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- troydoogle7, on 02/21/2008, -19/+183I nearly fell off my chair when I realized that you guys don't have this in America. Come to London, every house has one....
Finally , you understand why James Bond is british now? - MacParrot, on 02/21/2008, -9/+138I thought it was because Ian Fleming wrote him that way. Now I see it's because apparently people in London live in such tiny homes that they have to line their staircases with books instead of actually having separate book cases.
- hoppdawg, on 02/21/2008, -6/+125You want to move to London you saw a picture of a narrow bookcase with stairs?
// ¿como? - Shiner6, on 02/21/2008, -2/+91You don't have to live in London to build that. I'm pretty sure it could be built anywhere.
- whatthefu, on 02/21/2008, -2/+72You are brain for the lose?
- KraftDinner101, on 02/21/2008, -18/+80You're brain FTL. Books win any day.
- schibs, on 02/21/2008, -1/+59Kraft had an epic grammar failure just when it really mattered! :(
- davidwasman, on 02/21/2008, -7/+65Yet again Gizmodo, one of Gawker Media's sites(including other sites like jalopnik, gawker, i09, valleywag, kotaku, etc...) , is blogspamming.
Not to mention the site they stole it from a better site: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/house-tours/at- ...
Last week alone Gawker Media had no less than 6 of their sites on Digg's front page at once. - yokozuka, on 02/21/2008, -5/+54I swear, this apartment would make me go to London. But then you look at the $1,500/week rent for a 70m2 apartment and, thank you, but no thank you.
- LoudMusic, on 02/21/2008, -6/+45"Stairs Bookcase Actually Makes Me Want to Move to London"
I suggest you either find a better reason to move to London or just build your own stairs bookcase where ever you are now. If I were English I would find it offensive that of all the wonderful things they have to offer, it was a bookcase that enticed you. - DreKor, on 02/21/2008, -2/+34That's an impressive use of space, and I'm usually all for skylights, but books and sunlight don't play well together. If you keep the same books in therefor an extended period of time, you're going to get a lot of sun damage.
- mattxb, on 02/21/2008, -0/+28Don't listen to these naysayers, pack up your books and follow your dream! Ahoy! To England! Land of book staircases!
- MacParrot, on 02/21/2008, -2/+29No..no, it's an London, England only thing and Ninjas will get you if you try it anywhere else.
- barnis, on 02/21/2008, -3/+30so how much a month do those books cost in rent?
- Amazetbm, on 02/21/2008, -0/+22It would be a lot cheaper to just get a carpenter to install it in my house get the supplies from Home Depot and do it myself. London has the second most expensive cost of living in the world.
- fyngyrz, on 02/21/2008, -0/+21No, no. KraftDinner101 was *clearly* saying: "You are brain for the loss."
- jd72277, on 02/21/2008, -0/+20lets see, move to London or hire a carpenter... which seems easier, cheaper, and more immediate?
- st0ney, on 02/21/2008, -1/+21In London I don't think that getting too much sunlight is a big concern
- lensman00, on 02/21/2008, -6/+26Nice shelving idea, but the stairs themselves are a terrible design, with those cutesy staggered cutouts. Great way to break your neck, especially in the dark and/or if you aren't familiar with them.
Some things are plain for a reason. Stairs being among them. - qwerty121, on 02/21/2008, -0/+19Fish And Chips FTW
- light50, on 02/21/2008, -2/+19Dugg for not using the title - BEST. BOOKCASE. EVER.
- Grimdotdotdot, on 02/21/2008, -0/+17There is actually a ninja in the first photo of the stairs.
- MacParrot, on 02/21/2008, -1/+17It isn't often that a digg name fits so well. Well played
- surKaz, on 02/21/2008, -0/+16Doctor Who?
- nbcaffeine, on 02/21/2008, -0/+15I recall seeing recently that london had one of the best food scenes in the world. I think it had to do with the combination of all the cultures that live there. Also, fish and chips ftw x 2
- 1AirMilePt, on 02/21/2008, -2/+17do you remove your shoes when you enter?
cause or else, think of all the water, and/or snow that would damage all these books
:( - MacParrot, on 02/21/2008, -1/+16Well thankfully it never rains in London
- piesforyou, on 02/21/2008, -1/+16Hard drive failure FTW!
- mynameiscal, on 02/21/2008, -0/+14Yeah, it's not JUST bookcases that we Brits have over here...we've also got Doctor Who.
That's about it though. - Otto, on 02/21/2008, -0/+1370 square meters = ~750 square feet, which is not particularly small for a one bedroom apartment in the US.
- rasterbator, on 02/21/2008, -2/+14How about a server farm staircase?
- markp93, on 02/21/2008, -2/+14it needs a cat, all curled up and cozy there
- AndrewJC, on 02/21/2008, -0/+10Hell, my apartment is 530 square feet. I do just fine, except for the lack of storage (i.e. cabinets) and counter space in the kitchen.
- nbcaffeine, on 02/21/2008, -2/+12if you read them, why can they not also be decorations?
- VeganG, on 02/21/2008, -0/+10Uncultured swine!
- stillasleep00, on 02/21/2008, -3/+12Shut up, NASCAR's on!!!!
- plingboot, on 02/21/2008, -2/+11Are you insane? London has some of the best restaurants in the world.
- Spoomeister, on 02/21/2008, -0/+8Works if you have no pets, no kids, and always take your shoes off before entering the house.
Otherwise, this could easily be titled "how to wreck a perfectly good book collection". - tattertech, on 02/21/2008, -1/+8Actually I won't. I've lived in small apartments. I prefer actually having space. Hell my 1,000ish sq ft condo is way too small these days.
- gbarger, on 02/21/2008, -0/+7I'm glad I'm not the only one that thought that when I read about the skylight.
- Casserole, on 02/21/2008, -0/+7London is a pretty horrible place to live unless you're rich and can afford the best of the best. Holidays, events, fine. Long term stay, raising up a family? Welcome to hell.
- digggggggggg, on 02/21/2008, -0/+7Meh, I don't have books or movies, I have digg.
Gawd I hate my life. - goldfishey, on 02/21/2008, -0/+6yes. yes it is.
or you can read the article and discover that the wide bits are so u have a comfortable-ish place to park your backside while you thumb through books. - jfsimard79, on 02/21/2008, -0/+6Meh, I just read my books off of Project Gutenberg.
Takes up a whole lot of less space.
http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page - octophobic, on 02/21/2008, -1/+7Books organized by color reminds me of the show Black Books:
Customer: "Excuse me, those books, leather bound ones... "
Bernard: "Yes, Dickens. The Collected Works of Charles Dickens."
Customer: "Are they real leather?"
Bernard: "They're real Dickens."
Customer: "I have to know if they're real leather, because they have to go with a sofa. Everything else in my house is real. I'll give you 200 for them."
Bernard: "200 What?"
Customer: "200 Pounds."
Bernard: "Are they leather-bound pounds?
Customer: "No"
Bernard: "Sorry, I need leather-bound pounds to go with my wallet. Next!" - hoppdawg, on 02/21/2008, -3/+9True
- mykalimba, on 02/21/2008, -0/+6Not on a staircase made with soft marshmallow planks.
- Grimdotdotdot, on 02/21/2008, -0/+6I don't think you'll find that £750PCW is the average.
- EtherGnat, on 02/21/2008, -1/+7It's an extremely steep staircase, almost like a ladder. The alternating widths make it easier to lift your foot to the next step left-right-left-right without hitting your foot on the stairs.
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