...to want to spend 3k on bookshelves...?

[titferbrains]

before you judge me...

we buy all our furniture on discount it seems, and factory outlets etc. I'n a sale junkie and where I'll spend hours hunting for discounts once we know what we want, my DH tends to spend 3 minutes looking before either getting fed up or buying something nice but not necessarily the best choice (eg cream rug the year before we had our baby. Great. I didn't argue with him because it was in the sale and I'd struggled to persuade him to even come to the shop...)

We also were left a few grands'worth of stuff when we moved into this house, because the sellers were moving to oz and clearly couldn't ship it all.

We have loads of books and I've spent years ogling those fabulous italian style arty cool book shelves and I know we can afford them, it's just that it seems loads because we always get stuff on sale!!!

my hubby works hard and we are comfortable, just think I'm going to struggle to persuade him on this one.

escher lego here

id go with getting a joiner to make them. would be miles cheaper and just as nice!

i had shelves made for a the alcoves at my last house - had them all lighted up underneath and they looked fab. i loved them. they cost me about £500 and they really were lovely.

a good joiner could build them to the exact spec for half the price im sure and in a wood of your choice.

OMG...did i say lighted up?????

whoops. off to study pedants corner....

£2K is far to much to spend on a bookcase and those ones are certainly not worth that much.

Sorry I meant £3k.

sorry, I haven't read the thread, but if I had 3k to spend on shelving I would buy

vitsoe - design classic, modular, works brilliantly

if you've got the money and you love them then go for it. personally, i didn't think they were so great but it would depend on the room andyour ability to keep it uncluttered and clean.

Vits? is modular and does not have to cost £3k. Most orders with us are for homes for less than £1k.

Due to popularity of smaller systems, we have created starter collections: www.vitsoe.com/en/gb/shop/introduction from £145, delivered.

Start small, add to it, rearrange it, then take it with you when you move.

but, vitsoe... it's a design classic so classic that ikea et al now rip it off rather successfully. plus it looks like a home office.

BALD- that lego escher is amazing

the "tightfisted get" in me won out in the end, I'm getting something sturdy and quite a bit cheaper from Heals. Well worth the sore feet traipsing thru furniture stores to see what was out there. And felt completely justified buying a totally shag-tastic pair of heels and a matching dress today, so everyone's a winner! Or er, I'm a winner. hmm. must go...

LOL titfer, enjoy your heels!!!!!

oh and your super bookcase too.

bravo!

Well I'm glad you got something you liked in the end. However in my experience it is false economy to compromise on something you love. 12 years ago I spent 3K on a sofa, which at the time was a huge amount for us. Infact it still is.

I have sat, slept, nursed, played on that sofa almost everyday. I love it just as much now if not more than when I bought it. I think it works out about 68p a day. I have no doubt that I will still have it 12 years from now.

I know people who change their sofa every few years because it is the wrong colour, shape, material or because it is falling to
bits.

I have made the mistake in the past of settling for inferior things instead of holding out and saving up for what I really want. Its not always about the money either. We have an old house and I have spent many an afternoon looking around salvage yards for a particular door handle or hinge. I think we lived here about 5 years before all my doors had handles.