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Book shelf storage under eaves in a loft room.

9 years ago

We are decorating our loft room, which is a good size and want to use the low area under the eaves to store books. It is too low for book shelves and is sloping so some units would leave a big void behind them. There is a velux window in the centre and we are mindful about air flow as we have had a bit of mould in the bottom corners of the walls when we had plastic boxes stacked up.

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