The Bookcases

Here are a few pictures of our new bookcases for those of you who haven't already seen pictures and have been inquiring (um, Karen).
The back of the bookcase is maple and the sides, face, shelves and trim are black walnut. Jason and I absolutely fell in love with two-tone furniture that we saw at PM Bedroom Gallery and decided to do the same with our bookcases. (For those of you who haven't been to PM Bedroom Gallery, the furniture is absolutely gorgeous...and super high quality.) Each of the bookcases has 1 fixed shelf and 5 movable shelves.

It took a lot of color samples to get the colors just right without masking the grain of the woods (especially the black walnut, which we paid a premium for) and we could not be happier with the warmness of the colors and how they go with the rest of the room. An unexpected surprise was the beautiful contrast (i.e., striping) in the back pieces. Even though we've had them in our living room for a few weeks now, I can't help but pause and stare at them, which I do often. What's on the shelves so far: DVDs, a few "coffee table books," our perpetual calendar (MoMA - a gift from Jason's cousin Hollis), and an 8x10 photo from our wedding. We still have a lot of shelf space to fill and we're working on what to hang between them.