Wow, I would relish spending time in that room! The only thing I might add, since there is no headboard, is some firm European square pillows to lean up against. Love it!

That rug is a stunner! Love the bookcase. What a find. I remember you posted about it. Love your curtains as well. If I had more of that fabric, I'd be tempted to use it for a pillow for the bed. The chair and frame make a nice minimalistic vignette.

Huntingflower - I'm a sloth. I chill on the bed when I am reading as opposed to using a chair. My parents come to visit a lot from out of town and use this room and I think even if I had a soft reading chair in here, they too would just use it as a place to toss clothes on instead of reading.

Bestyears - That is a good idea but I am more tempted from your comment to start looking for a headboard on craigslist! If I put extra pillows on the bed, I know my parents would not use them to sleep with and would then have to find a place to put them at night. I fear them ending up on the floor and my parents tripping on them. Older parents - fall prevention is often on my mind!

You had me at “housing our 26-volume OED”. Can I come stay in THAT room?

If your parents can manage winding stairs to the third floor, I think they can manage a pillow. A headboard is a good idea anyway, and one extra pillow, not too big, is a nice support for reading. Add a basket in the corner for it, or it can slide between the bed and nightstand (which is what I do). Beautiful choices for the nightstands, by the way.

Beautiful. This looks like a "real" home and I love all the family pieces. I would vote for a soft chair even if just for looks but I get that the bed is more comfortable! I covet that rug....it makes me think of my youth and college years going to camp and then being a camp counselor in the Adirondacks!

You found a wonderfully useful piece in that bookcase, well worth the moving cost. The room looks lovely.

@bpath Oh Sophie - It would be great to open a reference library themed Air BnB huh? If I ever find one I'll let you know.

@Anne Thanks for sharing your memories of camp and college. My grandparents had this rug in their weekend cabin in the guest room between the beds. The night stands were their dressers. My whole house is full of things that belonged in that cabin - our dining room table, kitchen bench, flatware, dishes, end tables. So nice to be surrounded by it all.

What about 'tilting' that rug a bit?

That’s a very welcoming room! The rug is beautiful. The bookcase was a real find!

I love the bookcase! And so practical for a guest room: the visitors can use the top for bags, etc.

Looks awesome.. An upholstered headboard, or even you upholstering a frame yourself and mounting it on the headboard wall would look great.. And someone mentioned tilting the rug, that would be great too..

Kendra we have a table which looks nearly identical, cherry wood, an antique my parents got is the early 1930's on the East coast, Connecticut or New Jersey area.