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Sunday, November 12, 2023

Book's Opening Day

I am super proud of BOOK's!

I'd foolishly thought moving all the books would take an afternoon. Ha! Yesterday, three days after we'd moved the bookshelves, I almost finished reshelving books.

BELOW: Me, left, in the old space w/ a new--OPEN--configuration of shelves;
right: coworker Croquette Jeff (not exactly helpful, but I like him--we talk about cooking) coming thru the Back Room door--new Book Nook to right.


This is my baby, and I moved the actual books themselves, (because I wanted to cull/rearrange them) --but a lot of people helped bring the Book Nook to life,
starting with volunteer Dalton, "the Marine", suggesting to Big Boss that we use the nook space better--then, her coming to me for suggestions.

BELOW: Dalton (far left) and Grateful-J (check shirt) moved the white metal shelves into the Book Nook. (G-J did everything that required tools.)
Then Art Volunteer (far right) moved the wood bookshelves ––out of Furniture––into where the white shelves had been.

BELOW, Reflected in mirror:
Emmler (right, holding donut) was a huge help: moving stuff; strongly suggesting that I include shelves for Cool Old Things; and emotionally the most helpful, telling me to calm down. (I was a bit frantic.)
Funny, because she often spins like an off-centered top--"You're acting like me!", she said-- but once she's focused, she is On Target!

Everyone's happy!
Moving my books out of Furniture gives that department much-needed room and gives my books their own dedicated space, where I'm not constantly fighting w/ encroaching dressers, desks, etc. for aisle space.

Yesterday, Saturday, was an unofficial opening day (though lots was still undone). Many customers commented positively--and one, negatively--she didn't like not-knowing where things were.
Me either!
I have lots more to do: I'm not sure how to best reflow the topic-sections. And once everything's in place, I also need to relabel all the shelves--the old labels were in tatters.

Onward!

2 comments:

  1. how awesome to see the whole idea come to fruition. if it were me, i would have been halfway through and started asking "who's idea was this?"!!

    i'm sure the books are much happier now in the new space.

    kirsten

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    1. LOL KIRSTEN—that’s exactly what I thought! 😄

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