while books are beyond cool ya have to put them somewhere.
http://designfile.architecturaldigest.com/gallery/beautiful-bookshelves?mbid=social_twitter_post7_decor
I was trying to find a good picture of my dream home library and this is the best one I found from a quick search.
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I don't see any possible way this is actually going to happen in my lifetime, but if I ever do create a home library, I want one like this with the leather seats, reading lamp, and dark wood bookshelves.
Oh yeah :D
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of all the things I miss from my marriage its my custom built in library in my man cave.
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and it will never replace the tactile sense of picking up a book and turning a page.
it also doesn't work without power.
Books also smell good.
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That doesn't appear to smell good.
I do love me some Kindle action!
But, I'm with Starfury on this one- nothing beats sitting down with a good hardcover book.
What I really miss from my current house is a good, cozy, comfortable place to read. My house isn't very big and for my little office area I decided to go with the Obutto cockpit option rather than a traditional desk/office. While I like the Obutto it takes all of the room I could use to put an easy chair, and there really isn't anywhere else in my house suitable.
When I get my next house I'm really going to try to carve out a reading niche. I'm heading to the northeast and those houses are usually a little better and many have finished basements, so the chance of setting up a small library area might be feasible. I'd love to have a no-shit man cave, though, like Brant posted up in that other thread. I don't know if I'll ever be able to pull that off.
Lets make a book perfume. Sell it to classy retailers.
Ode de Vellum.
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I've been thinking of this thread, and looking at my pathetic little man cave, and I'm thinking of selling my aquarium to make room for my reading chair. :'(
your wife sent me this picture of you.
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^ That's actually pretty close. ::)
Ive known worse. a friend once built a plywood over frame "F-16" cockpit to game in.
he's divorced.
and no, it wasn't me. :D