Why "The Safari Room"?

Susan was wondering why I call it The Safari Room. Here's why:
This used to be the nursery. I love the mural, and since I wasn't putting bookcases on that wall, I decided to leave it there. The children on one end and the giraffe on the other were partly covered, but it's otherwise intact.

Here's what it looks like now:
I have a bunch of stuff in boxes under the desk, since I was using the room for storage until the shelves were done and the books in. This room is all nonfiction.

And this is the fourth wall:
That's a nice big closet that extends behind the wall on either side. Also full of boxes, an extra futon, some clothes. i.e. a lot of stuff I should just get rid of.

Next up, the hallway shelves.

Safari Room shelves completed

Before:

After!
Again, click on the photo to see it somewhat larger.

I'm still getting the hang of stitching photos together in Photoshop, and I just spent an inordinate amount of time trying to do the whole room just right, but the result looked like crap, so here's my very first, but simpler, effort. I'll post the rest of the room (i.e. the other two walls) tomorrow.

Many, many thanks to the one who really made this post possible. You know who you are.