Whenever I looked at my bookshelves, I cringed. Something just didn’t seem right. They always looked cluttered. I tried organizing them by genre, alphabetically, and even by owner (that would be my husband and I). Even though this type of sorting made sense, it didn’t make me happy… And then I found this inspiring post about organizing books by color and had an epiphany. Of course, how did I not think of this before?

How about flipping some books over?

The disorganized Before

And the neat After

This type of organization may cause some controversy in your household (I’ve gotten an it’s-not-practical lecture), but we are used to making sacrifices in the name of beauty, aren’t we?