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Furniture Ferret: Finding bookshelves in search engines on the web by measurements is not easy as search engines are best at finding text only. Also, when searching for bookshelves to fit a given space, somewhat shallower items would also suit. Even if some webshops allow searching for bookshelves by size, checking many websites at the same time needs a different solution. Furniture Ferret scour many outlets on the Internet and list thousands of items so you are able to get the one that fits perfectly.

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How to use colour theory when choosing bookshelves?

The colour scheme in your space can be a result of necessity, but it has a great effect on how you feel in your home. The two things to consider for everything colour is balance and associations. Balance simply means that the colours should ideally be coordinated in some way, so that the room looks like a unit, and not just a random collection of elements. Usual techniques to achieve this are considering a colour wheel, and going for colours that are either quite close to each other, or relatively far, like on opposite sides of the wheel (giving you complementary colours like red and green). Other colour combinations are likely be somewhat jarring because of how our eyes and brains understand colour. Associations with and emotions connected to colours are equally important, and there is no shortage of lists for these from those by 19th-century Impressionist painters to modern interior design guides. In all likelihood these emotions are cultural and learnt, which means that they can be quite different in different cultures or just for different people. Blue is often associated with productivity, but also calmness, stability and even sadness. Green is undoubtedly the colour of nature, and is said to be associated with safety, luck and envy (though in other cultures this latter is yellow). Pink is thought to bring kindness, romance, nurturing and calmness, while it was the choice for masculine clothing over many decades. Red is considered to be the colour of friendship, energy, leadership, desire and anger, which is a very wide range of emotions. But it is clear that in nature, it means danger or importance, so you probably need to put it next to a neutral colour to allow the eye to rest. These emotions point in so many directions that these guides all seem to boil down to just this: pause and consider what the colour means for you.

How much clearance is needed in front of bookshelves?

In order for bookshelves to be usable, it requires more space than its size. One needs to be able to access it and be in front of it to get to the papers and other items kept on bookshelves, and if it has doors, they need to be able to be opened fully. In general, you should provide at least 40-60 cm in front of bookshelves for access. This means, for example, bookshelves that is 50 cm deep needs at least 90 cm space. The good news is that this extra space does not need to be exclusive: access spaces of two or more pieces of furniture can overlap as long as this does not disrupt the flow and lead to people bumping into each other in, for example, an office setting.

How to measure the space to fit bookshelves in?

Measure the width and the depth of the space where you'd like to put bookshelves. The most accurate way is to use a measuring tape. Hold the start of the tape down at the edge of the area, and let it run to the other edge. If the distance is larger than what you can stretch to, ask someone else to help, or split what you need to measure up into multiple parts. This can be done by either holding the tape down partway through and continuing running it while letting the first end go, or by marking how far you measured on the floor or wall, and start a new measurement. If you want to avoid drawing on the floor, you can position a pointy object like a pencil there. Don't forget to avoid dead places where the piece of furniture won't be able to go like decorative strips. Also it may be necessary to take the height of the space and the item into account wherever the ceiling is uneven like in loft rooms.

From the history of furniture: Cottage ornaments Part 2

In Figure 329 of course the most eagerly sought figure is the Franklin, nine inches high. This is one of the old pieces and allways attractive. Franklin has the credit for being more often produced in porcelain and pottery than any other one person, not even Wash ington excepted. His long residence abroad, his pic turesque personality, particularly the fur cap which he was so fond of wearing, made him a welcome figure to the potters; and there is no drinking vessel too grand or too humble but that you may, perchance, find his face on the inside or out, nor was there any pottery too coarse for a statuette of him. The figures of the cobbler and his wife are well-known and good examples,

"Pasha," " * & but the Omer which also has on it Success to Turkey," and the Uncle Tom and little Eva are too modern to be very valuable.

The next group (330) is from my oaatq collection, and the figures are of varying degrees of merit. All are well coloured and most of them well modelled; but one only is old, and even that is not more than eighty years of age. This is the Cricketer, on the upper row. His head has been broken off and glued on; and when the Owner sent it to me she apologised for this defect, and also for the damaged nose, by saying that for years it had been the chief treasure in a lively family of thir teen. It seems strange that any of it survived such wear and tear. The three figures in the top row are the stars of the collection: the Cricketer on account of his age, the middle figure on account of the tragedy which led to her being perpetuated in pottery, and the seated figure on account of the story connected with my getting it. The middle figure says on its base Emily Sandford, and you might not think to look at her grim expression that she had ever had a lover. She did, however, and his name wasHenry Rush. He was the tenant of a house called Potash Farm, and his landlord was the owner of the Stanfield Estate, and lived in an imposing man sion called Stanfield Hall, which was a regular" grange." moated

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