I finally finished unpacking our books! We bought more bookshelves since moving into our new house at the end of August, but I needed to get the time and energy to unpack and arrange the books. This is the theatre room, which we’ve redefined to be our library. It has its own french doors so you can close it off. Back at our old house, most of the bookshelves were in the guest room, which could be inconvenient if I wanted to read a particular book but someone was staying in the room at the time. Jac’s cook books used to be in two massive shelves in the entrance hallway. But now in the new house, they are all in the one room! The two walls on either side of the window are completely covered with bookshelves (there are bookshelves that you can’t see in the photo behind the open french doors). We put a couch in there, and as you can see, the cats think it’s a great idea! See the fan on the little table in the left corner? It was a warm day, so Jac put the fan in the library just for the cats’ comfort!
The couch is actually red, but we tend to cover it with various cloths e.g. this blue one, as thanks to the cats, it becomes fur-covered very quickly.
Now that we have additional bookshelves, I won’t feel guilty buying more books. At the old house, we had no room for any more bookshelves, so we couldn’t buy more bookshelves even though we needed them. All my shelves had double layers of books, plus piles of books on the floor and on the table next to the shelves. Finally, the books have a good home. It makes me very happy. :D
Since I took these photos, we’ve added Jac’s cowskin rug to the floor in the library, making the room cosier.
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Wow, now that’s a lot of books.
I thought we had a lot, and we have two full bookshelves that live in one of our spare rooms (the “cat” room), another mostly full in my office and another in the kitchen where all the recipe books live.
All in all there’s about 400 books I think, but by the look of things, that’s nothing compared to you! :-)
I love the library! I have to cover my couch with cloth too as my husky mix dog is a huge shedder. People always ask us if we have cats because of all the hair.
looks great!! i’ve always wanted a library! haha we put the fan on specifically for out cats too :P
Duke has human-like hair. He doesn’t shed, and no allergic suffering. My books are everywhere in our house…shelves, tables, floor, bedside, bathrooms and big boxes in our attic. We have a loft inwhich we are installing built ins. First we are painting the interior of the whole house, then I get my library. I’ll keep you posted on the progress!
I meant to say your library looks great. My head cold has got me so foggy, I can’t think straight. Maybe book cases is the way to go. I’ll bring it up THE MAN and see what He thinks. He won’t change, Men don’t have the common! sense women have!They just think they have more! hahaha
Very nice. :-) And thoughtful of Jac for the cats, lol. You mention it was a “theatre room”; what is the niche in the ceiling above the sofa?
I LOVE that you have a library. Always wanted one myself. Gorgeous.
What an excellent libary – I’m totally jealous. We can only fit a tiny bookshelf in our apartment….one day, one day..
Trixie is jealous that Billy Lee and Pixel have their very own library…with a sofa AND a fan. :-p I suppose we’ll have to convert our 2nd guest room into a library. *rolleyes*
I love your library room, as do your cats. ;)
I love that room! My house is crazy overrun with books. We have an entire wall in our study for them, an L-shaped shelf that runs along the upper walls of our bedroom for them and a large bookcase. But sadly, we have so many more in storage! I need to find another room for the rest!
We also have to cover certain furniture in our house with cloths because of cats, too. Amazing how animals can get fur everywhere!