Recently I saw something a bit more quirky and interesting than my original plans that I could up-cycle, so I made the purchase (happy belated birthday to me)! It’s got two spacious shelves with two doors including a glass fronted one, and it’s got the capacity for at least 6 linear feet of books. We’re nearly ready to go.
I’m hoping to get some mounting materials and have the library up and running soon. My plan is to specialize in literary fiction, though I’m sure we’ll also stock a fair amount of popular science and non-fiction as well as thriller, mystery, and suspense as well.
Invitations to the “launch” party should be coming shortly! If you’ve got some books you’d like to donate toward the cause, let me know in the comments below. Be sure to include a Book Crossing ID number on them if you’d like to track where your favorite objects head off to in the future.
Always wanted to do that. Good for you!
It’s actually not too hard to do depending on the avenue you take… The hardest part is getting lost on their website, facebook, and pinterest sites looking at all the fabulous examples of what everyone else has done and getting yourself involved in #LittleFreeLibraryEnvy – the feeling that YOUR Little Free Library has to be better, more interesting, more unique than all the others you’ve seen.
What? No math books? Wish I lived nearby…I’d contribute books. I plan to give them to a free library at the pharmacy I use. Love your version!
Pat Leming You’ll notice the “sample” books I put in it for the photo are all math books. 🙂 But since the point is to give the books away, I’m worried if it was all advanced science and math that no one would ever visit my poor little library…
Besides, who in their right mind would give away their math books?! 😉
Good points, Chris!
I love this … There are free libraries in Grand Park. I want to build one with kids books so as Molly grows out of them we can pass them along to someone that needs them. Show me how you decide to mount it. : )
This is great! You may have the fanciest lending library yet. We have two near our house in the Palisades. Both are pretty weathered from the sun. One has a pretty string of lights inside that power up at night (possibly solar?). One warning: people seem to leave a ton of religious tracts in these. The guy who owns my favorite one says he clears out the library a few times a month and donates any long-lingering books to the local library. Can’t wait to hear how yours turns out! You’re doing a great thing for your community.
Very cool. (Happy belated b-day, btw!)