Friday Fun: Book Corner Ideas

The nights are drawing in, even though I’m still in denial. So it’s time to start thinking of creating cosy spaces around the house where you can read, gather all your books and forget about the rest of the world.

Fairytale light from these gorgeous windows, from stevelarese.com

Room for books and a beautiful green screen outside, from sortra.com

Of course you’d need some bookshelves nearby, but this looks cosy. from rover.ebay.com

I realise these are all some form of window seats, but that gives you the perfect combination of light, view and reading. From Pinterest.

Winter is not quite here yet, but being near the fireplace will be appealing soon, from LaVictorienne.co

An enchanting combination of reading outside while staying warm, which will work for the next month or so. From Instagram.

Friday Fun: Reading Oasis

I may be ordering an orange and lemon tree for the conservatory, but for the time being, this is what my little reading oasis looks like (before it gets too cold to sit in there). Although there hasn’t been that much time for reading lately…

Here are some more ambitious reading corners to which one might aspire…

The library is nothing else but a huge reading corner, from homedit.com

 

Reading in a window seat is always fun, and there’s so much storage for books and magazines in there. From Familysponge.com

From Pinterest, the rustic and romantic version of the window seat.

A modest corner of the living room dedicated to reading, from minimalisti.com

And a slightly less modest corner of the living room, from resenhasalacarte.com.br

And, for the ultimate dream… with a view…

From Homebunch.com