I almost had that, except for the library ladder, in my old house. I had a loft office over the master bedroom. Their were stairs down to that floor, adjoining what amounted to an aviary with glass patio doors at ground level to the backyard. Across the wall opposite from the backyard was a sort of bridge with floor to ceiling book shelves. The loft itself had views in all four directions, including San Francisco Bay to the west, and in addition to my desk, a window seat and a Swedish-style metal pedestal fireplace. When we downsized I took 35 boxes of books to the local library's used book store, and kept an equal number.
My current office is smaller. But I do have two 6 foot high bookcases and a 5 foot bookcase -- both overflowing -- and a four foot shelving above a portion of the desk. And most of the boxes of books I brought with me still stacked in the garage.
I grew up with that, and now where I live there’s a floor to ceiling bookshelf wall in the bedroom, plus I have bookshelves in other parts of my flat. I have books, cds, dvds and even lps.
@bijouxbroussard I have some 78’s that belong to my mom, but nothing to play them on. I have many LP’s that aren’t on CD. I have 45’s too. We have a juke box to play them on.
Its an old serverts quarters that is built into our house and has a separate kitchen. Well the kitchen area hasn't been used as one for like a 100 years at least.
So I use the old cabinets that once held food and dishes. They now hold all my books and stuff.
The kitchen still has the old cast iron sink and wood/coal fire oven cook stove in place. And yes before you ask. They still work and still get used from time to time
Well, I don't exactly have that, but I do have books falling about all over the place......bedside cabinets, in an actual official bookcase, stuck on top of various tables, among other things in a display cabinet, stuck down the side of places, in the top of a wardrobe. Those are the REAL books, the ones you can love and feel the heft of. Then my kindle, on which I have a library of literally 1000's - easy to change the font size of the type for my sometimes tired old eyes.
There's a four-story used bookstore in the city here called Kings it's known worldwide. It's on a prime piece of property in the heart of the city. It's a miracle the place hasn't gone up in flames there are old books sitting on hot radiators. These are a few books I haven't put in boxes.
The libraries around here sell you all the books you can carry for a dollar and throw many books in the dumpster.
Yes! At my school the library had three galleried levels, big windows (with lots of natural lighy), and lots of nooks and crannies where you could read comfortably for hours. I would like something like that 😌
No, I have two shelves that are full and I know I don't even need all those books. I just can't make myself give them away. Plus there are plenty of books in other rooms I never read and maybe never will. I'm not sure what would I keep in my library. It's also a bit inconvenient if you want to search for something particular. In E-book, you just use a search option and it throws you straight to the page you want.
I have a room full of books on floor to ceiling shelves, but I'm in the process of thinning the stock. I've donated about 30 history books to the local library in the past month. Many more to be donated since the shelves still seem to be full.
I have a room with bookshelves on all four walls. Some are almost floor to ceiling. But it's not all that impressive as it is only 4 x 5 m and I can reach the top shelves without a ladder.
