For book lovers, a home library is much more than shelving space for trinkets and home decor—it’s a cozy cove of comfort filled with new and old favorites. Creating such an area may feel like a luxury ...

Take a page out of these welcoming spaces for your own reading-ready nook.

One would be hard-pressed to find a house without books. Besides providing the joys of reading, books are accessories that can personalize a room, dust a neutral space with color, and bring warmth and ...

These interior designers have strategies for creating personal spaces for reading, whether it is in a dedicated room or a welcoming corner in your house. By Tim McKeough If you own a lot of books, ...

“It’s one of the first rooms you see when you enter the home, so we wanted it to have a dramatic impact,” the designer says. The directive for this library in Lexington was threefold: It needed to be ...

Books not only have the capacity to entertain and enlighten, but to make a house a home. They can complete a room and tell not only the stories contained in their pages, but the story of the people ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jamie Gold writes about wellness design and related housing topics. TV didn’t kill radio and TikTok hasn’t killed books. In fact, ...

A library should feel like an escape within the home, which makes it a great place to play with elements like deep paint colors, wall coverings and wood paneling. “You’re trying to create a cozy nook, ...