I'm always underestimating the amount of stuff I need for other stuff. Especially space, physical or digital. We buy more books than we have bookshelves for, we download more songs than we have gigabytes. I started buying those thick (and expensive) Playstation magazines when I was 14 and kept them in a drawer under my bed. Back then when all I owned were Playstation magazines and a pencil box, a drawer under the bed worked just fine. Now? Heh heh heh, it's like playing tetris with all those junk. Anyway, as I was browsing through pinterest for inspiring shelving ideas, all these photos popped up:
Who, tell me who, arranges their shelves like these? WHO??!
Look at how much space is wasted. There is a reason why books are never placed horizontally. It's a pain to take out. Also, the decorated tissue box gets a whole aeroplane-tray-sized seating area? That shelf can easily hold the whole encyclopedia britannica plus room for the Harry Potter series. Except now it can only hold 10 sad tomes and a few pretentious "art-forms".
Unrealistic shelving is unrealistic.
