From: "Madeleine Yeh" <myeh at wap.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Book shelves and cases
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:29:50 -0400
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

On Fri, 21 Oct 2005 12:20:14 -0700 (PDT)
  Michael Nelson <nelson_mr at yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Gayle Surrette <davinci at chesapeake.net> wrote:
>
>> I don't think anyone has yet mentioned the IKEA
>>bookshelves.
>> They have a tall (6 shelves) and short (3 shelves).  I
>>think
>> they call them Billy's.  We have been buying them over
>>time
>> our oldest ones have survived 7 moves.  They are a bit
>>heavy
>> but if you remove books and shelves they can be moved by
>>one
>> person.  Very study and the shelves don't bow under the
>> weight of the books.
>
> They're a little bit of an overkill for paperback books.
> Billy bookcases are 11" deep.  A typical paperback book
> is less than 4-1/2" wide.  You could double them up like
> some people do, but then you can't see the books in
>back.
>
    Mine are basically like Billys.  6 shelves with 11
inches deep. I've seen book cases built just for
paperbacks but they are so tall and thin, that they are
unstable unless fastened to the wall.  If I won a lottery
and had my own library I like the bookcases at borders.
 An A frame style making it very stable.
    Cathy, did your parents' bookcases have its own
ladder.  I think those are oh so cute.