I love the image of a room full of thousands of books!!

I don't have a third or even second story home... just a modest cottage-style home built in 1938, with beautiful oak floors!  I have dreamed of having a "home library" so last year I tossed the really large, Ikea-sofa (nothing was wrong, just too big for my 14' by 20' living area) to the curb!  Then I went to an antique store and bought a mint-condition, 70's-style swivel/rocker!  It's pink/mauve... really girly!!  I kept my contemporary navy chairs from Ikea and added my sister's chair and a half with ottoman.  A few months ago I added another chair and ottoman (vintage) to my "home library"!!  My friend gave me two bookshelves to go with my other floor to ceiling bookshelves... now I have 6 bookshelves in my living area!!  The navy walls with oak floors and a couple of lamps and side tables is giving me that "coffee-house/library" look I am going for!  My daughter told me today (and periodically repeats this), "Mom, our living room looks like a library!"  Aside from the newly chewed chair (her dog chewed out some foam on a chair) the room is getting to be what I want!!

I know Katie (another blogger) has a library too.  What kind of "home library" do you have?

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