Shelf Reliance

Despite still not having a couch, coffee table, or any shelving to speak of, the apartment is just starting to come together. The walls are painted (Behr-Pink Cloud), the rug is down, the bar car is sort of stocked, and the couch (Crate & Barrel-Vaughn) is hopefully coming in the next two weeks.

The last great dilemma is the stacks of books and piles of tchotchkes looking for a home. I’m pretty close to purchasing a bunch of Ikea Billy bookcases with the top extenders so they’re nice and tall, and sorta look built in. But the idea of a giant block of chunky dark brown shelves plopped in the middle of a focal wall is causing some trepidations. I really like the look of this open style, but haven’t the slightest how to achieve it cheaply.

My other thought being that since the couch is sorta short at 76” we could put a bookcase on either side of it, like these beauties.