Details like this rug and reading chair are kept to a simple and understated look.

I sense a pattern: more books and a sloping roof. Hallways are good places for books, because they don't take up space in other rooms and the mental noise they create (look how many of those books I haven't read yet!) is tucked out of the way, yet they are still easily accessible.

Here's another striking book-lined hallway visible from the floor below.

Hallways can also be mezzanines, so the books then become a part of the larger house, not tucked away from other rooms.

The upstairs hallway is often a wasted space; just a slight addition to the depth allowed for long bookshelves here. The walkway is open to the floor below.Tip: Take note of the track lighting, art lighting and library lamps used to spotlight the shelves in many of these photos. Shining light on your books and objects will transform the way you experience your library space, especially at night. See more ways to incorporate libraries into other spaces

bookshelves

Voracious readers......

Good use of upstairs hall

Upstairs hall

Love using the landing as a library!

Landing

hallway library

rail for loft

hall / library

second story library

Estante

Shelves

good idea for Dan/Jennifer's loft...

Loft space

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red blue, light bookshelves wood floors

Office/Loft idea

Sliding doors that can pass light

Book wall upstairs in hallway?

shelves

The odd space and the railing are wonderful. So open.

transparent dividers

The bookshelf lends character to the passage linking two parts of the room

Library

light

Library in first floor hall?

Ceiling

Klein rakkies word laaitjies

Beams on ceiling and loft idea

Library

Hall library

Bookshelves

Ceiling

Mezzanine with sloping low ceiling

Stairs

mezaanine - wood and white - colours

like the vertical wires and the open top rail. What about safety and code though?

bookshelves lining the walkway. wood panel on ceiling and the wood beam header.

Library

Rug / floor contrast

Exactly

more harps, but might be less expensive?

Upper lib hallway

love the rug

top of stairs office/reading area

Love the brown, orange, silver, and white theme here. Reminds me of classical Ubuntu.

Terence

library room in hallway

railing

vertical wire balcony rail

lighting for library

Built ins!

Again like always I love how it is in a hall because that is how I want to do it I also like how it is very b right everywhere.

second floor extension looking over family room

Bookshelves and railing in gangway outside Anjan's room

rug

mezzanine

Open basemant

Breeze way

This is tough to see. the ceiling is done with wood veneer but they didn't use wood trim or purlins so you see the joints where the veneer panels come together which I find very tacky. Can you see that with the right trim this could possibly have been a much richer looking ceiling?

metal wire for railing that is vertical so it can't be climbed

like the bookcase along the walkway upstairs. feels warm and established. good use of hallway walls

Track lighting? Cheaper alternative

Nice lvl beams

Nice idea for upstairs hallway. Could leave room in hall on one end with a chair by a window for reading

love this ceiling

little shelves, third ones up from the btm

bookshelf am dach

Bookshelves along upstairs open hall

Skipped ceiling

Open space

wood ceiling, built in book shelves in hall, metal railing

bookcase on mezzanine

Givré

Hall

add a library to any weird or wasted space or tuck it into to a wide hallway.

railing

love

Lighting

Mezzanine

Hallway bookshelves

tetőtér

Like the shelving and the smaller shelf in the middle of the shelving

Barreaux escalier

loft/library

Hall library

fenolico?

nice illumination, simple lights/clear, possibly too bright?

Pretty

lighting

bookshelves

Mezzanine

Dffggf

book case in hallway

2 stories

biblioteka

bridge

extra space in extended family space

Book shelf

lighting

lofty library

library

rail

Sunroom

Bookshelves

loft

could we extend the loft to put a game table there?

loft libray

library loft walkway

mezzanine mokoldi

Stairway bookcase

Ambiance

Book shelf

bookcase on mezzanine

Mezzanine

2 e etage

Rug, bookshelves in the open

Railing

In hallway

Put it in the attic

bookcase idea to hide dark wall in addition

red rug in kitchen

bookcase-lined balcony

Book shelves

ceiling

Bum,

library

like how the library opens up to the main space above

Lights

picture6

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Lofty but cozy.

Bookshelves

hall

upstairs hallway with shelves. visible from below

book landing

Ceiling

lighting

Kevin & JK: Ceiling trusses and the red oak stain

Vertical cables

Love ceiling and wall of books!!!

lighting

like the clear panels for loft

like the verticle cable railing

yeah

opción pasillo zocalo

Library

bookcase along the hall! Cool

bookshelf in hallway, upstairs

nice landing, met boekrakke

Bannister

filing area hallway of skywalk?

Like the book case

catwalk lined with book shelves

Library

Book-lined hallway visible from lower floor

upstairs hallway

CT loft?

great use of loft space

Hallway space

rampe d'escalier

handrail

hallway library

Hallway gud use overlooking down side

Library lighting

Library

How about 1F hallway entrance

tapete rojo

i like balcony library is nice with the spot lights

Vertical Cable Rail

Built ins

lights

חלל בקומה שניה ספרים

Bookshelves

Wood

في الممر

Saujana mezzanine

Lofted Library

bookshelves along hall idea...

balcony

mezzanine level

Upstairs?

knygu lentyna ir apsvietimas

Loft over living room, interior translucent windows

frosted doors and celling

nice warmth. wood paneled ceiling, birch colored shelves, clear and metal railing, clean and organic

loft tsp

an upstairs modern interpretation of what Nautical Cottage could look like.

Second floor library is the best

Love the mulitple areas of books.

So warm

Balcony space

not these bookshelves

luces