Library bookshelves

For anyone who loves to read, a home library is the ideal spot to relax with a good book. These nine ideas will help you design your reading retreat.

Welcome to my cozy home library video! In this video, I'll be showing you how to create the perfect space for reading and relaxation in your own home. A cozy...

The library project is done! The shelves are in! The ladder is up! Well, it’s 95% done. Those three panels beneath the window seat are placeholders until the ones that match the rest are ready, and we need a cushion for the bench top. I haven’t decided whether I’ll add hardware to the doors yet (they have magnetic push latches inside), and I’ll probably switch out the outlet covers for wooden ones. The important thing though is that the shelves are in! The ladder is up! Our carpenter did…

This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure policy here. When we moved in to our home, I noticed the 12-foot ceilings in this little room right away! What could be a better…

There is no denying that electronic books have their own benefits. But even today, with so many devices and formats for electronic books on the market, many of us still prefer to hold a real volume in our hands. When asked about it, people usually give various reasons as to why they like reading paper books. Whatever those reasons might be, the fact remains that people still buy books. And what do books need? That’s right, a good bookcase.

It’s week 4 of the One Room Challenge and if I didn’t have one last secret up my sleeve, I would have told you this is a super boring post and you might as well swipe away or close your laptop. But instead you should keep reading…. Hurry up and wait…. If you look closely at the photo above, you will see clues of what is still to come in the room. A hint at the art that will go behind the desk, some hardware for the antique doors and parts to the secret surprise I am going to tell you about…

a step-by-step guide to how we made a built in library out of IKEA Billy Book Cases.

Our Billy bookcase library hack! I finally wrote about it, friends! I'm so happy to finally share with you how we used the famous Billy Bookcase from IKEA to achieve that custom-built-in-look library wall for our jewel box home library transofrmation.