Hannah Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Dh and I both have a bit of a book habit :001_smile: and we're seriously considering turning our bedroom into a library. Its big enough to put in floor to ceiling bookshelves around the top of the bed and on either side walls. Would you do it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Dh and I both have a bit of a book habit :001_smile: and we're seriously considering turning our bedroom into a library. Its big enough to put in floor to ceiling bookshelves around the top of the bed and on either side walls.Would you do it? Sure. Unless I was worried about earthquakes. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Oh yeah, you bet ya. We already do. Wall to wall, floor to ceiling book shelves along the longest wall in the room. It's been that way for years now and I really can't imagine doing it any other way. It gives me something to read as I am trying to fall sleep. I think all rooms should have books. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AuntieM Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 In a heartbeat! But here's the deal: the shelves really have to be used for books and books only. Magazines placed in properly sized baskets. No loose paper stacks. Think "neat and orderly" so you can enjoy your bedroom library without feeling like you're in a cluttered space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Oh, that would be heaven. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I think all rooms should have books. :001_smile: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 In a heartbeat! But here's the deal: the shelves really have to be used for books and books only. Magazines placed in properly sized baskets. No loose paper stacks. Think "neat and orderly" so you can enjoy your bedroom library without feeling like you're in a cluttered space. :iagree: My other caveat would be no kid-focused/ work-related books in my room. I need a place to escape to, so I don't want my kids freely entering for books or for my work to be staring me in the face when I am in need of solitude and rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SproutMamaK Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Yup, I would! And I may have to, if I keep collecting books at this rate. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 I love the idea....sans dust. DD3 sort of lives in our library. We had a 16x20 room that was our library/homeschool room. DD3 was in dd11s room but then we decided she needed her own space. I made a room divider out of the bookcases and I carved out an little bedroom....maybe 9x8 or so. She had a bookcase headboard for her personal books and the rest are just around the corner. She looooves her little space and I like that I still have a library. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker25 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Dh and I both have a bit of a book habit :001_smile: and we're seriously considering turning our bedroom into a library. Its big enough to put in floor to ceiling bookshelves around the top of the bed and on either side walls.Would you do it? I have four bookcases in my bedroom. We sleep just fine, thank you very much! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Sounds like a truly lovely idea to me. My kids and I love reading in bed--with easy access to the books I might never get up in the morning! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 What else is wall space for? :confused: Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirty ethel rackham Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 From the title ... I had flashbacks to my college days waking up in the library when they were closing up. I guess that wasn't what you meant:). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue G in PA Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 THAT would be heavenly. If only my dh were that handy... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giraffe Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 From the title ... I had flashbacks to my college days waking up in the library when they were closing up. I guess that wasn't what you meant:). Me Too! I would fall asleep in the Honors Lounge and wake up to find all sorts of people around me that weren't there when I first shut my eyes. A little disconcerting.:001_huh: Then I wondered if there was some sort of library fundraiser where you could sleep in the library one night. That could be fun - all those books and just little 'ol me to browse them all night long!:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorMama Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 We already do...this house isn't big, and the book collection just...keeps...growing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pqr Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Are you telling me that there are actually bedrooms without bookcases? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mktkcb Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Theoretically, yes (I loooove books), but practically speaking, no. Live in S. CA, and unless those babies were seriously bolted the wall, and all the bookshelves had good wire across them, I wouldn't even consider it. I went through the Northridge earthquake, and yes, people do get buried by books. We had furniture thrown over that you wouldn't think would move anywhere. I think my somewhat reasonable fear of what could happen would overshadow the coolness factor :o). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mktkcb Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Now...my kids rooms do have bookshelves, just not where they could fall on anyone in bed :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Are you telling me that there are actually bedrooms without bookcases? Yeah, I've still got a cot in my bookshelf space. Time that kid got her own room so I can bring my books in out of the shed... ;) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Haven't read the other posts, but I'd say no because I hate spiders and I often find spiders amongst the books on our shelves. I can just imagine them jumping from the bookshelves onto me in the night. (shiver) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 We have quite a few books in the bedroom, but if I was going to install a lot of proper bookshelves I'd want the glass-fronted kind. I have a hard time with dust, which isn't actually all that great since I'm a librarian... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrappyhomeschooler Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Totally! I'd sleep in a real library if I could! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThatCyndiGirl Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Dh and I both have a bit of a book habit :001_smile: and we're seriously considering turning our bedroom into a library. Its big enough to put in floor to ceiling bookshelves around the top of the bed and on either side walls.Would you do it? Yep. Did it. Love it. Adding to it! We sleep in a library and feel soooooo at home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celticmom Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 If I recall correctly there is a hotel (maybe in New York) that has bookshelves in all the bedrooms. Each room has a different literary theme. If they can convince people to pay to sleep in bedrooms/libraries, I don't see why someone couldn't use the same decorating approach in their home. I wonder if I could convince my Dh that this would be a good idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geo Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 You betcha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Haven't read the other posts, but I'd say no because I hate spiders and I often find spiders amongst the books on our shelves. I can just imagine them jumping from the bookshelves onto me in the night. (shiver) ACK! What?! I HATE spiders. I am absolutely terrified of the horrid creatures. But I have never found one in my books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asta Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 When I saw this, all I could think of was The Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. I'm too literal. a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Absolutely! In fact, my FB post the other day stated that I wished all of the walls (minus the necessary kitchen cabinet walls) in our house were actually recessed bookshelves with a few art niches for the pieces we've collected over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LG Gone Wild Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 How romantic! Would you have dark wood shelves, leather bound volumes, sliding step stool, deep leather reading chairs, muted lighting... hubba hubba Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 I prefer not to..but I perfectly understand why anyone would. I like to keep my room as clear as possible of stuff that wil activate my mind too much. I keep it as a clear and uncluttered space (well, ideally, and sometimes in reality). I, however, have recently aquired the luxury of a spare room that is solely for moi to keep my art and craft stuff and books in. So I have my own library, a mere few steps from my bedroom :) Seriously, I am forever trucking books out of my bedroom because they tend to gather there next to my bed in unsteady piles, because I am forever starting another book before I have finished the last few. I do have bookshelves in there..but I really like to keep all but a few books in another area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 Okay this thread title made me :laugh: ~ because our public library used to have big sign at the entry with a list of rules and the very first one was "No sleeping". We have a somewhat large transient population here and prior to the library's move to a new location, it was right smack downtown...they used to get quite a few men in there who would curl up and sleep in the chairs. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susan in KY Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 We sleep in our library. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoughCollie Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 (edited) I wouldn't put anything on the wall over the bed because, even if it were close to impossible, I'd be afraid it would fall over on me while I slept. As for the rest, I've lived in a library during my entire married life until now. Foyer, dining room, bedrooms, living rooms - you name a room and it has been lined with bookcases. Bookcases do diminish the available floor space and they also make it impossible to hang pictures on the walls. We moved into a much smaller house that has much smaller rooms recently, and did not bring several thousand books with us. Frankly, my personal preference is not to live in a library. We still have plenty of bookcases, but it is not overwhelming in comparison to how it used to be, and it is easier to decorate the house the way I like it. But that's my personal preference. Note that we have 40,000 books at the office (we have a bookstore), and I am kind of booked-out. To me, the best book is a library book because I can read it and return it. Edited April 30, 2010 by RoughCollie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted April 30, 2010 Share Posted April 30, 2010 In a heartbeat. Can't think of a better place to sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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