Several people have commented asking me about book organization tips.  I've procrastinated answering because other than following the "birds of a feather flock together" principle and keeping subjects grouped in sections, I don't really have a system. 

THEN, I saw Dana's shelves!  Dana has a system, and it is a good one! 

All books are given a color coded sticker:

Pink--Science

Light Orange--Read Alouds

Lime--Readers

Medium Blue--Bible

Red--Reference

Navy--Arts/Crafts/Music

Yellow/Green--General Biographies

Dark Orange--Indians

Histories, which comprises the majority of their family bookshelves, have yellow circles. General Histories have solid yellow dots while the others are divided by time period with a two-tone dot; yellow on top and another color on bottom:

Yellow/Pink--Ancient Civilizations

Yellow/Navy--Middle Ages

Yellow/Dark Orange--Renaissance & Reformation

Yellow/Dark Green--Westward Expansion

Yellow/Red--Colonial America

Yellow/Light Orange--Post Civil War - Pre WWI Yellow/Medium Blue--WWI - 1940

Yellow/Light Blue--WWI - Present

Books about war (or taking place in wartime) have a gold star in the center of the sticker.

Aren't Dana's bookshelves beautifully organized?  Thanks, Dana for sharing them with us!

Domestic Chaos Tamer and Homeschool Mom of five, Dell enjoys writing about home, heart, and hearth.