{"id":14939,"date":"2019-10-18T18:53:04","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T01:53:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=14939"},"modified":"2019-10-18T18:53:04","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T01:53:04","slug":"filling-the-shelves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.emilymorganti.com\/blog\/?p=14939","title":{"rendered":"Filling the shelves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last summer I tackled the big project of re-wallpapering the stair room<\/a> in the Queen Anne Rowhouse, but I never completely finished it. I realized that once the railing was glued in, I wouldn’t be able to remove the bookcases, which meant the shelves needed to be filled and the bookcases glued in before I could go further. Deciding what to put on those shelves permanently<\/strong> was a daunting prospect.<\/p>\n

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Since then I’ve been collecting little things to go on the shelves, and I finally have enough to move forward.<\/p>\n

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To make the books, I sized the covers in Photoshop and then sprayed them with UV sealer. After that dried, I did the added step of painting over them with satin varnish — maybe overkill, but since the books are going to be glued in for eternity I wanted to make sure the covers were protected. I glued the covers over pieces of wood, some with “gilt” edges (made with a gold Sharpie) and some with “paper” edges (antique white paint).<\/p>\n

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Of course, when the books are set up on the shelf, you can’t even see the covers! I glued batches of books together before placing them on the shelves.<\/p>\n

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Most of the book covers fit over 5\/16″ or 3\/8″ strip wood, but books of those depths got in the way of the glass doors. So I also made a bunch out of 1\/4″ strip wood, chopping down the covers to fit.<\/p>\n

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When they’re lined up, you can’t tell.<\/p>\n

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Oops. I neglected to take the doors into consideration when I glued these together!<\/p>\n

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To get the rows of books into the shelves, I glued together two batches, put those on the left and right sides of the shelf, and then wedged a final book in between.<\/p>\n

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This a lot of work for something you barely see behind closed doors, but I like them.<\/p>\n

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These vases are 3D printed. (I got them from Miniature Mercantile on Shapeways but sadly they’re no longer listed.) I painted the vases with a clay-colored paint and the ginger jar (center) with off-white, then applied a purple wash, then coated them with clear Gallery Glass to make them shiny. The texture of the 3D printing and the gloppiness of the Gallery Glass have a nice pottery effect. <\/p>\n

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The Japanese cat was a gift from Donna (jbresr on the Greenleaf forum). The rest of these items came from swaps. I glued everything in and hope they’ll stay put, because if anything falls out it will be pretty much impossible to fix once the shelves are installed permanently.<\/p>\n

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Here’s how they’ll look. Unless I get distracted by something shinier, I’ll glue them in and finish the trim in the room this weekend.<\/p>\n

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