1. A leather armchair. A wingback feels particularly perfect for a study, but feel free to think outside the box...

How often do you use your formal dining room? If it collects a lot of dust in between dinner parties, why not warm it up with your book collection?

This smaller space also has bookshelves facing each other, though one side is punctured by a doorway. I like the way relief is brought to the book through double-height openings that are used for artifacts, such as a globe.

2. Will you need to make structural changes? As always, the function of the room determines what you need in the space. So think about use and plan ahead accordingly. For example:Storage: If you're designing a library or home office, you may want to work with a cabinet maker to build bookcases or a desk storage system. Lighting and electricity: Consider the layout of the new room and ensure that you have the proper type of lighting and access to power outlets in the right locations. Privacy: If you're creating a home office for your burgeoning business, do you need doors for additional privacy or to be able to lock your new office?By the way, I love how this particular room could easily be used as a dining room, even though its new purpose is something completely different. What a fantastic evening meal you'd have in a library like this one.

8. Dining with the authors. This small dining space mixed with wall-to-wall shelving for books is both a library and a dining room. What a novel idea for those who love to be surrounded by books.

4. Turn your dining room into a library. Fill the walls with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and amp up the cushy reading room feel with an upholstered armchair at the head of the table. Want to really go the distance? Bring in a library ladder to reach the highest shelves.

The dining room and library combo is a surefire way to make a comfortable multipurpose room. This one gets bonus coziness points for heavy drapes and cushy host and hostess chairs.

I like the built-ins in a dining room.

ladder on bookshelves

Mix of dining room and library, good table for spreading out paperwork

Idée de bureau

library/dining

Library ideas

Variation of shelves

dining room/library

dining living combo

Use of dining room

Study

Dining/office

Dining room/library

light fixture

Books -nope

is this too modern for the Schell Res?

built ins!

Library

library in dining room alcove?

LIBRARY

Silla y biblioteca

Eleni.

Βιβλιοθήκη.

Floor to ceiling shelving

I love the library and dining room mix. Dining rooms are used so little in the grand sceme of things. It's great to give these rooms some purpose, especially with books and perhaps some crafts.

dining room with shelves and pendant

long curtains

room off from kitchen

Book shelves

bookshelves

dining room with shelves and pendant

library for a small room - with windows

table in center

1er etage chez reda

spacious

Smart to have a table in the library

Cortina tecido

Dining Bookshelves

study

dining/library

I like the green shelves

reading place

Wall unit

For the loft - maybe put a dining room-type table in instead of just a coffee table with the couch.

Yes

top shelf protrudes

study, playroom idea #2

Library

Library

convert dining rm to library

Library/dining combination

Table

Clean lines with detail

diningroom library

Library dining

surrounded by books

The bookshelves

Lots of shelves with high ceilings

Shelves with dining table

Shelves

Desk in middle of room

Open shelves with display

Books

storage

Study room idea

nice long table to spread out

Study

table in the middle of office with built ins...put daybed somewhere in this room and keep the computer on the shelf to pull down and put on the table when in use (like in a library)

First Selection of Library

Den

Study

bookshelf spacing

clean simplicity of the shelves

Desk chair

Karin

Bookcases

shelves

Book shelf

Study

old and new great colors, love this room

library

Library

Bookcases for den

Bookshelves in dining room

Book shelves

Library combo

Study

Cuarto de estudio

Library drapes

bookcase style

Dinning room / library

dining room library!

Lampe

Turn your dining room into a library. Fill the walls with floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and amp up the cushy reading room feel with an upholstered armchair at the head of the table. Want to really go the distance? Bring in a library ladder to reach the highest shelves.

I love the idea of a library in the dining room!

nice flooring

Bookshelves -simplicity

l like this too

Library

Library/dining room ideas

Reading room

dining room library

Luminaire.

书柜

Book cases under stairs

Library

If a ladder on a rail is too expensive for all the way around the room then we could have a ledge. I also, surprisingly, like the layout of this room with the desk in the center.

Den for VT house, library room, cozy!

library

use of books in formal dining room

space

Fixture

like the look, but where do the computers go?

Bookshelves in dining room

Bookshelves

Dining plus library

rtyui

Library

Tons of storage. A great place to hang out...and never leave

thin bookshelf for left wall near bar table

Dining room and liveary

This isn't great but it's the same idea as I had if we kept the dining room and converted it to a library. Big fluffy carpet in the middle with a small table or desk? Could be for doing homework ??

bookshelves on walls desk in middle

This could have been a dining room converted to a library, great idea.

Yes-this is what I envisioned my library as

nice easy wall shelves

like this - could use these bookshelves, and perhaps add molding to top...

library/ dining room table

study room

Uses space well

Shelves

library shelves in dining room

Library Dining

shelves

Love this library.

color of book shelves, double high spaces in spots (for globe)

books in the dining room

cozy

bookshelf

Library/ upstairs office

Too modern feel but like comfy chairs on end

Lovei

I like the idea of the library also being a study.

kids room/living room

could this be like a corner in a LR or game room?

More light, fewer books, more art

2 comfortable chairs with others

Dining bookshelves

Librero

wall unit

the book shelves

love the mix & real life use of space- soo cozy yet practical

light fitting

color scheme

Study for the kids

multi-use space yea!

Den and library and office.for us.

Shelving

shelves

Bookcase

Library

library?

why cant my office look like this?

Library

shelves in dining

library room

Bookshelves

Like the combo

I like the feel of this space, though I'd ditch the table and throw in a desk.

Lib

Bookshelves

餐桌边的书架

Ladder on bookcase is really great.

Library

Orange leather chair

Ladderbidea

Biblioteca

Shelves!

Library shelves

shlving

Like the ladder. Appears that it does not require a rail.

Light fixture and book shelves

The books/ library feel.

Office

long, open shelves w/ a few bigger for tv or art

its cozy :)

Changing dining room

library

Love the rolling ladder for library

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