Clever Bookshelves

Have you joined Pinterest yet? Well, what are you waiting for!? Let's take a trip down memory lane. This is the picture that first sucked me in to Pinterest:

Source: Domestic Simplicity via: Pinterest

If I could find genius ideas like this by joining Pinterest, I was sold. Ikea spice racks, $4 each, just the right size for a narrow wall in Little J's room = love at first sight.

After sitting in their packages in our garage for a couple months, we FINALLY painted our Ikea spice racks with some black, environmentally-friendly Green Sure paint from Sherwin Williams, and got them up this weekend.

An inexpensive, simple solution for Little J's skinny nursery wall and growing book collection. They just make me smile every time I see them. $12 for a smile, priceless :) Little J LOVES books and I know he's going to love helping himself to them from these shelves for years to come!

Here's some more cute Ikea spice rack bookshelf ideas for your viewing pleasure:

via Pinterest (clockwise from top left): here, here, here, and here

So what's inspiring you this week? Anyone have some clever book storage ideas to share?

• 12/01/11 - I'm linking this post up with "Your Green Resource" on Live Renewed, Sorta Crunchy, A Delightful Home, and the Greenbacks Gal

What IS Pinterest?

Some of you may be wondering what Pinterest actually is. Well, the best way I can describe it is that's it's a cool tool to bookmark inspirations visually. I'm a totally visual person, so this is right up my alley. I've already convinced a couple friends to join and I hope you will too. It's SO fun (albeit addicting) and I love being able to tell a friend about something I saw online that I loved, and to quickly pull up a picture (of said loved item) for them to have a visual too (usually on my iPhone, because there's also a free Pinterest app). You're probably thinking, NO MORE SOCIAL MEDIA! I totally understand, but this honestly simplifies things (especially if you're a blogger or if you just like bookmarking web pages on a regular basis) - all your bookmarks in one place with a picture and a note to remind you why you bookmarked them in the first place.

My Pinterest description is kinda all over the place, so let me direct you to an awesome beginner's guide on Sorta Crunchy. I love when someone's already done their homework and shared it online so I don't have to reinvent the wheel all over again!

I added a button over there on my sidebar so feel free to check out my "pins!" Spoiler alert: you're probably going to see things I *heart* before I even blog about them :)

So, are you on Pinterest? Then come check me out and let me check ya back!