At the very top of my to do list, is start painting the library, so that I can finally style and enjoy. The library was one of the first things that sold me about the house, it’s a dream come true for me. Now that we are coming to the end of the first part of our renovation, and we are getting busy with football season and the children’s schooling, we are losing a little motivation, the cooler weather on the way is not going to help either. So spending time planning and dreaming is really important to get us moving again.
I plan on styling the library to be quite a masculine room, this room doesn’t have the decorative pressed metal ceilings like the bedroom, dining and lounge rooms, so I believe whatever it’s original purpose, it was to be a ‘mens’ room. When I say masculine though, I don’t mean like a dark smoking room like I imagine them to be in the time the house was built, I just mean I won’t be filling it with fluffy cushions and pretty fabrics. Here is a little of what we are looking to for inspiration……
How would you decorate my library? Do you have an inspirational picture you could share?
Nicole xxx
All images can be found on my Pinterest Library board here.
Oh my goodness, this is just dreamy! I can’t wait to see what you come up with. I’m lucky to have a bookshelf, I can’t even begin to imagine the joy a library will bring! xx
Oh my, well our library is nothing that flash, but just wanted to encourage you, wonderful to hear of another family who is also owner building and devoting a whole room to books:) I mean why doesn’t everyone have a room of books;)
oh our pic, like I said nothing flash but.. I do love all our books, floor to celing
http://sevenlittleaustralians.blogspot.com.au/2014/07/what-to-do-with-picture-books.html
off to look at more pics of what you’ve achieved:)
Thank you Erin, we love reading in our family and it has always been a dream of mine to have a library. It was one of the biggest draw cards to this house, now we just have to find the hours to paint it ? I love, love, love the picture of your library! What a wonderful space for your gorgeous family! Thank you so much for dropping by, I’m going to go and explore your blog some more ?