Do you find.....

[maddy]

......you have more space by stacking your books horizontally or vertically on a book shelf?
seems a lame question, but I have stupidly undertaken the task of sorting my books out, and tidying up the piles elsewhere (dumb move now I realise  )
I have stacked heaps horizontal.....but I still have a huge pile to contend with    I don't want to start over re-stacking until I get some opinions 

Thank you   

[*suzanne*]

I stack both ways. In the bottom of my pantry I stack them horizontally because I was sick of them falling over when I took one out and in my bookcase vertically because they just fit better there, sorry not really any help 

[Cuilidh]

I’m not sure that it makes a lot of difference – perhaps a combination of the two? – what I do know is that if the books are vertical they are easier to get out of the bookshelf.

[obbie]

Mine are vertical, but I don't use many cookbooks.

Mainly off here.

[maddy]

what I do know is that if the books are vertical they are easier to get out of the bookshelf.

Good point....I have figured out they won't all fit in the bookcase  . plan B...whatever that is.

[djinni373]

Lol when you figure it out can you let me know too please?

[Cuilidh]

Gosh that bookshelf looks very familiar to me djinni!

[maddy]

Lol when you figure it out can you let me know too please?

LOL.....I should have taken a before picture....mine was yours x 10 worse than   

[Cornish Cream]

Gosh that bookshelf looks very familiar to me djinni!

Me too

[djinni373]

 

[Jamberie]

OK so I can have a tendancy to enjoy organising...but at the same time much of my house is in shambles as I've been recovering from glandular fever for the most part of this year, so I feel a bit hypocritical offering organising advice with the current state of my abode but....

When I'm storing books I try to order them by type and then by size (and then colour if I'm really fussy that day). I find that the large books are best stored vertically for easy access but you might find that you have a collection of small books that if stored horizontally will be more space efficient IYKWIM...In my classroom I often use storage tubs as 'drawers' so that the kids can find the books they need quickly, I've found this is helpful with some books at home too.

Happy organising :-)

[judydawn]

Great photo djinni, had a good laugh at that one.

I do half and half and actually prefer them horizontally packed as I can read the titles better.  Having said that I rarely pull a recipe book out and can never find the one I want    Mine are on the bottom shelves of the bookcase which makes it harder to get down there easily.  My TMX books are in a cupboard in the kitchen and are so much easier to get to.

[maddy]

Mine are on the bottom shelves of the bookcase which makes it harder to get down there easily. 

So were a lot of mine, so I shoved hubby's down there now (he doesn't read anymore, I piffed a lot of his...he just looks at tractor magazines now).....so I am still working on it  *sighs*
There was dvd's shoved in there, kids prep work books....I even found a sprouting potato  must have been the boy child!

Jamberie....hope your recover soon, glandular fever really does knock you around, doesn't it!  It's reoccurring for my Brother every year.
Thanks for your tips    What I have noticed is my shelves are not very deep, and I hate books hanging over the edges    but I have a pretty curtain that I attach to the front.....hence why I am not confronted with the visual shambles every day 

[deedub]

Anything goes here

[judydawn]

Very neat deedub and even room for a couple more shelves to be filled if you remove the photos    Are they all cookbooks