We have a limited number of bookshelves, and if the books outgrow it, we take them to the library, the church sale, or the used bookstore: “The Book Lady.” Otherwise, we’d have to give the house to the books while the family camped in the yard!
I took the simple way out. I built an addition on the house. The front of it is a 42 foot long hallway with floor to ceiling bookshelves on both sides - one side for regular books and one for paperbacks. The hallway ends in a 10’ high library with bookshelves made for big art books. There’s another 10 bookcases in other scattered rooms, and the books that don’t fit go into boxes in the closets. I’m DESPERATE for room for books.