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Feb. 24th, 2026 12:53 pmAfter eons of waffling, and making an actual pro/con list, I went ahead and ordered two bookcases for my room revamp this coming weekend. I'd like to say there was a great reason for all the hemming and hawing, but it was really just not wanting to commit to something and then regret it, which is still a valid fear.
For a moment I thought I'd found two options of success and then realized reality is cruel. IKEA's back on its not shipping for free BS (and so my lack of IKEA furniture continues), and despite finally remembering I could just fucking look at Walmart, where I know at least one of the two bookcases in my room came from... I read the reviews and realized they shrank the width of the bookcase and to say the reviews were mixed would be a massive understatement. One of the things I didn't want to fuck around with was an ugly back of the shelf if I didn't have to, and once I decided I wasn't rolling the dice on Walmart even for the adjustable shelves, I *think* I chose a set that has a prettier back. (You might think, "isn't the whole point to fill these suckers up so who is gonna see it?" and you wouldn't be wrong, but it's also been like 20 years and I'm still less than thrilled with my white bookcase's backing because it looks like ass.)
Anyway, we'll see how it actually shakes out. My other issue, and this actually kicked in a bit more than the terrible Walmart reviews, was that I'd dragged my feet to the point that a lot of options would either not show up until my weekend was already half over or even after my time off was over.
From an outside perspective, it's funny how after I made my pro/con list and decided yeah, Walmart's okay, I'll just check the reviews and had to immediately change course. Then once I decided maybe I'd go with white this go round, the universe said, "nope, black or the world's ugliest brown." Hi-larious, universe.
If it turns out I absolutely hate them in my room (I'm sure they'll be fine in general), I can always just put them in the hallway. So there's my backup to the backup plan.
Also, I finally realized (or realized again?) that my white and black bookcases do not have the same number of shelves. I'm guessing it's re-realizing because now I have a vague memory of this the last time I moved this massively around on them. But one has 6 shelves and the other has 5... and I keep forgetting that. Which helped free up my decision on what to buy since they weren't going to line up anyway.
For a moment I thought I'd found two options of success and then realized reality is cruel. IKEA's back on its not shipping for free BS (and so my lack of IKEA furniture continues), and despite finally remembering I could just fucking look at Walmart, where I know at least one of the two bookcases in my room came from... I read the reviews and realized they shrank the width of the bookcase and to say the reviews were mixed would be a massive understatement. One of the things I didn't want to fuck around with was an ugly back of the shelf if I didn't have to, and once I decided I wasn't rolling the dice on Walmart even for the adjustable shelves, I *think* I chose a set that has a prettier back. (You might think, "isn't the whole point to fill these suckers up so who is gonna see it?" and you wouldn't be wrong, but it's also been like 20 years and I'm still less than thrilled with my white bookcase's backing because it looks like ass.)
Anyway, we'll see how it actually shakes out. My other issue, and this actually kicked in a bit more than the terrible Walmart reviews, was that I'd dragged my feet to the point that a lot of options would either not show up until my weekend was already half over or even after my time off was over.
From an outside perspective, it's funny how after I made my pro/con list and decided yeah, Walmart's okay, I'll just check the reviews and had to immediately change course. Then once I decided maybe I'd go with white this go round, the universe said, "nope, black or the world's ugliest brown." Hi-larious, universe.
If it turns out I absolutely hate them in my room (I'm sure they'll be fine in general), I can always just put them in the hallway. So there's my backup to the backup plan.
Also, I finally realized (or realized again?) that my white and black bookcases do not have the same number of shelves. I'm guessing it's re-realizing because now I have a vague memory of this the last time I moved this massively around on them. But one has 6 shelves and the other has 5... and I keep forgetting that. Which helped free up my decision on what to buy since they weren't going to line up anyway.