A New Library.
by
SteveAndrea Bourne
(IC: blogger)
Recently - and partly to give our books a suitable home - we decided to shift around what we do with the rooms in our Georgian Colonial home. Our china collection, which is also huge, couldn't fit in the original 13' by 13' dining room. So, we converted our 19' by 13' family room into the new dining room and moved all the china to the built-ins in there. That left us with an unused dining room. Two words. Perfect. Library. We're half way there and wanted to share the progress.
The plan is built ins. Huge ones. They cover two opposite walls and hold about 2000 books. In the center of the room will be a baby grand piano. We're still arguing about if that makes it a library or a conservatory. What do you think?
We're done with one side of built ins now. The pictures show that we started with mid 80s flowery wall paper and now have a fully internally lit build in book shelf that holds 1100 books. We're just ecstatic about it!
Check out more of our Décor projects here on HomeTalk and on our Blog - TenMinuteSavvy.com
The plan is built ins. Huge ones. They cover two opposite walls and hold about 2000 books. In the center of the room will be a baby grand piano. We're still arguing about if that makes it a library or a conservatory. What do you think?
We're done with one side of built ins now. The pictures show that we started with mid 80s flowery wall paper and now have a fully internally lit build in book shelf that holds 1100 books. We're just ecstatic about it!
Check out more of our Décor projects here on HomeTalk and on our Blog - TenMinuteSavvy.com
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Published September 11th, 2013 11:46 AM
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SteveAndrea Bourne on Aug 24, 2014We finished the library! Here's a shot of the whole room at night and all lit up. That's rope lighting hidden behind the face plates for the book cases. Makes for a great look at night. Sorry about the graininess of the photo. We're working on a better image.
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Kumar on May 31, 2017
Great to share the information.
Thank you for sharing.
apartment furniture idea
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