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March 29, 2014 by Claire (The Captive Reader)

Cairness House, Lonmay, Aberdeenshire via The Telegraph

A bit cluttered for my tastes (those stacks of magazines make me twitchy) but still an enticing room.

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on March 29, 2014 at 10:16 | Reply dianabirchall

But they’re nice old issues of Country Life – can’t you see settling down by that fire on a rainy day and reading them?
on March 29, 2014 at 11:46 | Reply Susan in TX

I like the wall color, but I’m with you – the magazines would have to go (or at least hide somewhere).
on March 29, 2014 at 13:22 | Reply Margaret Powling

I love magazines … have hundreds and hundreds of them! A glorious room.
on March 29, 2014 at 14:13 | Reply Lisa

I agree too about the magazines, there are just too many stacked up.
on March 29, 2014 at 23:44 | Reply drharrietd

I agree — lovely room, gorgeous colour, but no to the magazines. One or two, maybe, but a stack like that — come on!
on March 30, 2014 at 03:34 | Reply Sarah

Love the practical recessed bookshleves – less dusting? But agree with everyone, the large pile of mags are a no no.
on March 30, 2014 at 07:23 | Reply Susan D

I think 3 issues, lying casually about for anyone to pick up and browse, are what’s required.
on March 30, 2014 at 07:25 | Reply Susan D

Although having said that, I admit that teetering TBR stack on the table at the right looks very familiar.
on March 30, 2014 at 16:04 | Reply Marcia Strykowski

Very nice!
on March 30, 2014 at 18:40 | Reply dianabirchall

Still like the magazines. They make the place look homey. And you’re supposed to have reading material in a library for goodness’ sakes!
- on March 31, 2014 at 01:40 | Reply clareeshepherd
  
  Me too. I think magazines add to a library for those few odd moments when you don’t have time to settle down for a longer read. Anyway, I couldn’t be without my collection of “Slightly Foxed” and “The Reader”.
  
  Clare
on April 1, 2014 at 10:52 | Reply Margaret Powling

Many of you wouldn’t like my piles of magazines, then, of which there are hundreds, if not thousands, dating back to the early 1980s – World of Interiors, Country Living, Homes & Antiques, etc. I am a magazine junkie, I simply cannot bear to part with them. Of course, there are thousands of books, too!
I wonder what others do with those publications which are neither book nor magazine – guide books to historic houses and gardens, leaflets, etc? I keep those too – the National Trust ones in alphabetical order of property. And I also love catalogues such as those from auction houses, Persephone, Shire Books – should we keep those, too, for some of they are simply too attractive to discard.