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How much space is needed in front of bookshelves?

Furniture Ferret: So that bookshelves would be usable, it requires more space than just its proper size. You need to be able to access it and stand in front of it to get to the books and other items kept on bookshelves, and if it has doors, they need to be able to be opened. In general, you should leave 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. Fortunately, this extra room does not need to be exclusive: access spaces of two or more pieces of furniture can overlap as long as this is not expected to lead to people bumping into each other in, for example, an office.

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How do I find the cheapest 210cm wide bookshelves on Furniture Ferret?

On every search page there is the option to order the results by their price (ascending or descending), or relevance. Click on the button just above the first item, after "Order by", to change how the results are ordered. Ordering by relevance shows the bookshelves at the top that contains most of the search terms, while sorting by price shows the least expensive or most expensive bookshelves first. You can set the ordering to "Price: low to high" to see the cheapest 210cm wide bookshelves available on Furniture Ferret.

Is it possible to search for bookshelves using their size?

Finding bookshelves in search engines on the Internet by size is not easy as search engines are best at finding words only. Also, when searching for bookshelves to fit a given space, a bit shallower items would also be suitable. Even if some shops allow searching for bookshelves by measurements, checking many outlets at the same time is time-consuming. Our systems scour many outlets and list tens of thousands of items to let you buy the one that fits perfectly.

How to choose a colour for bookshelves?

The two main things to consider when it comes to colours is balance and associations. Balance means that the colours should be coordinated, so that it looks like a unit. This can be achieved by using a colour wheel, and choosing colours that are either quite close to each other (as colours that are only different in lightness or intensity do go together, but slight variations in tone can also be fine), or quite far, for example on different halves of the wheel (complementary colours like blue and yellow). Associations with and emotions connected to colours are also important to keep in mind. It is quite probable that these emotions are cultural and learnt, which means that they can be quite different for different individuals. The associations can even be contradictory, which makes it even more difficult to use them as a guide. Blue is often associated with productivity, but also stability, calmness 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 envy is yellow instead). White can be connected to peacefulness, cleanliness, innocence and emptiness, and, for example, mourning in India. Red is considered to be the colour of friendship, willpower, leadership, desire and revenge, which is a very wide range of feelings. But it is clear that in nature, it signals danger and importance, so you probably need to put it next to a neutral colour to allow the brain to rest. These associations are so varied that these guides all seem to boil down to just this: pause and think what the colour means for you.

From the history of furniture: Cottage ornaments Part 2

In Figure 325 are a number of subjects, and two of the portrait busts. The large figure in the centre was for a bunch of flowers or dried grasses, and there were many double figures or single ones for this purpose. I have a group of two seated in a bower with the vase part between them. They are not very choice since they lack colour, but a nice dog makes part of the group.

A double figure group is shown in Figure 326, charm ing in colour, and it is too bad that his hat is chipped off, for otherwise the figures are perfect. In Figure 325 may be seen two figures with tree-like backgrounds. This class of specimen is called " boskies," from the French term bocage. Such backgrounds are more com mon among the porcelain and china figures from the high class potteries than among the Staffordshire ones. Few figures with them can now be found in a perfect condition, for these twigs and sprays are so fragile that thej' were easily broken, as were the swords and spears with which so many of the figures were armed. Both of the Falstaff s had Swords originally in the right hand.

In the next Figure (327) is sbxm-n a miscellaneous group of figures, the soldier in the centre being the oldest and best. The watch-holder to the right is now mine, and is marked on the base " Milton." Imagine that poet in a sprigged matinee dictating Paradise"Lost " to his weary daughters! The next best piece in this group is the rooster. He is old and good, and this bird has al- ways been a favourite with the potters. Next in order of value and interest are the dogs, and the collecting of these animals alone occupies the attention of many dis tinguished collectors, some of them choosing only what is known as the " spotted dog." One collection already numbers two hundred and fifty pieces, each one differ ent. The dogs shown in Figure 327 are to my taste the least interesting of all the varieties. In the next picture, Figure 328, are shown two of my Own which are spirited and fine. The spotted one is by far the elder, and is per fect with the exception of a crack near the base. He is of bone paste, light and soft, and every time I look at him, particularly if it be near the full of the moon, I expect to hear him howl. He looks all ready to bay the moon. The recumbent dog is a faAAm-coloured grey hound, a lovely creature lying on a dark-blue cushion, in which is a small opening for a pen, as he is an inkstand. There are several other patterns of greyhounds, also guardians of ink, which I hope to acquire to make my collection complete. There is also a standing one with a hare in his mouth which is very nice, and one may get at least eight different patterns of greyhounds. There are also some small Pomeranians, like those to be seen in Figure 325. Indeed, the collecting of dogs is a most im-iting field, for when you have the greyhounds all com plete, there still remain the pointers, of which there are many patterns, before you come to the spaniel, which is "dog." in reality the spotted After you have all the dogs, whole dogs, which you can get, you can then take up the faces and masks, a branch of the subject which, though difficult, is engrossing. These heads of dogs and foxes were used as whistles, or for handles to canes and hunting crops, for paper-weights, and apparently for wall ornaments as well, since some of them are to be found life size. Sir Walter Gibney has a collection of seventy-three of these, nearly all of them of Stafford shire ware, ranging from the early mottled and agate or tortoise shell wares, to those of later times, which were coloured to life. There was hardly a firm of potters, whether of porcelain or pottery, which has not turned its hand to the making of dogs. Go where you will, at Worcester, at Bow, at Battersea, where they enam elled them, at Rockingham, at Chelsea, at Burslem, they all made dogs. Go to Holland and you will find the Dutchman had his favourites too, though he will colour them blue to keep his blue cows in company; but they are attractive for all that. Even from our own potteries came dogs of many colours and sizes, but those will be mentioned later.

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