glass doors
our trip to ikea on friday was very productive (and expensive -- our total discount was about $65, so that should tell you roughly what we spent). we bought six square picture frames to hang on our bedroom wall, a cheese knife set, a grill pan, extra shelves for our book nook project*, a deep-drawer organizer for the kitchen and six glass doors to fit our three 31.5" billy bookcases. (we have two other same-height bookcases -- a 23 5/8" and a corner unit -- no doors are available to fit those.)
when we got home, i immediately started in on those doors. mishaps galore, but i eventually got up a set. then i worked late into the night on the next set because the shelves needed to be moved around in order to accomodate the hinges. grrr. since i didn't finish my contact paper project from a few months back due to furniture placement, installation of the doors allowed me to finish half of a bookcase because i had to move a sofa out of the way. now i only have one bookcase left to contact-paperize. cam and i (but mostly cam) finished up the doors for the last bookcase the next day. i've learned that while standard-sized paperbacks fit nicely doubled up on a shelf, a standard-sized paperback fits even better with a slightly larger one behind it. i'm so easily pleased.
the room looks really snazzy, plus now i have a way to keep paul out of the bookcases. yay!
*the book nook project is a pretty simple one, i think. we have a gap between two bookcases -- about 16" -- because of a heating vent. it's fine, but after living with it a few years, i think it would look better if we filled the gap. so that's what we're doing: cutting extra shelves to fit and attaching them to the wall and the surrounding bookcases. i have highish hopes.