Is there an unfinished wood furniture store in your area? If so, they should either have a piece like this that you can order painted white (or paint yourself if you order it unfinished). Or else, they can add paned glass doors like this to one of their footed bookcases. I was looking for something similar to this in the fall, but shorter and wider, to use as a tv console, and those were the options I found through my local unfinished wood store.

If you have the books for it, I'd do it. But I wouldn't if the bookshelves are primarily intended as decorative space. Also, I think it would look less busy if you have some book groups, like in the inspiration picture on the shelves above the ladder rail, that have matching spines. Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting the (in)famous books-by-the-yard decorative fraud. And I'm not among the anti-"clutter", get-rid-of-so-many-books crowd, either. I live with more 10,000 of them and they are everywhere in my house on shelves that span from skirting board to cornice molding. But your inspiration photo appears to have one densely booked-up wall while adjacent ones are normal. That mitigates the overall effect in an attractive, not overwhelming way, at least for ordinary, less book-obssessed households than mine. Two other things (besides the dusting issue): a) the thought of books in a conservatory makes me a little nervous because of the potentially damaging moisture issues, and b) windows that large will expose the books to a lot of very damaging UV light. Not a good thing for books with any intrinsic value. You could cover each book with a library-quality mylar jacket, but that would only delay, not eliminate, long-term UV damage to the covers and DJs. My most valuable books are kept in a room with relatively low external light and I make a point of not leaving the lights on in that room except when I am in there using it. But if you are, like me, intent on living with your books on a daily basis then have them where ever they can fit. And more shelves offer the possibility of more book purchases, so there's nothing discouraging about that! L

See the one with the red sculpture on the top? It's under the books with the spines turned in. Take the bottom shelf with ONE vase. That's the best shelf. Then a shelf like the one above is fine. And the other shelves should be more like the bottom shelf. The shelves above have too many little decorative items. For the record I have walls of books and they could look a lot better than they do. There is really nothing wrong though with rows and rows of books interrupted by a vase or some great large bookends every so often. I don't think you want to style too much -- otherwise, you'll be irritated if somebody wants to read a book and doesn't put it back!

@erinsean Those are not built in's though it looks like it. That is the decor of the previous owners and it's no longer there. And yes, that is the loft. I have kept my desk where the cube storage was. Where the piano was, we have kept our 2nd tv. We actually never watch tv there and I was asking my husband if we can get rid of it. I should be able to place the china cabinet at the place where the piano is. Or if we are keeping the tv, move the desk to a guest bedroom. Edited to add: also no room beyond the bar area. The width is half of the china cabinet.