New Bookcases

[Martin]

sock monkey - what kind of shelves are those? Where did you purchase them? Gorgeous!

Not meaning to speak for him but they look like Billy Bookcases from Ikea.

[kresby]

sock monkey - what kind of shelves are those? Where did you purchase them? Gorgeous!

[goathunter]

Beautiful!

Hunter

[Sock Monkey]

Thanks, everyone! I'm really happy with the way it turned out. Now I'm hoping I'll be able to carve out more time to spend in there and not so much time at work!

[bookworm 1]

Love the room. Every book lovers dream is to have a space like that. Congratulations.

[TacomaDiver]

The whole room looks great! LOVE the shelves! I would need probably 3x or 4x the number of shelves to house all of our books.

I'm still waiting for the dedicated reading room - hopefully the next time I move (which hopefully will be the last time I move . . .) we will get that dedicated space. We're close - but it's not quite there.

And I love the idea of co-opting the closet to store your movies (and behind curtains too!) That's a good idea for future space.

[Ben Staad]

Congrats on the space. Lovely space and great bookcases. Looks like a wonderful place to enjoy a good book.

[Brian861]

That's awesome, Keith! Gotta love dogs. They will literally lie on anything. Mine prefers the TV remote for some reason If you win that bid, you're gonna need a bigger room though

I also thought Annie might be holding you captive there with the typewriter and all. It's a great place to be hole up though.

[mhatchett]

Really nice! Thanks for sharing your Treasure Room!!

[Martin]

Fantastic reading room, thanks for sharing the photos and congratulations!

[RonClinton]

That looks just spectacular…enjoy your time there (looks like your dog is already ;-)).

[jeffingoff]

Fantastic space!! I'd never leave that room. Thanks for sharing with us!

[Sock Monkey]

And final shot of the last wall. Captain America always reminds me of my youth, so I had to have this:

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And a hat rack with a couple of bookends. The book is an old copy of Ghost Story by Peter Straub. It is opened up to display what I think is some of the best opening lines of a book:

"What was the worst thing you've ever done?
I won't tell you that, but I'll tell you the worst thing that ever happened to me...the most dreadful thing..."

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And just for fun: My dog deciding to use my old typewriter as a what had to be a very uncomfortable pillow:

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[Sock Monkey]

Here's the desk area:

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Here's a better picture of the posters. Mr. Chadbourne's Carrie print is in the center, flanked on either side by some minimalist posters of a few of my favorite movies:

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Up close picture of a minimalist LOST poster that I've had forever but never got around to putting up:

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[Sock Monkey]

Here's a few more pictures of the room in general.
My movie collection:
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I co-opted the closet and had a buddy help me build the shelving. You can't see it in the picture, but the shelves go to the ceiling. The only thing I regret is that we chose to repaint the room after we put in the shelves and I just don't want to go through the hassle of trying to paint around them.