hellstorm

and another project done.

my mom has an assload of books in her room. a serious assload...she probably rivals a small library when it comes to books. well, she got her hands on 2 3-tier bookshelves.

so her idea....put one bookshelf on top of the other bookshelf. the larger one is the bottom bookshelf, although just slightly smaller. that would be okay, right?

me, well, thinking that the depths are the same and the bookshelves are not connected to each other at all....not a good idea. so took a few plastic L clips (designed for taller bookshelves, to anchor the top into a wall for stability) and put 3 into the wall and attached them to the top of the topmost bookshelf. 1 screwed into the top of the shelf itself, 2 into the sides (where I have longer screws).

that way, the worry of toppling is not there. now time for her to put all her paperbacks (the assload) into the shelves. maybe I should ask her to keep track of how many books, just to put it here!

and her rough estimate, about 1000 (yes, a thousand) books in her room!)