Lovely, comfortable room. It looks as if several of us could drop by for a visit and a good book.

I could be very happy there. Thanks for posting the picture.

What a wonderful spot. I love all the sunlight.

Wonderful! What are the books in the middle, the ones that are all alike?

I was going to ask exactly the same question, Siobhan!

They are the collected works of August Strindberg in 55 volumes. Those on the upper shelf have faded spines but half of the next shelf is also Strindberg in the same edition. To the right of the lampshade are the collected works of novelist Hjalmar Soederberg, another Swedish classic.

I would love a room like that! I've already warned my kids that once they're out on their own (the youngest starts high school next year, so it will be a while yet) I'm turning one of their rooms into a library.

Marianese, your room is beautiful! So inviting, and I love the floor to ceiling bookshelves. I don't know how to post photos to the Internet, or I would post some of my apartment, which is almost wall to wall books....

Lovely. Thanks for showing it to us.

Lovely. Thanks for showing it to us.

Lovely. Thanks for showing it to us.

Beautiful. Truly. Thank you for sharing with us.

Love it! When can I move in? :) I particularly like the floor-to-ceiling shelves too.

Is the silver pot on the piece of furniture on the left for a very large gin-and-tonic when you read?

:-)

lemonhead, it's an English brass samovar for heating water for tea, not Russian as you would expect. We prefer our electric kettle :-) The piece of furniture on the left is my husband's grandmother's doll's house. Some of the furniture and objects inside are American from a wonderful little store in Madison, WI, with only doll's house things.

I love this room. With the sunlight flooding in through the window, the warmth of the wood, and all those books floor to ceiling, it is quite inviting. One could spend many happy hours in such a room.

Rosefolly