Although I’ve always had books I’ve not always had a place dedicated to them alone. When we lived in our last home in Frisco I asked Chuck to build shelves in the closet of the room we used as our study. Over time I collected a series of bookshelves here and there to house my ever growing collection.
When we moved to our apartment I only took the number of books that would fit on the one bookshelf that made the cut. It didn’t take long before I needed more room.
When we decided to build our country home, I shared with Chuck my dream of having a room full of bookshelves to hold my books. We decided to dedicate one of the extra bedrooms as a library.
Along with the bookshelves we included cabinets for photo albums, scrapbooks, and other memorabilia. We also added a window seat between the two built in bookshelves on either side of the wall.
I couldn’t have been more pleased. My dream of having my own personal library had come to fruition.
The other day one of my dear teacher friends posted a picture of her newly created home library. Her and her husband had transformed their rarely used formal living room into a library. They utilized the Billy Bookcases from IKEA, and finished them off with the same trim found throughout their house.
It looked amazing and I’m including some pictures below. She told me that you can google Billy Bookcase Hacks to get lots of ideas if you are interested in transforming a part of your home into a library.
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