question for bookish people

[flea]

If money were no object, and in fact aesthetics was the major object, what sort of bookcases would you have in your house? Ideally, give me a link where I can drool over pictures, but feel free to describe your custom-built ones (real or imaginary).

See, I'm a believer in furniture porn, but I rarely see bookcases I admire. And I own almost exclusively cheap melamine and cheap foldable wood ones, of course. Thomas Moser uses gorgeous wood, but their styling is very, um, practical. It is not to drool, IMO. (http://www.thomasmoser.com/residential/res.products.browse.cat.php?cat_id=13). Levenger is not doing much for me, either. Whatcha got?

Me, I think I'd want built-ins, mostly.

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[fufaraw]

Floor to ceiling, lighted, glass-front (less dusting! better for the books!), probably some blondish wood with a pale, low-shine finish, no crevices or curlicues to catch dust, with infinitely adjustable shelves, and *only* deep enough for single-shelving.

Yes, deep, fixed-shelf bookcases are what I live with, and the resultant double- and triple-shelving. Hate. Hate.it. Never can find anything, and have, as a result, bought double, even on occasion, triple copies of things.

As in, I *still* can't find my copy of The Handmaid's Tale.