This open space serves as a passageway and an intersection between the family room, the living room and the kitchen. It is also a library, anchored by a large custom stained glass window. “It was made by an old family business in Pasadena called Judson Studios, who has been making stained glass windows for a hundred years," Olde says. "I took a picture of a crest from another house and had them replicate it. I love it. I look at it every day, and it lights up the house.”Olde considers the lighting to be art. "I really wanted an authentic, beautiful, old-world romantic look and feel to the house, and so much of that comes through the lighting,” he says. Not one original fixture had been kept, so everything had to be replaced. “It was almost as expensive as the construction, but they make the house." In total, the couple added 12 antique chandeliers and 32 sconces, a mix of antiques and reproductions. Many of the fixtures came from nearby Ray’s Hardware.The first two lighting fixtures they added were matching chandeliers found in an antiques store in Pasadena, California. “We bought these amazing yet heavy fixtures before we started construction because we loved them so much," Olde says. "We ended up almost constructing certain rooms around those two light fixtures, which inspired the rooms.” One hangs here in the library, and the other is in the kitchen, pulling the two spaces together.

3. Forget the ho-hum shelf. No need to go straight-on rectangular or square. Use your imagination or use a product designer's imagination for a statement-piece bookshelf.Here the bookcase frames stained glass and a view.

Bookshelf

carpet; bookshelves

Sweet bookshelf window

Bookshelves around window-media room

shelves

bookcases

Nice thought for the one window in the living room

Bookshelf window outline

hmmm

bookcases surrounding window. great way to deal with those ugly flat windows in some of the florida places i'm looking at

Front room window

Nice set up

floor to ceiling built in, also creates a little window bench, wrought iron chandelier, dark wood floors and a red traditional area rug. A beautiful reading space!

chair

Bookshelf

book shelves

We have too many books, need ideas.

built ins and the defined space created for it

Books

bookcases

Bookcase around window seat

Bookshelf around the window

books and splendid window

shelves

living room window

Love the use of otherwise wasted space

love the built in bookshelf

Statement piece bookcase

books around the window

Library idea

bookshelf around the window

creative use of the window

Another clever idea for housing all the books I own..I won't get rid of any of them so to display them in a clever way like this is great.

fern and clive

beams in room to right

floors are gorgeous

books around the window

bookshelf

book shelving

bookshelf

Bookcase

bookshelf

bookcase

Here the bookcase frames stained glass and a view.

window light, seat & practical with neat look

Photo that Lisa sent as inspirationg for kitchen bookcase

library at the room round the window

Neat ideas for bookshelf

The shelf surrounds the window . Good idea for DVDs too

Bookshelf space

unique but not crazy bookshelf shapes- all around window, etc.

really nice

'that is something! Like the books around a window.

bookshelf surround

Statement piece bookshelf

A custom bookcase around the window could be a great idea for the office

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mid house window bookcase

bookcase around the window

bookshelf

book case/shelves for bedroom or craft room

Guardo los libros y además me sirve de marco de ventana, increíble!!

shelves around window

bookcase window surround

stained glass surrounded by bookshelves

bookshelf pattern

Bookshelves

Easy to add a special touch to an otherwise drab interior.

LOVE this space for books and reading and relaxing. What a chair!

book case window

The cool lighting fixture is awesome.

Book cases

bookshelves around window

window book case

Books

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window not door

Bookcases!

library idea

Stained glass window bookshelf

multi directional wood floor

bookshelves all around the window

like the feel of this

Bookcases around windows

Check out windows!

armchair

love the bookshelves around the window

Bookshelves around window.

bookshelf

Built in book shelf for front sitting room or master

library

indoor ambience

Lighting behind stained glass

bookshelves

bookcase

Spanish colonial restoration in Hollywood

Book shelves around window

looks like a family crest in the window

my favorite floor

Can we do in office

Wall of books surrounding window: a library brightened by a window.

plants

bookcases surrounding window

Bookcase

love book shelves

idea of bookshelves around window

built-in

window

Spanish revival

den?

frame windows with books

Add bookcase to create a nook

Stained glass window design.

Kayla's bedroom

Window surround

Framing a window

Ceiling

flooring

book shelf all around the window

Books surrounding my window!!

book case

bookcase

love how the bookshelves are different color from walls, trim, ceiling, etc. really give the room a nice punch

Chair!

Stained glass in bookcase

would need more than this...but i like that it is against a window and not across from it

light fixture

Charming book nook

clever bookshelves

Bookcase around window

if this is all the space I could afford it would be ok

thick walls

Bookcase around thr window seat

Light

Like carpet

Bookcase framing window.

window surround

Bookshelves around a window

Great book shelf area

Bookcase nook

Like the chair, rug and bookcase

window idea

Love the bookcase cabinetry framing your strain glassed window.

awesome library shelving

Same as what I thought

Beautiful

Stainglass adds to ambiance with library lighting. Could it work with a skylight?

Spaces

Bookshelves surrounding window.

love the built in bookshelves

Bookcase.

Floor to ceiling book shelf statement wall (filling the top shelves with decorative items to prevent anyone from trying to reach books that high).

Library with window

the athmosphere

book shelf around stained glass window

Sala

bookcase

built in unused space and dark color

bookshelf concept

window with stained glass and bookshelf surround

bookcase above/ surrounding window

Another bookshelf window idea for he formal room to look at floors are great

everything

book case around window

Like the chair, rug and bookcase

My Morocon House Book rack

Like the bookshelf

organization

family room

cool

bookshelf

bookcase around window

Bookcase around window

dark book case

Lamp

Built in bookshelf

Love the window in the middle!

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chair

Bookcase

Around a window

bookshelves; this room in long and skinny like ours

Bookshelf

Black cabinet works with black floor

I like the space around the window

shelves under window seat

Bookshelf

reading nook for remodel

wall texture

Library

Black bookshelves

Shelves/window, rug!

Book case around the window

bookcase

chandelier

Window surrounded by bookcase

Bookshelf