves it was so entertaining and i love that you found what makes you the happiest. love the end results!
Mine are sorted alphabetically by author's last name and within that chronologically.
Same. If the author has multiple series, I order them by which series started first, even if the release dates within the series overlap
Same.
I like the alphabet one the best. But book shelves are always changing so have fun with it.
Wow nice shelf!! 📘💕
I love the way it turned out but the diagonal rainbow was my very favorite! Beautiful and creative!
This is 2024, I Loved this video! I just moved and decided before I put my books on the shelf’s just to take a peek around and see how others do it or might do it. You really did a great video you and your husband.👍🏼💖
Ahhh I love videos like this 💕💕
My favourite is colour Part 2. I wish I could do my shelves like that but I find it hard to find a book I am looking for. I have to do mine by authors last name.
I were liking this until the bookflipping started. :(
I think there is no wrong answer 🤓 they are all beautiful! My collection isn't as big as yours, I tend to only keep four and five star books, if I didn't love it I pass it along for someone else to enjoy. But I have one rainbow shelf for joy, and I keep all my series together on the top shelf, and a handful of TBR on another shelf. It works for now, but always fun to play around with organizing books!
Oh my Gosh!
I absolutely Love You! You had me laughing so hard because I'm much older than you so I have 17 bookshelves and I am just amazed that you would spend time organizing and reorganizing your books. I do this but not on purpose. I change my mind, then several bookshelves end up rearranged. You must be my new best friend. My true soulmate! Lol
Hear me out. Making your own book sleeves in a colour that complements your room theme.
I always tried to organize my books by genre and then within the genre by author but my problem is that I'm never sure which book is which genre.
I'm the crazy person that would the the stylized mixed with alphabetized, genre, and read/unread...
Aubrey Sida how the hell?😂
I’m crazy like that too....
Same
I organize my books by firstly by read and unread, then colour, then alphabetically
I actually loved the stylized one. And the idea if flipping the books, titally brilliant. I'm gonna try that one for sure
I have my series books seperated from my stand alones and then my standalones are organized by size, which I LOVE the look of