finished, for the most part...
here, without much commentary, are the during and after shots of the new living room book shelves. still have one to complete over the bay window in the south wall, need to design some abbreviated height brackets to accomplish that, so it's on the back burner for a week while I wind down a bit.
Once the mantle, bookcase set in over the mantle, new door and interior shutters are complete, I'll post the whole set of before and after pix...

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They do encircle the room, but I don't want to post pictures yet until the bay window section is complete and the bookcase/mantel thing is done.

This is why I'm always beat...



sow what you will...