You want to set up your library in the most efficient manner possible. The shelving procedure is one important consideration. What is the maximal height to build the shelves? How many shelves should you build? How can you compact your books into the smallest possible area against the wall?
We will explain how to approach the issue in a way that is quite different from any other library that you have ever visited. That should not discourage you. After all, you want to achieve efficiency. You don't necessarily want to set up your library in the same way as everybody else's. You do want it to take up less room.
This library is unique. It uses no floor space. Your plans for couches, electronic equipment, computers or other furnishings remain the same.
These shelves rise above the other furnishings.
They enhance and beautify the room, as books always do.
That is the beauty and the advantage of this system.
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