Bookshelves galore

Books are very important in our house, and we're lucky that when we moved in the previous owners had already fitted brackets to wall in the downstairs hallway and added some shelves. So, we just got three extra shelves cut at the local hardware store, painted all the shelves white, and voila we had a home for our books. Here's a picture of our mini library. It's actually twice as long as it looks here, but the hallway is a bit of an L-shape, so extends to the right a few feet further.



We're running out of space now, so I'm considering adding shelves above the doorways downstairs...

Here are some pics that I found on flikr that made me drool!

We're off on our holiday soon...

I'm very excited that we've finally booked a trip away. We were considering doing a big trip to Australia and New Zealand in December, but because of one thing and another (mainly the fact that the boy is making the move to go freelance) we thought it might not be the wisest idea after all. Instead we're going to the South of France for 10 glorious days of swimming in the sea, drinking wine, eating yummy food, reading lots of books, pottering around markets, taking clifftop walks and travelling about on the train that goes all along the coast. Brilliantly we've managed to borrow an apartment too, so the trip will also be tres inexpensive.

A few little bits that I found on Flikr and that put me in the mood for France!