This stunning Craftsman style lake house was designed by Deep River Partners and built by North Green Builders on Pine Lake in Chenequa, Wisconsin. The legacy estate includes a shingle style main house, a restored barn and a Craftsman boathouse. When the property passed to a new lake family, honoring its history was a top […]
Set in the hills of Leiper’s Fork, a small village outside Franklin, Tennessee, this rustic barn home by Noble Architects was built as a place to kick off your shoes and stay awhile. Aged, natural materials keep the luxury low-key, and each façade was layered to look as though it has stood on the land […]
Jessica Helgerson Interior Design has completed this gorgeous old house renovation located in the countryside of Iowa City, a city in Johnson County, Iowa. This small city is home to the famed Iowa Writers Workshop as well as Prairie Lights, which is one of the top independently owned bookstores in the country. In addition to its deep […]
An ordinary bookcase can be completely transformed into a rainbow of color when you have coordinated books arranged by hue, creating a magnetic appeal. Have a look through your collection in a new light, see what you might be able to do to re-work it to make it more attractive. Your bookshelves can be the […]
A well-designed home office will most certainly set the stage for higher productivity, but why not get creative, and try incorporating a personalized library into your space? This can be a set of shelves above your desk, a built-in library with a ladder, or just a single unit purchased from IKEA. When planning your home […]
Home libraries can take up a whole room or just a wall, and even if your space is small, giving a room a library aesthetic is a wonderful approach to decorating and will inspire you to read more. Not many homeowners have the luxury of having a separate home library, and if you have a passion for […]
If you are a book lover, than a natural part of leisure time at home would be having bookshelves filled with books accessible in your cozy bedroom retreat. Shelving allows you to have personal expression in your design scheme and with the addition of books, no matter what the genre, is an engaging accoutrement in […]
Querosene House is a modern three story home showcasing an incredible library design that contains 7,500 books, designed by architects grupoSP in São Paulo, Brazil. A large portion of land where the house has been built lies three meters below street level, so the design of this urban home of 10X40 meters enabled a large […]
The Goodman Residence, designed by Abramson Teiger Architects, epitomizes the Southern California lifestyle by uniting the home, garden and pool. Its massing is conceived as one linear bar running the depth of the lot that has two smaller masses attached to its side. The combination of the three masses, some open, some closed, sets up […]
We have gathered together an amazing collection of home library design ideas with all the current trends and best space planning practices. For those of you who love books, you probably have a collection lying around somewhere in your home, whether you cleverly use them as a coffee table, end table, store them in […]
