Beautiful Library Chairs

Do you have furniture like this in your library? Some of these look like lots of fun and some just look down right uncomfortable. Check out more on this Flavorwire article Beautiful Library Chairs for Literary Abodes by Alison Nastasi (10/20/13)

 Bookinist - moveable reading chair designed by Nils Holger Moormann



OpenBook - upholstered chair by TILT

Literary Cakes

Here's a few samples from 30 great literary cakes found on Flavorwire (3/12/13)

Where the Wild Things Are

The works of Roald Dahl

Harry Potter

A highly literary wedding cake

Aren't these amazing?

Love these bookstores!

In March, I posted a link to some amazing "reused libraries".  Today I saw photos of buildings for books that are even more impressive! Shelf Awareness Pro (9/13/12) has a terrific link to a Flavorwire article "10 awesome bookstores repurposed from unused structures". Here are a few examples but go check out the rest! I want to visit them ALL!!

Two views of Librería El Ateneo Grand Splendid, a converted 1920's movie palace in Argentina.

Two views of Barter Books in Alnwick, UK, that was converted from an old Victorian-era railway station and maintained the train theme.

Love these libraries!

I saw the link for this on Shelf Awareness (3/27/12) and it brought up a great article Reused Libraries Rejuevenate Communities. In the last few years a trend has developed where buildings that were originally used for something else have been renovated into new libraries. The results are quite unique, often save the area money and preserve a bit of history. These are just two examples from the article. Wouldn't you love to visit and just curl up with a good book?

This library was converted from an old barn in New Hampshire

Can you tell that this library in California was formerly a roller rink?