I also found Bellairs' The House with a Clock in its Walls on the non-fiction shelf
I just got shivers. That is one of the spookiest YA books I've ever read and thinking that it might be non-fiction gives me the wiggins.
(I know it's not but it's still a scary thought.)
Oooooh. The Face in the Frost is one of my all-time favorite novels. I'm going to have to start looking for this one.
Too cool!
Except, I could never live there. I'd be constantly poking holes in the walls to read things.
I'd be constantly poking holes in the walls to read things.
They're not actually books.
They're not actually books.
Which I was relieved to see, as I was starting to get very irate at the size of some of the "books" being incorporated into furniture. "A book that size has to be very, very old, and you're using it for furniture!?!?"
The chairs at the dining table were gorgeous. I liked the bed, too.
Loved the bed, but I love the design of that "screen" even more--what a brilliant idea, to have bookshelves on wheels with the ability to fold up! That would save me tons of room in my apartment.
It cracks me up that there are so few actual books shown.
One of the most awful stories I ever heard was about the wealthy woman who went to an antiquarian bookstore and purchased leatherbound books by the linear foot as a decorative device. Then she asked if the bookstore would cut them in half, because the shelves she had were too shallow. Good thing this House of Books link is cool with the faux.