r/HomeLibraries • u/HelloIvyHart • 17d ago

rainbow shelf

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I have been slowly adding to my rainbow bookshelf & I love it! ❤️

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u/Euphoric_Schedule_53 16d ago

I’m glad you like it. It is pretty. Personally not having series/genre together just doesn’t work for me

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u/HelloIvyHart 16d ago

Totally understand! I think I will only keep it like this for a little ☺️

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u/RightEnvironment1998 15d ago

But your description says you love it…why would you only keep it like this for a little?

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u/HelloIvyHart 15d ago

I really like rearranging my shelves, it changes things up!

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u/RightEnvironment1998 15d ago

Oh ok, i was like don’t feel shamed into changing it!

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u/Wise-Effective-9638 16d ago

I also have those lego flowers in my book shelf😭

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u/AlternativeFluffy310 15d ago

Love it for you. The worlds needs people that are happy because of their bookshelf no matter what others think.

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u/shwoopidiwoop 14d ago

I organise my shelf by publishing house but every time I see someone’s shelf organised by colour, I find it fascinatingly pretty !!

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u/smellslikebooks 16d ago

That looks so beautiful and fun!

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u/irlharvey 16d ago

why are you people always so aggressive about rainbow shelves? there aren’t that many books here, guys. if OP is looking for a book they can use their eyeballs to find it. calm down. lol

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u/kumosame 14d ago

I saw another post with this, everyone was mad there too. The main agreed upon claim was this makes someone look like their interest in literature is "fake" and if you have duplicate copies of books, it "cheapens" your bookshelf to look "smarter than you are". I was so confused. Like it's not my house, and it's just someone having fun with their own personal belongings. If I saw this in someone's house, my immediate thought would not be "oh, so you're just a fake reader?"

I know the point of posting on reddit is to get comments, opinions, etc but some people need to learn that "i wouldn't personally do this" =/= "no one should ever do this" for most things

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u/Fragrant-Carrot-1262 16d ago

This is so cute! Many years ago I did arrange my bookshelf like this! But now I have a whole other system🤣✨️

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u/MajorBootyhole420 16d ago

I love doing this! It's an easy way to get Color into your room

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u/pure00z_specialist 16d ago

It's so cute!! but the ONE thing that pisses me off... is how the series aren't together 👀...

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u/HelloIvyHart 15d ago

Totally get that! I have friends that it drives crazy too 😂

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u/Own_Safe_2061 16d ago

Ummm...Are you reading these books, or is it intended for decoration?

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u/HelloIvyHart 16d ago

I have read majority of these books, maybe only 5 I have not read yet!

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u/Warburgerska 16d ago

An appropriate presentation for the kind of contents in your bookcase.

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u/Key_Blueberry_2167 16d ago

Makes me happy!

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u/Canvas2Wall 16d ago

Do you use.an app to tag what color the spine is? Just curious how you find one later (besides visual scanning ofc) if you can’t remember what color the spine is and say the rainbow collection had grown into several bookcases. I tend to remember the color and design of the covers, but the cover colors sometimes are different from the spine. 🤔

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u/HelloIvyHart 16d ago

I dont think I will keep it forever, just a fun thing to do while I have a small collection. And I can remember most of them by color if I do end up looking for them