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Building your dream library

Saturday, April 10th, 2010 | Filed under: custom library, home library   
Home library

Home library

You have a passion for the written word. You love to read thick classical novels. Not Harlequin romance books or Sci Fi novels, but rather, you crave leather bound beauties with thick pages that have that distinct scent of a good book. You purchase novels like others buy movies. While you do add to your collection through book sellers such as Easton Books or the Franklin Library, you get your best books from estate sales and little bookstores. Like when you purchased Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina in that attic bookstore in New Orleans. You only ducked into the store to get out of the rain and you uncovered a treasure trove of antique books in the musty room.

You’ve realized that you need to properly display your collection like the artwork that it is. A home library is the answer. Choose a room with minimal windows to prevent fading of your books that is often caused by direct sunlight. Large, thick books require sturdy shelving and preferably a unit that is just as handsome as your book collection. Today’s Kitchens offers a wide variety of architectural designs in a large selection of woods and finishes. With their excessive knowledge of practical layout and elegant design, the staff at Today’s Kitchens can walk you through the entire process of planning and building your dream library.

So take your books off that crowded and flimsy bookshelf and display them proudly as the artistic, beautiful specimens that they are.