How Do You Organize 3,000 Books? Touring My Personal Library

A Recent Renovation Means It’s Time to Reorganize (and Purge)

My wife and I recently renovated our house. Late last year we discovered we had a mold problem beneath the floors and in a some outer walls. All I can say is that you never want to hire an “indoor biologist”—unless, of course, you need to.

Since the remediation process meant tearing up the place, we would have to temporarily move out and rebuild the dam…