But what about the intense desire to go bookshelf shopping so you can keep all the books? This is a living area, right? It’s for living. There needs to be room for living. For sitting. For reading. For talking, for plopping down on the couch, for resting together as a family. This means the goal of this room isn’t to fit as many books as possible. It’s not a storage room or even a library. If another bookshelf would make living more difficult, don’t do it.
