Quickie today.
I’m waiting for Wille to arrive back home after a week in Crete, Greece, with Martin. He should be home any minute now and I can’t wait to see him.
Meanwhile this is what Wille’s DVD collection looks like now. He used to keep his DVD’s in the Expedit in his previous room but requested shallow “DVD-depth” shelves this time. These are part of the IKEA Bestå line. Four shelves per unit are included and I added another 3x3 to maximize the space. Still plenty of room to grow his collection in there!
You are an aMAZing woman Benita!! Truly amazing in your capabilities! You inspire me!
Posted by: katie | July 11, 2011 at 02:38 AM
Lucky Wille! to have such a clever Mum, and all those DVD's! I hope he will dust the shelves himself.....
Posted by: Maddy | July 11, 2011 at 03:17 AM
Aw, haha, boys and their DVDs! I know what you mean about DVD-depth shelves. We had custom made shelves made for my boyfriend's collection just two weeks ago. Everything designed around them, height and depth, plus one row fitting only Blu Rays... we might not have a wardrobe yet and dress out of boxes, but the DVDs got their own shelves already! hahaha
Posted by: Susie | July 11, 2011 at 04:21 AM
It looks very nice. For a practical reason I would choose something with doors/closed unit, just to prevent dust nad have less to clean.
Posted by: jja | July 11, 2011 at 04:35 AM
It looks fantastic! I hope Wille had a great time in Greece - I must say I am a bit jealous of that 007 collection :) I am hoping to buy a house soon and I will definitely look to your blog for inspiration for my two boys. Thanks for sharing!
Posted by: Jane | July 11, 2011 at 04:56 AM
Wille's room looks great. Neat and tidy and a lot of light.
Posted by: Zosia | July 11, 2011 at 05:39 AM
Benita: Do you secure your shelves to the wall like Ikea suggests? Your new home is beautiful. Thank you for sharing it with us.
Posted by: Peggy | July 11, 2011 at 08:01 AM
I do!
Posted by: Carlos | July 11, 2011 at 08:10 AM
Hi Benita you inspire me! Your home solutions are amazing!
I have white furniture but i need work a lot to keep clean! And you??? How often you clean???
Thanks Giovana
Posted by: Giovana | July 11, 2011 at 08:53 AM
Awesome! I just pared down our huge collection of books thinking that I would have space on the shelves for little treasures like Wille's robots and dogs, etc. Nope! While the books are now organized and none are stacked on top of the vertical ones, I only have room to add 5 novels! Oy vey. Better purge again!!
Posted by: Lisa Flaherty | July 11, 2011 at 12:28 PM
Looks awesome!
Terrific job! I love the new shelves! Must be fun to have a son with so many DVD's! I bet you never have to rent a movie just borrow from your son!
Hope your son had a terrific vacation!
~ Ali
Posted by: Ali | July 11, 2011 at 03:49 PM
Looks very nice! Your home is really coming together, bit by bit.
I have an off-topic question. I was reading through some of your old posts from a while back (like 2009 I think) and there was one about scanning old slides. My parents have something like 20,000 slides that belonged to my mom's deceased uncle (he was a photographer) sitting in their basement that really should be scanned. Many of them are family photographs. What device did you use to scan them? I've been having a tough time knowing what scanner would do the job on those old ones because many times the pics were not taken with optimal light or there is some other issue with them. I know I will probably have to photoshop them but it would be helpful to know what kind of device to scan them with first.
Thanks!
Posted by: wienerdoglove | July 11, 2011 at 08:22 PM
The scanner I used is called Plexgear negative scanner.
Posted by: Carlos | July 12, 2011 at 07:10 AM
Looks beautiful! Just curious, is there a big difference in your experience between the Billy bookcases and the Besta bookcases? We have Billys, but there isn't a local store (yet!) for me to look at the Bestas. Would they work well for paperbacks? You can only get so much info from the IKEA website ... Thanks!
Elizabeth
Posted by: Elizabeth Thorson | July 12, 2011 at 01:23 PM
The quality is better in Bestå and Bestå also has adjustable feet which is good for uneven floors. They probably would work great for our Swedish paper backs which are smaller than your's so you should probably measure one and compare it to the depth of the shelves.
Posted by: Carlos | July 13, 2011 at 04:04 AM
Usually I wipe surfaces once a week with a microfiber rag.
Posted by: Carlos | July 13, 2011 at 04:08 AM
I hope he had a great time!
I'm from Crete, Chania and can't wait for August to come so as to visit my parents and sister
Posted by: calliope | July 14, 2011 at 07:40 PM