If you want shelving/bookcase, you don't have to remove the window. You can just put the bookcase in front of the window. Be sure to add some kind of decorative thing, either a window decal or painted board or curtain, so people looking IN from the outside don't see the back of a bookcase. That way you get your bookcase, outsiders get a perfectly normal looking window, and when it's time to sell the property, new buyers won't ever know that you completely eliminated the natural lighting of the room.
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