Take everything off of the bookshelf and clean each shelf. It's much easier to start with a clean slate!
Remove books that you do not want to keep, box them up and donate them to local charities or libraries.
If you have books you can give to charity, set those aside. These may be books your kids have outgrown, or books you are not interested in keeping or reading.
Clean out the books of any old book markers or loose papers.
Decide how you want to categorize the books. Popular choices are by author, title, or topic. If you want to organize them by height and color, this is also ok. Another good way to organize books is fiction/non-fiction.
Spread out all the books on a floor or bed to start sorting them into categories.
After they are all organized place books in their category onto the shelves alphabetically.
When organizing a child's shelf, children's books tend to be taller than adult ones so try to place these on the tallest shelf.
Place binding side facing out. When placing the books on the shelf, make sure all of the book spines are facing the same direction.
Enjoy your new bookshelf organization!
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