Shelving

I spent the morning searching shelving. With our increasing farm library we need a spot to put all this lovely bound paper. But I don't want to just go and buy some random shelf. My top two ideas are pallet shelves or shelf from an old ladder. My mom has an old crappy wooden ladder but I'm not sure if she'll let me have it to hang on my wall. Maybe if I replace it with a new shinny ladder? Or I could build a shelf using some old pallets we have. However I think those pallets are going to be used in the seed starting effort this coming spring. We intend to make tables out of them, but that's a whole other story. Here are my two favorite pictures I could find of the ladder bookshelf. #1 "A" frame ladder hung horizontally on the wall. I think I like #1 best, it's rustic or if you prefer... ugly, but still I dig it! #2 is an old straight ladder cut in half and added wooden planks for the actual shelves.