Book Storage

The Papa built book case

painted and ready to go

The book lover

The Cindy sewn book sling

Finally we have some great book storage for all of Fiona's books. We love books and we have tons of them. It was always difficult to find a way to store them where she could see the covers. We have a solution! Actually two solutions.

Brian built the wooden bookcase using plans from Knock Off Wood. We love that website! She has posted tons of great plans for free. She's also a fellow Alaskan. We knew we wanted Fiona to be able to see the book covers and this fit the bill perfectly. Brian did an awesome job on it! I'm so excited that he is getting into wood working and have given him an armoire for all of my craft supplies for his next project!

The fabric book sling came from this tutorial on Penny Carnival. I've been wanting it for a long time. Due to a defunct sewing machine it wasn't happening. Then in a stroke of genius, I invited my friend Cindy over with her sewing machine (and skills). She read the tutorial and made short work of the project! Thank you Cindy, you rock! Fiona loves it. We have a handful of books for bedtime reading just above her bed. She loves it!

We have more books in storage in the closet which we'll rotate into the mix. We also got two boxes of books from the Craig, AK cousins! Such a treat. I actually remember reading many of those books to Jeremiah and Zach. It's fun to be reading them to Fiona now!

Yeah Books!