There are two curio cabinets in this house, one in the hall proper, and one in the hall area beside the front door. Some time ago, I consolidated the two, moving the collectibles (ceramics, crystal, glass, etc.) all into the hall one. That left the one by the door empty, and me wondering ever since what to do with it.
Today, out of the blue, came the idea to put all the Abraham Lincoln books I have read in there.
Twenty-four. There are others that I know I have packed away, and still more that are unread. Scarcely a tiny portion of the number that have been written about him (15,000), but my minuscule slice of the pie.
My only dissatisfaction with this is that there isn't an electrical outlet right there. There are lights in the cabinet, and the effect would be nice. Weirdly, there isn't an outlet near enough to run an inconspicuous extension cord to, so it's natural light for the time being.
4 comments:
That's an amazing collection! I've got a collection of Little Prince books. For some reason I decided to buy them in every language I could find them published in which turned out to be a lot of languages. Now I want to round them all up and put them on display too.
Lack of sufficient and intelligently placed outlets is one of my pet peeves. When we remodeled I went a bit nuts demanding them. Not sorry.
What a great thing to do!
That is a great idea! I do like the idea of lighting, too. Now how to solve the problem of the outlet lacking!
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