Library Spaces.

I am seriously in love with this red library! Image via Yatzer.

This ultimate library space belongs to Karl Lagerfeld. Image via the selby.

Beautiful library space I had the pleasure of visiting in person – studio Achille Castiglioni in Milan. Image via one of my old posts.

Heritage library love. Image via Solid Frog.

Photo by Victoria Backman.

“Books do furnish a room”. Yes they do! Image via Flickr.

Fake it till you make it. Or something like that. D’espresso café interior in NY via Contermporist.

Home of architect Pedro Useche in Sao Paolo, Brazil via Yatzer.

Scholar’s Library – private library near Olivebridge, New York. Designed by Peter Gluck and Partners Architects. Extreme love!

Beautiful book sculpture via brydie brown.

What is it about books? How do they manage to make a space so damn sexy I wonder? Is it because we all strive to be a bit smarter on some level, and feel as though a large mass of books is going to make us feel more intelligent? Or at least, make us appear that way in the eyes of others? But that’s enough with all the (silly) questions.

On a more serious note, as one of the images already suggests, books really do furnish a room. And they do it so well. Much better than a fancy wall finish, or a key piece of furniture ever could. Books create a sense of comfort and a certain warmth. They infuse a space with texture, colour, depth and character. In this increasingly digital and intangible world we live in, books and libraries give us a sense of security and the familiar, and at the same time they evoke a child-like wonder. I don’t know – maybe that’s just me. It is this combination of security and curiosity which personally allow me to think, and dream, and create…

Belén Street Studio by Elisa Valero Ramos. Image via Arch Daily.

Gotta love a bit of low bookshelf action, no? Image via desire to inspire.

Kathryn Tyler and Linea Studio. Image via desire to inspire.

House in Israel by Pitsou Kedem Architects, via Yatzer.

I guess not all library spaces are created equal… This is a lovely “library stack” at Barbara Hill’s Houston Apartment via Dwell.

Look who it is again? Mr Karl Lagerfeld! Image via design scene.

Casa da Escrita in Portugal, designed by João Mendes Ribeiro via dezeen.

Super duper cool LA loft via Apartment Therapy.

Photo by Patric Johansson. See more of Patric’s work in my previous post.

Sao Paulo apartment of Humberto Campana.

Barbican Foodhall and Loungein London, designed by SHH.

By the way, this post was inspired by a guest post I did a little while ago over on The Galleries blog. Admittedly this is a bit of an extended version of that post, and also a kind of ‘Part II’ to my super early Library Love post which I put together in the very early beginnings of this blog. Ahhh… memories… like the corners of my mind… Little did I know back then what I was getting myself into.

x dana