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Libraries are Cutting Back

Posted by: Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, February 21, 2011

Chicago Public Libraries No longer Accept BooksWell, the rumor is true. The Chicago Public Libraries have stopped accepting used books to either stock on their shelves or sell at book sales. The cost is too high to catalog and process them. I didn’t believe it until I tried to donate five bags of books. I’ve always relied on local libra...

Procrastinator? or Perfectionist?

Posted by: Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, June 28, 2010

I just ordered from the Chicago Public Library- It’s About Time! by Dr. Linda Sapadin. It’s highly recommended by my organizing industry so I thought I’d tackle it during the summer months. I’m not a huge fan of organizing books but this one caught my attention because of the subtitle: The 6 Styles of Procrastination and How…

Intentional Bookshelves

Posted by: Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Friday, January 15, 2010

5 Ways to Transform a Messy Bookshelf Categorize Books by Subject. Picture yourself standing in Barnes and Noble. What categories to they have? Gardening, religion, history, fiction, non fiction, travel, etc. Size does Matter. Be mindful of lining up books from tallest to shortest. It creates an orderly appearanceStack Sideways. To add dimensi…

A Book Discussion Lends itself to Organizing

Posted by: Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Friday, April 24, 2009

Great ways to recycle and reuse books

Books Galore

Posted by: Amber Kostelny-Cussen on Monday, March 23, 2009

Why do we hang onto so many books? They are so heavy and take up so much room.