These delightful home libraries are sure to stimulate your inner bookworm.
On trend
Image credit: Atlanta Homes & Lifestyles; designed by Lindsey Coral Harper
With Radiant Orchid as Pantone’s 2014 Color of the Year, we’re sure to be seeing a lot of this purple-pink hue. This room, painted Mulberry by Benjamin Moore, makes a stunning statement.
Vogue living
Image credit: Designed by Thom Filicia
This stylish wood-paneled library by Thom Filicia is a sophisticated balance of masculine and feminine.
Wood coffer ceiling
Image credit: Midwestern Wood Products Co.
Got big bucks to spend? A wood coffer ceiling can add stunning architectural detail to a library.
Build into the wall
Image credit: Lonny Magazine
Short on space? Take a cue from this tiny library designed by Michele Bonan for an Austrian ski lodge and store your books in a wall nook.
Moody blue
Image credit: Designed by Jan Showers
Go bold with a blue library and coordinating window treatments. Colorful furniture and accents keep the room from getting too dark.
Design is in the details
Image credit: Viceroy Santa Monica
Rumor has it that designer Kelly Wearstler handpicked almost all of the 2,000 books displayed on these diagonal shelves.
Take a splash
Image credit: Joshua Simpson
If you love reading books while soaking in the tub, take a cue from writer Michael Cunningham‘s library bathroom. It’s a bookworm’s paradise.
To the ceiling
Image credit: Designed by Katie Ridder
Built-in shelving taken all the way up to the ceiling can make the room feel enormous, even with a massive collection of books.
Media room
Image credit: Designed by Thom Filicia
We’re not sure what’s more impressive about this room — the numerous awards or the fabulous purple trim.
Bring out your inner child
Image credit: Jenny Komenda Interiors
This living room by interior designer Jenny Komenda, the voice behind Little Green Notebook, is filled with colorful objects, instruments and comfy seating. It’s like a playroom for adults.
In the nursery
Image credit: Elizabeth Sullivan Design
Teach your tot the joy of reading early on by building a kid-friendly book wall.
Multipurpose
Image credit: Designed by Jan Showers
This library space does duty as an office, eating surface, TV room and art gallery wall.
For serious booklovers
Image credit: Siemasko + Verbridge
This massive library was part of a renovation on a house that had been previously neglected for 50 years.
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