Do you have too many books and not enough shelf space? Yep, us too. Someday we’ll have that dream library where nothing but built-in shelves line the walls. But, until then a minimalist Ikea shelf will have to do the trick!

In this case, all the colorful/fun books are arranged prettily on the available shelf space, and those less-attractive/beat-up/embarrassing paperbacks are hidden in boxes down in basement storage. It’s necessary when you’re a book lover with book hoarding tendencies. But no one ever has to know… shhhh.