pipe (and wooden) dreams

So not too long ago, in this post, I talked about how I took out our books and stacked them by color against a wall in the living room. Definitely bright and happy to look at, but obviously this is just a temporary solution. That's a lot of wall space, and I intend to use it.

Here is it's current state.

So I decided to take some inspiration from Morgan Satterfield's blog, The Brick House, and her genius DIY shelving unit. For a couple reasons. One, it just looks damn good. Simple. Stylish. And two, it'll be more budget-friendly than most of the shelving units I've seen at those big home-goods stores.

So the mister and I will tackle this project within the next month or so, and if all goes well, it will hopefully look like this:

Stay tuned.