The Bookcases are Coming!

Since the day we moved in to this house I have wanted floor to ceiling bookcases in the hubs office.  It's supposed to be a formal living room, but there's nothing formal about the way we live.  So it was the perfect spot for my hub to set up shop.  Here's how it looked after the initial makeover I gave it back in March of last year.

Then many months after my hub told me that he didn't like having his desk against the window, so we re-arranged the furniture.  Men!  Sometime in the next week or so, a floor to ceiling built-in bookcase will be going in along the wall where the Target bookcases are now.  So today I've started..........

pulling frames down from the gallery wall.  Because I can't just have bookcases built.  I have to also put up wallpaper and change the curtain panels, obviously.  It's never just one thing is it?  Anyhow, I can't wait for the contractor to start building and installing.  For now I'm still dreaming..........

                                              Source: emilyaclark.blogspot.com via Carmel (@ Our Fifth House) on Pinterest

                                                       Source: houzz.com via Carmel (@ Our Fifth House) on Pinterest

but very soon my dreams will be a reality, although they will have a more masculine feel to them since it's his space of course (cough, at least he thinks it is, cough).  The bookcases will be a combination of these two inspiration pics.  It's going to be so great to have this extra storage space as we don't have a closet on the first floor and my hubs job requires lots of "stuff".  Now instead of piling his desk high he'll have a place to shove all his junk.  At least that's my hope anyway.

So, does one thing lead to another when you're making improvements in your home?  Do you like the look of floor to ceiling bookcases?