Which style of library do you love most?

10 years ago

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I've been fantasising about building a book room to dwell in for hours on end. But now I find there are so many ways to build your palace of prose...

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houssaon

10 years ago

I like the classic and cozy. BUT I was looking at the picture and DO NOT like the way it was Photoshoped! I've been noticing that there are more and more photos that are so fake looking.

Good point about the weight of books. Some attics are not built to carry the weight of regular rooms, never mind books. A local woman left her house to the town here to be used as a library and it had to be re-enforced. Granted that's a lot of books, but it is worth noting the weight issue.

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huzzah71
10 years ago
I am glad none of these libraries features that most banal of all decorating cliches: colour coordinated books. As long as what I'm reading is worth reading and I have a comfy place to sit, books can be piled on the floor. If I'm in a good book I am somewhere else, anyway.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
10 years ago
I love the attic space, what a great use of an awkward space.
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cucinaragazza
10 years ago
Bookshelves are very heavy - because books are very heavy. I'm not concerned so much with color-coordinated books, but I like to put books on a shelf so that they use up most of the shelf space and they are all the same height. Having heavy stuff in an attic is also probably not a good idea, You leave the attic the lightest in terms of weight it has to bear.
Karin Madgwick
10 years ago
If you have an attic, there is nowhere better to escape and loose yourself in a wonderful book.
anneowl
10 years ago
@houssaon, how do you mean the picture was photoshoped? Just curious, as I can't spot anything obvious.
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Dytecture
10 years ago
My personal preference is a library that is more defined in a room.
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10 years ago
Definitely.
serendipity01
8 years ago
I love the look of warm and cosy. But, oh boy, I need so many more shelves in there if this was mine.lol -so many books, so little time...
oklouise
8 years ago
i like books to be integrated into every available space to suit the use of the room but have finally made a space for floor to ceiling bookshelves, comfy chair and a big desk, heaven

Which style of library do you love most?

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