Dear Miranda, I just loved this video, I could feel and understand your joy. I am over 82 now but I can remember when I was able as a young girl going to my first big library. Do you know I can still feel the joy I felt then. I love books, the feel of them and that special smell, I have never forgotten it, from that first day until now. Thankyou for sharing your joy with us.💙💙
Thank you so much! I'm just the same - love the feel & smell of books - it's why I can't just have a kindle! So glad I brought back some happy memories xxx
What a beautiful room, so cozy. I can just imagine choosing a book from your wonderful collection and spending the afternoon reading. It was worth all the hard work and organisation.
What a beautiful, cozy room. I know it was a lot of work to move and organize--I was getting tired for you--but the fast-motion effects and the spirited music made it look like such a cheerful adventure. I love the idea of books at home within bookshelves with stories of their own.
Thanks so much Pamela! If only I could move at that speed :D But I always enjoy book arranging so it doesn't feel too much like work! Although I'll be glad not to heft any furniture about for a while....! xxx
Such a beautiful and cosy room, Miranda. I love the new bookcases. I also love your old post office shelves with the dark wood and green insides, those are charming. I do hope you do a tour once you're all organized, I love having a peek at other people's shelves. I'm sure it's been quite a lot of work so far, but surely well worth it and everything looks marvelous! xx
Thank you so much, Cora! I'm sure I'll do a proper bookshelf tour once they're more organised. It feels so good to have them all out of boxes now!! xxx
I am so envious of your book collection and your lovely bookcases. I worked in a library for several years back in the last century (!!) and there is nothing nicer than seeing shelves full of books.
Hi from Spain. I watch all your videos . I can’t understand all of it but I try it . I love your house, your bookshelves and, of course, your amazing books. English editions are so beautiful, most of them!. Congratulations for your videos.
Miranda moves at the speed of light! Your ‘recycled’ shelves remind me of two of ours from the 1970s from a company called Chapel and Mills. For a long time we assumed the owners were Mr Chapel and Mr Mills (!) . But later discovered that the wood was repurposed from ... yes, chapels and mills (this is Yorkshire after all - I was still calling them factories. Thanks for the exercise demo. All looking great x
I do alphabetical fiction in the large bedroom, alphabetical detective fiction in the smaller bedroom and memoirs and classics downstairs. Children's are on the landing with history. TBR are in boxes till i have read them. Not enough space...
So beautifully designed and planned, Miranda! Really enjoyed this tour and found it inspiring for reorganizing my own space as well. I too keep fiction together (w/related lit crit) and then nonfiction organized loosely by topic. I love your idea of repurposing vintage furniture. The bookcases are lovely, both the dark wood and green shelves and the new magnolia painted cases. Your living space has an expansive yet cosy look, very inviting. xx
I'm so glad you enjoyed the tour, Lisa - thank you! My Mum and I love spending time in this room; we find it so comfortable, and of course with all the books it's hard to tear ourselves away haha. Repurposing vintage furniture has been a real revelation to me, especially using old wardrobes as they're generally inexpensive (no one seems to want them these days), but are made with lovely real wood and so are great for turning into bookcases! xxx
Looks wonderful Miranda! Love the new bookcases but also really love the former post office repurposed ones! Love the green interior with dark wood! It’s such a lovely inviting room! I’d like more bookshelves but alas no room at present. My books are non-fiction in the living room & fiction in the spare room because I tend to read more non-fiction. My non-fiction books are primarily sorted by genre and sub-genre as I have lots of history books so these are arranged in sections - ancient history, British history, European history, 20th Century history, and then other subjects like nature, travel, art history fashion history, cooking, etc. In lockdown I seem to have acquired quite a few new books so really need to do a bit of rearranging as they are looking a little busy at the moment! 😉 Always enjoy seeing how others keep & sort their books!
Your prewar book cases are so interesting - the green paint looks just lovely in them. Your living room reminds me of one of those hotels you find with comfy sofas and bookshelves galore and you realise your holiday is in trouble because you don't want to ever leave the hotel!
Hello Miranda, what a lovely video and there is nothing more satisfying than sorting bookshelves! I once tried sorting by spine colour - that looked good but wasn't practical. The one thing that frustrates me is the different heights of my shelves. I keep Christmas cookery books and series of books together and I have some hidden in baskets under coffee tables and a bookshelf behind an armchair where they are two deep but can't be seen. It is going to be interesting to see how your system develops, good luck! Teresa 📚💕
Thanks so much Teresa! I agree that sorting bookshelves is one of life's greatest joys. I do also struggle with different shelf sizes; that's what stops me from being able to shelve in alphabetical order generally. I also keep my Christmas books all together, although I think they're going to be relegated to the very top of a bookcase as I don't have much room for them! xxx
Loved seeing your new book cases Miranda. Enjoyed hearing ‘The Dark Town Strutters Ball’, which I learned at school, believe it or not! You have inspired me to tidy my bookshelves which haven’t been properly organised for while. X
Hi Miranda, I watched your video last night and also wrote a comment. But I seem to have forgotten to send it. I must have been dead tired. Well, you were really fast in organizing your books! You did a great job! Your new bookshelf is really beautiful and I like the new arrangement of the dark shelves on each side of the window. All my books ( a mere fraction of yours) are exclusively stored in my tiny bedroom and in a muddle. I love to fall asleep in my big kingsize bed surrounded by books.
Thanks so much Marion! I think it's lovely to have lots of books in the bedroom like that - they always feel like old friends, and you've always got one handy to read in bed! xxx
I am in the midst of trying to source some new bookshelves/cases and this video gave me some good ideas - thank you. Wardrobes? What an excellent idea. Re-cycling and up-cycling is such a good way to go and I hadn't thought of painting the existing wood a different colour. You have narrowed down my search. Best wishes to you and your mum from Lottie in Suffolk
What a lovely room ! Such beautiful flowers not to mention the books. The scary thing is as I look at my most recently acquired book case is that it is almost full... My husband has claimed a shelf for his Australian history titles. My son has claimed one for his Arthur Ransome’s , another has his Ronald Welch hardbacks and the rest is my mishmash of unsorted Trollope, Penguin cloth covered hardbacks, Churchill histories, a botanical field guide and all sorts of idiosyncratic titles! I have bookcases and shelves of children’s titles with Australian titles separated, reference books and classic novels. I have restricted my buying to hardbacks and titles that are worthy of keeping. As I have recently finished a chapter in my life educating my children I feel a book rearranging session approaching, the problem is I know exactly where every book is now! I hope you are enjoying your new home.
All your books sound fabulous! I sympathise with not knowing where a book is once you've rearranged everything though - I'm definitely having that trouble at the moment!
There's something so therapeutic about watching this video, love it. I'm glad you find cookery books hard to order as well - I have over 300 and they are in such a variety of sizes and condition (through frequent use) it is so hard to keep them looking goo.
Thank you! I agree about cookery books being really hard to order! I also have a lot of 'foodie memoir' type books (that still have some recipes), and it is hard knowing how to organise them all! I'm going to put my most used ones in the kitchen though! xxx
This was such a satisfying video to watch!! Really enjoyed it!! Your new bookshelves look wonderful!! I would love to have more shelves! Just don’t have the space atm x
There is a perfect combination between the functionality of the new bookselves and the charm of the old ones.I find that dark wood makes a room cozy , if the walls are in lighter colors, the ambient does not get heavy.Perhaps it would be a good idea to paint the book , the last one behind the table, in the same color of the new ones?I wish you and your lovely mom wonderful moments surrounded by books , flowers and nice food! Do you still have place for books your purchases in the future? Thank you very much for the video, it is very nice to see how you are doing in the new life.
Thank you! We probably will end up painting that bookcase anyway, but it still won't stay in that place, as I'm maximising all bookcase space as much as possible!
Oh, I loved this video! Your new bookshelves are lovely! Wonderful choice. The post office bookshelves remind me of 'From Larkrise to Candleford '... perhaps arranging stamps and envelopes prettily on bookshelves like these was Miss Lane's one weakness?
That collection of Dorothy L. Sayers!!!!😍😍😍 And now I’ll have to look into those and the Ngaio Marsh ones. I would love to have those editions. Why don’t I live in the UK where they’re all available without having to wait weeks for shipping?😩😩😩 And those shelves are lovely. 7ft ones are the dream. I’ve never heard of Dean Street Press before! I’ve just gone to look at their site and OMG. This is the best thing ever. Thank you! I would love to see a tour when you get them arranged how you like.
I've just started getting into watch your youtube channel videos. I have been following on instagram but I'm not on it everyday. Loved this bookcase tour. We built 13 7' foot tall bookcases for our living room (10 nine years ago and the last 3 with 6 inch wide shelves for paperbacks this year). 8 of the original ones are currently being refurbished as we had to move them for new window installation. We realized we should give them a new coat of white paint and replace the original shelf holder style pegs with metal standards, giving us more options for shelf height. That is still on going and watching your video has given me new motivation to finish putting in the standards.
Jeja admirerofwordsandcoffee your husband must be good at building your shelve. My husband and son in law built me my shelfs and a week later they all fell down lol x
Well, you must be exhausted! It looks wonderful, and as the weather draws in with the lamps lit and a fire kindled it will be such a cosy room. I have my ‘classics’ alphabetically and my other fiction by genre. Then I have a case of just history books. The one thing I have a problem with is storing is my Slightly Foxed journals, at the moment they are just in a tower, what do you do?
Thanks so much! Yes, I'm looking forward to cosy winter evenings in this room. I store my SF journals in a handy alcove above the desk in my Mum's room. But juggling shelf space is always my never ending work!!
I love your bookcases so much! Your desk is adorable - I love the side drawers :D Your entire room looks like it is so wonderful and relaxing to sit in - I'm so envious! I'm in love with your Dean Street Press books - I find them a bit expensive and harder to find here in the U.S. But, I have three of D.E. Stevenson's books and I hope to get more soon. Thank you so much for giving us a tour - it was so much fun! 90% of my books are very old or ratty paperbacks (still trying to replace some of my favorites with hardcovers) and so they're not very lovely looking at all. If I had better looking books, I would organize them by color - or at least try to. But, I've heard it's not easy to find them later - lol! :D
Hi, Miranda! I was really inspired by this video. I organize my books by nationality (Eng. Lit.; Am. Lit; Port. Lit; Span. Lit; French Lit;...) and then the authors kind of by chronological order. I am thinking about getting rid of my old Ikea bookshelves and having something nicer built by a carpenter. My decor style is mid century modern meets traditional, so I am picking some ideas here. Thank you! :) (Margareads on IG)
Organising books by nationality is a really fun idea! Reminds me a bit of Daunt Books. Finding a carpenter who was reasonable and does a great job was such a boon for us. Hope you enjoy getting some new shelves too!
I don’t see any rom for future additions. Will you cull these shelves when you have new books to add? Because I’m sure you’re not done collecting books! 😉
I think 🤔 I would totally get lost in your house...hence you would find me near all your bookshelves 📚 my bookworm heart ❤️ I totally need to get new bookshelf’s as well, I typically organize by Author
Dear Miranda, I just loved this video, I could feel and understand your joy. I am over 82 now but I can remember when I was able as a young girl going to my first big library. Do you know I can still feel the joy I felt then. I love books, the feel of them and that special smell, I have never forgotten it, from that first day until now. Thankyou for sharing your joy with us.💙💙
Thank you so much! I'm just the same - love the feel & smell of books - it's why I can't just have a kindle! So glad I brought back some happy memories xxx
This room is so lovely between the high ceiling, fireplace and bookshelves 😍
What a beautiful room, so cozy. I can just imagine choosing a book from your wonderful collection and spending the afternoon reading. It was worth all the hard work and organisation.
Thank you so much! And yes, absolutely worth it :) xxx
A “Miranda and Donna’s Favourite Cookery Books Video” would be a treat ❤
What a beautiful, cozy room. I know it was a lot of work to move and organize--I was getting tired for you--but the fast-motion effects and the spirited music made it look like such a cheerful adventure. I love the idea of books at home within bookshelves with stories of their own.
Thanks so much Pamela! If only I could move at that speed :D But I always enjoy book arranging so it doesn't feel too much like work! Although I'll be glad not to heft any furniture about for a while....! xxx
Such a beautiful and cosy room, Miranda. I love the new bookcases. I also love your old post office shelves with the dark wood and green insides, those are charming. I do hope you do a tour once you're all organized, I love having a peek at other people's shelves. I'm sure it's been quite a lot of work so far, but surely well worth it and everything looks marvelous! xx
Thank you so much, Cora! I'm sure I'll do a proper bookshelf tour once they're more organised. It feels so good to have them all out of boxes now!! xxx
I am so envious of your book collection and your lovely bookcases. I worked in a library for several years back in the last century (!!) and there is nothing nicer than seeing shelves full of books.
That "muddled" bookshelf looks like it could be my most favorite. Those titles look really interesting.
great!
Such a lovely cozy room! Perfect for reading and having company. 🥰
Thank you! I Do love this room :)
What a lovely home! The book shelves are stunning. The room looks so inviting and cozy.
Thank you very much! I'm so pleased with the shelves :)
Such a beautiful home. Your book shelves look wonderful. Thank you for sharing x
Thank you so much! I'm so thrilled with them! xx
Very enjoyable video. Your enthusiasm for reading is so inspiring. Your new home is charming and inviting, just like you!
You have such a lovely room! I absolutely love all your books!! This whole set up is like a dream for me.
Thank you so much! xxx
I'm very late to this, heavenly room, it feels safe and cosy, a quiet place surrounded by book friends.
Hi from Spain. I watch all your videos . I can’t understand all of it but I try it . I love your house, your bookshelves and, of course, your amazing books. English editions are so beautiful, most of them!. Congratulations for your videos.
Glad you like them! Thank you!
Miranda moves at the speed of light! Your ‘recycled’ shelves remind me of two of ours from the 1970s from a company called Chapel and Mills. For a long time we assumed the owners were Mr Chapel and Mr Mills (!) . But later discovered that the wood was repurposed from ... yes, chapels and mills (this is Yorkshire after all - I was still calling them factories. Thanks for the exercise demo. All looking great x
That's a lovely story!
I do alphabetical fiction in the large bedroom, alphabetical detective fiction in the smaller bedroom and memoirs and classics downstairs.
Children's are on the landing with history. TBR are in boxes till i have read them.
Not enough space...
Your living room is so lovely and cozy!
So beautifully designed and planned, Miranda! Really enjoyed this tour and found it inspiring for reorganizing my own space as well. I too keep fiction together (w/related lit crit) and then nonfiction organized loosely by topic. I love your idea of repurposing vintage furniture. The bookcases are lovely, both the dark wood and green shelves and the new magnolia painted cases. Your living space has an expansive yet cosy look, very inviting. xx
I'm so glad you enjoyed the tour, Lisa - thank you! My Mum and I love spending time in this room; we find it so comfortable, and of course with all the books it's hard to tear ourselves away haha. Repurposing vintage furniture has been a real revelation to me, especially using old wardrobes as they're generally inexpensive (no one seems to want them these days), but are made with lovely real wood and so are great for turning into bookcases! xxx
Looks wonderful Miranda! Love the new bookcases but also really love the former post office repurposed ones! Love the green interior with dark wood! It’s such a lovely inviting room! I’d like more bookshelves but alas no room at present. My books are non-fiction in the living room & fiction in the spare room because I tend to read more non-fiction. My non-fiction books are primarily sorted by genre and sub-genre as I have lots of history books so these are arranged in sections - ancient history, British history, European history, 20th Century history, and then other subjects like nature, travel, art history fashion history, cooking, etc. In lockdown I seem to have acquired quite a few new books so really need to do a bit of rearranging as they are looking a little busy at the moment! 😉 Always enjoy seeing how others keep & sort their books!
Thank you very much. I'm impressed by your organising skills! I also enjoy looking at other people's shelves xxx
Your prewar book cases are so interesting - the green paint looks just lovely in them. Your living room reminds me of one of those hotels you find with comfy sofas and bookshelves galore and you realise your holiday is in trouble because you don't want to ever leave the hotel!
Haha, I love that! Thank you xxx
Love what you are doing
Hello Miranda, what a lovely video and there is nothing more satisfying than sorting bookshelves! I once tried sorting by spine colour - that looked good but wasn't practical. The one thing that frustrates me is the different heights of my shelves. I keep Christmas cookery books and series of books together and I have some hidden in baskets under coffee tables and a bookshelf behind an armchair where they are two deep but can't be seen. It is going to be interesting to see how your system develops, good luck! Teresa 📚💕
Thanks so much Teresa! I agree that sorting bookshelves is one of life's greatest joys. I do also struggle with different shelf sizes; that's what stops me from being able to shelve in alphabetical order generally. I also keep my Christmas books all together, although I think they're going to be relegated to the very top of a bookcase as I don't have much room for them! xxx
Loved seeing your new book cases Miranda. Enjoyed hearing ‘The Dark Town Strutters Ball’, which I learned at school, believe it or not!
You have inspired me to tidy my bookshelves which haven’t been properly organised for while. X
Thank you Penny! It's always fun to rummage through your bookcases :)
Absolutely lovely, Miranda 🤍
Hi Miranda, I watched your video last night and also wrote a comment. But I seem to have forgotten to send it. I must have been dead tired. Well, you were really fast in organizing your books! You did a great job! Your new bookshelf is really beautiful and I like the new arrangement of the dark shelves on each side of the window. All my books ( a mere fraction of yours) are exclusively stored in my tiny bedroom and in a muddle. I love to fall asleep in my big kingsize bed surrounded by books.
Thanks so much Marion! I think it's lovely to have lots of books in the bedroom like that - they always feel like old friends, and you've always got one handy to read in bed! xxx
I am in the midst of trying to source some new bookshelves/cases and this video gave me some good ideas - thank you. Wardrobes? What an excellent idea. Re-cycling and up-cycling is such a good way to go and I hadn't thought of painting the existing wood a different colour. You have narrowed down my search. Best wishes to you and your mum from Lottie in Suffolk
What a lovely room ! Such beautiful flowers not to mention the books. The scary thing is as I look at my most recently acquired book case is that it is almost full... My husband has claimed a shelf for his Australian history titles. My son has claimed one for his Arthur Ransome’s , another has his Ronald Welch hardbacks and the rest is my mishmash of unsorted Trollope, Penguin cloth covered hardbacks, Churchill histories, a botanical field guide and all sorts of idiosyncratic titles! I have bookcases and shelves of children’s titles with Australian titles separated, reference books and classic novels. I have restricted my buying to hardbacks and titles that are worthy of keeping. As I have recently finished a chapter in my life educating my children I feel a book rearranging session approaching, the problem is I know exactly where every book is now! I hope you are enjoying your new home.
All your books sound fabulous! I sympathise with not knowing where a book is once you've rearranged everything though - I'm definitely having that trouble at the moment!
There's something so therapeutic about watching this video, love it. I'm glad you find cookery books hard to order as well - I have over 300 and they are in such a variety of sizes and condition (through frequent use) it is so hard to keep them looking goo.
Thank you! I agree about cookery books being really hard to order! I also have a lot of 'foodie memoir' type books (that still have some recipes), and it is hard knowing how to organise them all! I'm going to put my most used ones in the kitchen though! xxx
This was such a satisfying video to watch!! Really enjoyed it!! Your new bookshelves look wonderful!! I would love to have more shelves! Just don’t have the space atm x
So glad you enjoyed it! Thank you :)
There is a perfect combination between the functionality of the new bookselves and the charm of the old ones.I find that dark wood makes a room cozy , if the walls are in lighter colors, the ambient does not get heavy.Perhaps it would be a good idea to paint the book , the last one behind the table, in the same color of the new ones?I wish you and your lovely mom wonderful moments surrounded by books , flowers and nice food! Do you still have place for books your purchases in the future? Thank you very much for the video, it is very nice to see how you are doing in the new life.
Thank you! We probably will end up painting that bookcase anyway, but it still won't stay in that place, as I'm maximising all bookcase space as much as possible!
Oh, I loved this video! Your new bookshelves are lovely! Wonderful choice. The post office bookshelves remind me of 'From Larkrise to Candleford '... perhaps arranging stamps and envelopes prettily on bookshelves like these was Miss Lane's one weakness?
that is such a lovely thought! You make me want to reread Lark Rise :)
That collection of Dorothy L. Sayers!!!!😍😍😍 And now I’ll have to look into those and the Ngaio Marsh ones. I would love to have those editions. Why don’t I live in the UK where they’re all available without having to wait weeks for shipping?😩😩😩 And those shelves are lovely. 7ft ones are the dream. I’ve never heard of Dean Street Press before! I’ve just gone to look at their site and OMG. This is the best thing ever. Thank you! I would love to see a tour when you get them arranged how you like.
Thanks so much! Really glad to have introduced you to Dean Street Press - they publish some lovely books!
Hello Miranda , love your channel and your book shelves and love your british accent so much 😍😍
Thank you so much! That's lovely of you to say :)
Wow your bookcases are so strong and beautiful. And history to it is great. Beautiful books .xx
Thank you so much!
Loved this video.got very inspired by recycled bookshelves. I desperately need more bookshelves at the mo so got a lot of inspiration
So pleased the video inspired you Valentina! xxx
The bookcases look lovely. I recently rearranged the books in my room - by genre and height size. Though I couldn't fit all the genres into one space!
I've just started getting into watch your youtube channel videos. I have been following on instagram but I'm not on it everyday. Loved this bookcase tour. We built 13 7' foot tall bookcases for our living room (10 nine years ago and the last 3 with 6 inch wide shelves for paperbacks this year). 8 of the original ones are currently being refurbished as we had to move them for new window installation. We realized we should give them a new coat of white paint and replace the original shelf holder style pegs with metal standards, giving us more options for shelf height. That is still on going and watching your video has given me new motivation to finish putting in the standards.
Your bookcases sound splendid!
Love your bookshelf!
My husband is the one that makes my bookshelves which comes in handy and with love 🤍
That is a very handy husband!
Jeja admirerofwordsandcoffee your husband must be good at building your shelve. My husband and son in law built me my shelfs and a week later they all fell down lol x
Helen Checkley lol well the thought was there :)
Well, you must be exhausted! It looks wonderful, and as the weather draws in with the lamps lit and a fire kindled it will be such a cosy room. I have my ‘classics’ alphabetically and my other fiction by genre. Then I have a case of just history books. The one thing I have a problem with is storing is my Slightly Foxed journals, at the moment they are just in a tower, what do you do?
Thanks so much! Yes, I'm looking forward to cosy winter evenings in this room. I store my SF journals in a handy alcove above the desk in my Mum's room. But juggling shelf space is always my never ending work!!
I love your bookcases so much! Your desk is adorable - I love the side drawers :D Your entire room looks like it is so wonderful and relaxing to sit in - I'm so envious! I'm in love with your Dean Street Press books - I find them a bit expensive and harder to find here in the U.S. But, I have three of D.E. Stevenson's books and I hope to get more soon. Thank you so much for giving us a tour - it was so much fun! 90% of my books are very old or ratty paperbacks (still trying to replace some of my favorites with hardcovers) and so they're not very lovely looking at all. If I had better looking books, I would organize them by color - or at least try to. But, I've heard it's not easy to find them later - lol! :D
Thank you! I'm very glad you enjoyed the tour, and I hope you enjoy your D E Stevenson books :) xxx
Hi, Miranda! I was really inspired by this video. I organize my books by nationality (Eng. Lit.; Am. Lit; Port. Lit; Span. Lit; French Lit;...) and then the authors kind of by chronological order. I am thinking about getting rid of my old Ikea bookshelves and having something nicer built by a carpenter. My decor style is mid century modern meets traditional, so I am picking some ideas here. Thank you! :) (Margareads on IG)
Organising books by nationality is a really fun idea! Reminds me a bit of Daunt Books. Finding a carpenter who was reasonable and does a great job was such a boon for us. Hope you enjoy getting some new shelves too!
@@MirandaMills Thank you! :)
Where did you bought this beautiful dress?
Both dresses are from TOAST, but they're years old now!
I don’t see any rom for future additions. Will you cull these shelves when you have new books to add? Because I’m sure you’re not done collecting books! 😉
I'm still having some bookcases made, but at some point I'll have to cull before adding!
I think 🤔 I would totally get lost in your house...hence you would find me near all your bookshelves 📚 my bookworm heart ❤️ I totally need to get new bookshelf’s as well, I typically organize by Author
I can happily spend hours just browsing my shelves. It's lovely to have all the books out of boxes at last! :D
Wow. Love this. Why is it so hard to find a simple bookshelf? May i ask what bookshelf is this?