Welcome to My World

In the past couple months I have been going on and on about this treasured library of mine, but with nothing to show for it. Does she really have a library, or is she just living in happy-fantasyland? Yes and yes. Because when I enter this room, for me, it's like entering a fantasyland of sorts.

Enjoy the photos. Taken by my very talented mother, by the way, who happens to own a real kick-ass digital camera.

Comments

[radmama]

I have library lust.

[R J Keefe]

How cozy! And thanks for the Nixon disclaimer.

[patricia]

Yes, cosy is how I want it to be. And regarding Nixon, my husband is anything but fond of that man; he's obsessed with the Nixon presidency, and how it relates to the presidency in the U.S. right now.

[Loretta]

I use my plate rails as bookshelves too! Lovely library.

[Amy]

It looks absolutely heavenly. What a wonderful book retreat.

[Isabella]

Beautiful! I'm glad you clarified about the Nixon, cuz I was going to ask. I especially like your "quirky bookshelf" — I mean the physical thing as opposed to its contents (though I'm sure they're lovely too). You get the feeling from its unique dimensions that it was crafted to house a specific collection.

[bookfraud]

a library -- very nice. if only we had the space and nixon books.

another reason to move to canada.

[iliana]

Your library is wonderful. I wanna come over and play :)

[Aaroneous Monk]

From the looks of your books I thought you might enjoy this recent photo of my son...

http://flickr.com/photos/aaroneous_monk/120973066/

And this picture/quote I put together in photoshop as well...

http://flickr.com/photos/aaroneous_monk/121576988/

Happy Reading!
Aaroneous

[patricia]

Thank you, Mr. Monk! That is one heck of a cute kid!

[Janelle M.]

I have library lust as well! Your library is gorgeous and looks so cozy and inviting. Do you have a resident library cat?

[patricia]

Janelle, we have TWO library cats! And they really love that room, too. Future photos will hopefully have the library cats in there, too!

[Jordan]

**very, very jealous** My books are piled all over the dorm room, my parents' house and friends' apartments. Not only do I need shelves, I need the space to put the shelves.

[Roberto Bobrow]

Beautiful pictures; it looks like home yet.

When we moved to a new apartment with a little extra room we built a library in all the walls up to the ceiling. It was intended to be my studio but it turned to be the ironing room in time. So, we bought a nice old desk for me to work in the living-room and the newer books ended scattered all over the house.

[callie]

Okay. Its official. I'm jealous. What a divine space to read and create. Having just moved and having only recently slapped my books up onto shelves in no order at all, I envy you. Although. I will say this. While I cannot find a single thing I'm looking for on my bookshelves, I have certainly come across some things I had forgotten I had!

Congrats on getting settled in your new library. You were right -- it is delicious.

[patricia]

Same thing happened to me, Callie! I found quite a few books I had forgotten about, which is all part of the fun of setting up one's new space.

Cannot wait to hear more about your new digs!

[Steven List]

Ah, what a wonderful room. It takes me way back to a time before children when I, too, could have a room devoted to the love of books. Happysigh.

Steven List
Co-Founder, Back of the Room

[cipriano]

Patricia, I love the way it all looks. Love it. I like the way that there are pictures and the occassional sideways books on the shelves. Really really nice. And it is wild, just yesterday I was looking at one of the Barbara Hodgson books [can't recall the name] and looking at all the pictures inside it, like a scrapbook almost, and I was wondering what her writing is like. I love illustrated novels, like W.G. Sebald's stuff.

[Brian Weaver]

You need a really really nice BIG comfy chair!

[Danielle]

Wow, what a nice use of space! Mine are just all over the place in piles. It looks like a nice cozy room!

[Kate S.]

What a marvellous library! The room looks perfect.

[Dorothy Kew]

The piccies look good!

[Walker Moore]

Books as ornaments (Reading Women, New York ,etc.) too. Just as decorative as the vase of flowers. I generally find large personal libraries far more intriguing than local libraries or bookshops...and yours certainly wouldn't be an exception!

[Carl V.]

I'm jealous of your space and your books! Love the 'dream' piece above the shorter bookshelf.

[Debbie Ridpath Ohi]

What a wonderful home library! And does it always look this neat and organized?!?