Closet nooks

Mark Twain said, "In a good bookroom you feel in some mysterious way that you are absorbing the wisdom contained in all the books through your skin, without even opening them." Mark Twain would have lost his mind if he saw these places.

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For years I’ve dreamed of making a built in reading nook in my home.And while designing the function and practicality of our basement, I really wanted to find a…

How Shelley from the "House of Smiths" blog turned her home's standard coat closet into a charming entry nook that acts as a mudroom for her family.

Have a closet you don't use anymore? Turn it into a reading nook! I gutted an underused closet in my house and made my own reading nook with a built-in bench inside it. I also added pretty shelves above it to store books.

These are so unexpected.

Designing a reading nook in your home can be the perfect way to transform an awkward or unused space into a cozy reading nook to curl up in.

We still have a lot left to do in this playroom. But the basic construction of the sofa/bed nook is finished! So I thought I would share a really quick status update post. We originally were just going to build some storage in the closet and have the bed part hang out... but once we got that bed platform built, we were not feeling the layout of it. So then we decided to build up two bookcases around the sides of that platform bed. The bookshelves had to be different sizes because the wall on…

Reading nook

Under the stairs closet, transformed!

Which of these book nooks is your favorite?

A closet into a reading nook - might work on a landing, too.

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