Around the Writers Block

I've never understood the concept of peeking into people medicine cabinets when you visit their homes. But there are some aspects of certain authors lives I wouldn't mind peering into. So I collected some images of authors desks and rooms.

Emily Dickenson
Amhurst, MA



William Faulkner



Jane Austen


Mark Twain
at home

Mark Twain museum



Edgar Allen Poe
and it's portable!


Virginia Woolf


Apparently I wasn't the only one to be curious. Photographer Susana Graph has a series called "A Sense of Place" where we can see the inside of Eudora Welty's home.

Eudora’s Library, Jackson, Mississippi, 2007

Source

Bookish Seating

I love this one but its nearly $1000 price tag is far too rich for my blood. It looks like something you would find in the hotel lobby of one of the literary destinations mentioned on this site before.

From big cozy books

Here is a list of locations where you can try these out for yourself.

Gruppo Dam's Libro chair

FOR MORE INFO VISIT: http://www.nobodyandco.it/

From fishbol design

And although this is not seating I felt this coffee table by unal&boler was worth a mention.

The cityscape coffee table

Book Furniture made of Books

Secret Agent Bookshelf
appropriately pull on Sherlock Holmes to open the door

To learn the specifics of this all too awesome at home project visit Per Vivere [To Live]

Okay so that one wasn't made of books but it was too awesome not to mention

Bookshelf of books

Jim Rosen's bookcase and bookshelf of books can be purchased from his website or made to order.

Desk made of books

from Milan Design Week

I Know What My Next DIY Book Project Will Be

Just some random book storage and library yumminess:


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More Ideas for Book Storage

Here are some book decorating ideas courtesy of Apartment therapy

House of Cards, Nightstand of...Books?

I'll be the first one to admit that I'm one of those stacking types--I stack papers, junk mail, coffee cup sleeves, CD jewels, catalogues--you name it, and I will pile it up precariously in a corner, chuck a paperweight on it (if I can find one), and call it "organized." However, lately I've been seeing a bit of a trend in some decor magazines that feature nightstands that are really just a pile of coffee table books with a lamp perched on top.

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Look! Store your Books in the Rafters

We were charmed to the core over this ingenius book storage idea. Yes, these are just planks of painted plywood nailed to the supports for the loft above. They create perfect cubby spaces to store books, baskets and even small lights. Since we're in California, it would probably be a good idea to secure everything in place so it doesn't shake right off.

It helps that the ceiling is lower than a normal one, so you can actually reach the books. But we thought it was a pretty slick way of storing books in a small space without taking up a lot of the walls or floor. It doesn't hurt that so many of the books are neutral colors too. What do you think? Have you got a space this'll work in?

Look! Books-as-art-as-colorblocks!

Color block books! We spotted this idea in the latest Pottery Barn catalog. They used a few rows of picture railing to display colored books face forward.