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January 12, 2014 by Claire (The Captive Reader)

via Desire to Inspire (designer: Stephane Chamard)

While I’m not sure I’d want shelves like these in my own home, they certainly look very striking in this dramatic Toronto house.

14 Responses

on January 12, 2014 at 07:32 | Reply Susan D

Oh gosh, that’s disturbing. The whole house looks interesting, where they’ve preserved many of the original Victorian architectural features and mixed in off-kilter elements.
on January 12, 2014 at 09:15 | Reply Cathy746books

While it looks fabulous, I just know it would drive me crazy if I had to look at it every day, let alone find a book!
on January 12, 2014 at 10:14 | Reply lifeonthecutoff

Interesting for sure. I would want to sit, askance, and read Alice in Wonderland, or Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
on January 12, 2014 at 11:47 | Reply Abednego

Stylish!
on January 12, 2014 at 12:49 | Reply postingfornow

Interesting. Makes me dizzy though!
on January 12, 2014 at 17:46 | Reply Jenny @ Reading the End

I love the look, but wouldn’t the books as the bottom of the slanty shelves get banged up? Wouldn’t the covers be damaged?
on January 12, 2014 at 19:29 | Reply Susan in TX

It would make me dizzy!
on January 13, 2014 at 11:47 | Reply David Nolan (David73277)

Don’t take this the wrong way but, to my taste, this must be one of the ugliest libraries you have featured in this long running feature. Perhaps a heavy drinking writer – and there have been a fair few of them over the years – might feel at home in this room, then again it might seem even worse through his or her eyes?
on January 13, 2014 at 12:59 | Reply Sarah

Striking it certainly is!
on January 13, 2014 at 18:16 | Reply Anbolyn Potter (@anbolynp)

I like the way it looks – I can see it working really well in a child’s or teen’s room.
on January 14, 2014 at 06:31 | Reply Sunday Taylor

Being from Los Angeles, I find it reminds me of the results of an earthquake. Don’t think I could ever live with it, I would forever want to be making it straight!
on January 15, 2014 at 08:50 | Reply Marcia Strykowski

A little too lopsided for me. Coincidentally, I’ve just posted a picture of my own home library, quite a bit different from this one. 🙂
on January 15, 2014 at 12:26 | Reply Stefanie

Cool to look at but definitely would not want them in my house!
on January 15, 2014 at 18:00 | Reply JMFausti

I’d love to visit that library, while I appreciate how fun it looks, I wouldn’t be able to make it mine.