amy and i decided to bite the bullet this weekend and finally buy some new book shelves. i’ve had my books in boxes since i moved in and we’re getting kind of tired of seeing tropicana advertisements in our loft. amy will also be needing someplace to put her school books and her other books when she moves in. anyhow, we dropped into room and board and decided on these gallery leaning shelves that are made from natural and stainless steel and the wood is recycled fur from old buildings like the sears roebuck warehouse in chicago. we didn’t know it at first but amy did notice some knots in the wood. it really does add a unique character to the shelves with the clean metal lines and then the rehabbed fur wood, i’m really looking forward to getting them soon. we decided on two natural steel shelves for the loft area (to match my desk) and one stainless steel for her office (to match her desk). yes, i have more books so it’s fair that i got one more shelve.