10 Impressive (and Inspiring) Home Libraries

As we settle into the dark, cozy season of fireplaces, chunky sweaters, and good books, our housing inspiration has taken a literary turn. We’ve been admiring some specular home libraries lately, and today we’d like to share our favorites.

If you want to add a professorial air to your home office, blend interior design and good literature, or simply imitate Jay Gatsby, these are for you.

We love the lines of these wrap-around, edgeless shelves.

 

Forget the books. Look at that wood!

 

Books and a view. This is a good way to use the space below a window, but be careful of the sun fading the book covers.

 

Cabin reading. I can hear rain on the roof and smell pine trees through the windows.

 

An absolutely gorgeous period library.

 

The descending shelves would be a fresh and striking addition to any basement.

 

The wall-to-wall, floor-to-ceiling book grid is impressive, but what really gets us is that they created a two-story room just so they could display all their books like this.

 

Always ready for a bit of after-dinner reading.

 

A cozy corner for reading OR writing.

 

If you have a photo of your own home library, please send us a photo! We love seeing how your homes have transformed since we saw them last.