The Captive Reader

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15 Responses

1. on March 23, 2013 at 04:52 | Reply Lisa

   I’m just the opposite, from childhood I’ve had books in my bedroom. Now of course it’s necessity as much as choice. I do like this room, especially the squishy chair by the bed – though I prefer cloth to leather in this climate.

   
   
2. on March 23, 2013 at 04:55 | Reply Simon T

   Oh, Claire, I couldn’t sleep in a room that didn’t have books! My dream is to have every corner of my bedroom filled with bookshelves. It’s not far off becoming a reality.

   And I do like this one – but the books all look too modern for my liking.

   
   
   • on March 24, 2013 at 23:20 | Reply leavesandpages

     They do look “supplied by decorator”, don’t they?!

     
     
3. on March 23, 2013 at 04:58 | Reply Susan in TX

   But books make a bedroom so cozy, Claire! I usually like white shelves, but maybe not in a bedroom — it looks like it would be bright even at night. Love the room, though.

   
   
4. on March 23, 2013 at 05:42 | Reply Lorraine S.

   I watch HGTV’s househunting programs. Wise words to sellers- granite countertops, wood floors, stainless steel and take out the books. I have very nice cherry bookshelves in my living room and would be very annoyed to box them up!

   
   
5. on March 23, 2013 at 11:19 | Reply Richard

   I like the room but for two things: no headboard and no reading light for we sit-up-in-bed-and-read types. I have to have books in the bedroom as that’s where my To Be Read pile – now a pair of medium sized bookcases – lives. I like to spend that last hour or so each evening reading before sleep. Oh, and yes I’d prefer a light wood to the white.

   
   
6. on March 23, 2013 at 15:43 | Reply Susan D

   Only the most deserving books are in my bedroom, and that’s quite a lot. I like to lie in bed sometimes, before getting up or falling asleep, and just gaze at the rows of books nearby, within reach. Just the sight of their covers lets me revisits the stories and characters in my mind.

   
   
   • on March 24, 2013 at 23:23 | Reply leavesandpages

     Oh, yes! Mine, too. All the best books live in our bedroom. I fully intend, in the event of a house fire (heaven forbid!) to rescue my most beloved books, just as soon as the family & pets are safely out, of course. 🙂 And yes, there is that comfort of just seeing their spines and knowing they’re all safe and close by, just waiting until the time comes to read them again…

     
     
7. on March 24, 2013 at 02:13 | Reply bybee

   I’ll take this bedroom any day (or night)!

   
   
8. on March 24, 2013 at 06:10 | Reply birdywordy

   I keep my books in my bedroom because they won’t fit anywhere else! 🙂 The white is very bright, but the chair beside the bed tones it down some.

   
   
9. on March 24, 2013 at 11:43 | Reply Margaret Powling

   I’m with Claire on this – I prefer books to be kept elsewhere, but have just a few on the bedside table (night stand to those of you in the USA and Canada). And if I had this bedroom I’d feel compelled to straighten the books so that they would stand upright and not look like drunken sailors leaning against lamp posts! I would also have to remove the plant on the window sill as I’d surely knock it over when I turned over my pillow during the night, to seek out a cool spot! The chair is a little too close to the bed, too. That would have to be moved every time someone wanted to get in or out of bed on that side. Overall, I think this is style over content, attractive, but not my kind of bedroom/bookroom at all.

   
   
10. on March 24, 2013 at 23:26 | Reply leavesandpages

    I like the concept, but I don’t do white, and carpet makes me sneeze! But I love the shape of the room, with that attic/loft roof, and I’d have those shelves double-stacked with my bookish treasures. Needs a reading light (or two) was my first thought, but a closer looks reveals that there are indeed two small lamps (long-armed variety) above the bed. The chair looks like a toe-stubber, though – needs to move over a bit.

    
    
11. on March 26, 2013 at 14:40 | Reply Desperate Reader

    I’m with you on this. I have books in the bedroom now because I ran out of anywhere else to put bookshelves, and I do like looking at them, but honestly it would be nice to have one book free room. If I had a guest bedroom though it would look a lot like that.

    
    
12. on April 10, 2013 at 09:45 | Reply Vipula

    This literally is my dream bedroom. It’s clean and cozy and has the perfect light to make it a good reading room

    
    
13. on April 16, 2013 at 22:12 | Reply Mr Waller

    Thanks for your kind comments – yes well spotted there are a couple of adjustable ‘arm’ reading lamps. The books were all our client’s sons medical, philosophy and Latin books (yes it was the sons bedroom)……. a space he doesn’t like to leave

    Regards
    Mr Waller