Well, they called it library - I love the Chinoiserie shelf and that built in corner bookshelf.
Giles, help! He's going to scold me!
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
sumi - Jan 30, 2008 7:46:39 am PST #4958 of 28343
Art Crawl!!!
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2008 7:48:18 am PST #4959 of 28343
brillig
I love the Chinoiserie shelf
I know, it's gorgeous. And I covet built in bookcases.
megan walker - Jan 30, 2008 7:50:26 am PST #4960 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Some of those aren't libraries, they're only bookshelves. Kudos for owning books, but I think to be called a library it should have more than one rank of shelves.
I always take library to mean your collection of books, but that might be French influence which uses the same word for the bookcase and the room.
Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2008 7:51:46 am PST #4961 of 28343
brillig
I feel like Crocodile Dundee: "Now that's a library."
amych - Jan 30, 2008 7:51:59 am PST #4962 of 28343
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I always take library to mean your collection of books
Same here, but I never thought of it as a particularly French influence. Huh.
megan walker - Jan 30, 2008 7:53:58 am PST #4963 of 28343
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I meant French influence on me personally. See also: seafood vs. fish.
amych - Jan 30, 2008 7:54:45 am PST #4964 of 28343
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Mmmm... seafood....
Toddson - Jan 30, 2008 9:34:10 am PST #4965 of 28343
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The picture with the stack of books on the tapestry(?) covered chair looked like one of those "designer" things where books are purchased for their size/color and then carefully placed to look nice. Never opened, never read.
And several years ago the Post magazine section, in their home decor issue, had a picture of a "library" ... which drew a lot of fire because there wasn't a single book to be seen. A small room with all these lovely shelves ... used to display a collection of art glass. Pretty, yes. Library, no.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 30, 2008 9:37:35 am PST #4966 of 28343
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Is this where I get to gloat and say I have whole room for books in my apartment (though I have several shelves worth in other rooms)? That counts as a library, right? Of course, it's also got a futon, so it doubles as a guest bedroom.
Atropa - Jan 30, 2008 9:40:42 am PST #4967 of 28343
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Is this where I get to gloat and say I have whole room for books in my apartment (though I have several shelves worth in other rooms)?
We're slowly re-organizing the dining room to turn it into a library, with a table off to one side that we can eat at. Because our huge dining table? Is not used for dining. It is used for storing books, and for having a gazillion clothing alteration projects (with extra fabric, buttons, and trim) heaped upon.