More Cleaning??

Yesterday I tackled my cookbook collection in my entertainment center.  I did not take a before picture, darn, but I do have the after picture.  I eliminated over 30 books from my stash.  Some went to my roommate, some to the Salvation Army, and a couple of quilt guild books for the GLHQ free table next month.

When I was deciding whether or not to keep a book, I based my decision on a few things:

• Have I used it to make anything in the last year, if ever?
• Will I make anything out of it in the next 6 months?
• Could someone else make better use of it?
• Can I find the one recipe I did like on the Internet instead of storing the book?

I'm still trying to decide whether I really need to keep FIVE books from Martha Stewart.  Really??

The little 'house' on the left holds a whole lot of recipes from cookie exchanges, etc.  Below it is a journal with plenty of family recipes.  Below that is the recipe journal that will house all of the recipes ripped out of magazines, etc.  That's a project for another day!

Not sure if you can tell, but that shelf is bowed from the weight of all those crazy books.  Should have done this ages ago!