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Painted in Studio Green by Farrow & Ball, the library reads as a magical forest of sorts, with a vintage chandelier in the form of three stags, a menagerie of carved birds gathered on the bookshelves, and a Neri&Hu sectional upholstered in exuberant botanical fabric. #library #libraries #homelibrary #vintage #chandelier #books #bookshelves #couch #sectional #upholstery #fabric #prints

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Books devoted to Keaton’s favorite subjects predominate: “I love photography, and I love architecture,” she says. “Those are the core elements of my library.” | archdigest.com

Rustic Office/Library and Hottenroth & Joseph Architects in New York, New York | archdigest.com

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"It's small and cozy," Tucker says of the library | archdigest.com

Books and Buddha sculptures, as well as a 17th-century Tibetan bronze dancing demon guardian, fill the built-in shelves that envelop the library | archdigest.com Home Design Plans, Patio Design, British Colonial Decor, Colonial House, Singapore House, Kerry Hill, Home Office Closet

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Books and Buddha sculptures, as well as a 17th-century Tibetan bronze dancing demon guardian, fill the built-in shelves that envelop the library | archdigest.com

In the library, the Holly Hunt sofa is covered in a cream-color fabric by Donghia. The chairs are clad in a peacock-blue velvet from Zoffany | archdigest.com Living Area, Living Spaces, Living Rooms, Family Rooms, Best Interior, Interior Design, Interior Details

In the library, the Holly Hunt sofa is covered in a cream-color fabric by Donghia. The chairs are clad in a peacock-blue velvet from Zoffany | archdigest.com

Manhattan townhouse library | archdigest.com

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The Indian tablecloth and taffeta curtains in designer Sig Bergamin’s Brazilian library were found in Paris | archdigest.com

For a house on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, Lea Ciavarra and Anne Marie Lubrano, of Lubrano Ciavarra Architects, utilized Bahamian colonial-era details and natural materials. The central gathering place is the soaring two-story library, a cube measuring 24 feet in all directions. As in most other portions of the house, the room is lined with dense, termite-resistant South American ipê wood | archdigest.com Library Room Ideas Modern, Home Study Room Personal Library, Dark Library Room, Library Office Room

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For a house on Harbour Island in the Bahamas, Lea Ciavarra and Anne Marie Lubrano, of Lubrano Ciavarra Architects, utilized Bahamian colonial-era details and natural materials. The central gathering place is the soaring two-story library, a cube measuring 24 feet in all directions. As in most other portions of the house, the room is lined with dense, termite-resistant South American ipê wood | archdigest.com

After Hurricane Katrina, designer Richard Keith Langham revisited and refreshed a Mississippi house he first decorated two decades ago. Dealer Kinsey Marable built the library’s varied book collection based on the owner’s interests; he also supplied the 19th-century ladder and antique globe | archdigest.com Dining Room Library, Library Design, Reading Library, Library Decor

After Hurricane Katrina, designer Richard Keith Langham revisited and refreshed a Mississippi house he first decorated two decades ago. Dealer Kinsey Marable built the library’s varied book collection based on the owner’s interests; he also supplied the 19th-century ladder and antique globe | archdigest.com

Designer Stephen Shadley and actress Diane Keaton, who has a passion for restoring old California homes, turned the double-height entrance hall of her Spanish Colonial Revival house in Beverly Hills into an entrance library, filling it with pots and other artifacts as well as books devoted to the visual arts. “The library sets the mood,” explains Shadley. “It’s a distillation of everything that goes on in the house.” | archdigest.com

New York City decorator Thomas Jayne restored a 19th-century house in Philadelphia to its former glory. In the library, where French Empire chairs flank an English Regency table, the bookshelf also serves as a backdrop for art | archdigest.com Bookshelves, Design Desk, Bookshelf Ideas, Office Bookcase

New York City decorator Thomas Jayne restored a 19th-century house in Philadelphia to its former glory. In the library, where French Empire chairs flank an English Regency table, the bookshelf also serves as a backdrop for art | archdigest.com

It “makes vague reference to the classical Ionic order,” Katherine Newman says of the library in a postmodern Toronto house she designed with architectural designer/builder Peter Cebulak. The room’s finely carved capitals are complemented by a great number of noteworthy antiques, among them a circa 1790 satinwood worktable | archdigest.com Future House, Homes Of The Future, Sweet Home, Tree Bookshelf, Bookcase Door, Modern Bookshelf

It “makes vague reference to the classical Ionic order,” Katherine Newman says of the library in a postmodern Toronto house she designed with architectural designer/builder Peter Cebulak. The room’s finely carved capitals are complemented by a great number of noteworthy antiques, among them a circa 1790 satinwood worktable | archdigest.com

Architect Margaret Griffin, in collaboration with architect Elyse Grinstein, renovated a home on Los Angeles’s West Side, an area that has natural creeks and groves of indigenous trees. The star tree here is a 300-year-old sycamore that shades a small spring and lush slope in back. The snug library “started out with a full brick wall facing the tree,” explains the owner, but the brick was replaced by sheets of glass to bridge the room’s connection to the outdoors | archdigest.com Cozy Home Library, Modern Library, Modern Office, Sunroom Library

Architect Margaret Griffin, in collaboration with architect Elyse Grinstein, renovated a home on Los Angeles’s West Side, an area that has natural creeks and groves of indigenous trees. The star tree here is a 300-year-old sycamore that shades a small spring and lush slope in back. The snug library “started out with a full brick wall facing the tree,” explains the owner, but the brick was replaced by sheets of glass to bridge the room’s connection to the outdoors | archdigest.com

This Washington, D.C. library, decorated by Mariette Himes Gomez, is dominated by paneling painted in a Donald Kaufman hue that recalls Wedgwood drabware; the neutral color scheme is warmed by the ruddy tones of the carpet | archdigest.com Room Rugs, Rugs In Living Room, Living Room Decor, Red Persian Rug Living Room, Living Room Oriental Rug, Area Rugs, Antique Rug Living Room, Bedroom Decor

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This Washington, D.C. library, decorated by Mariette Himes Gomez, is dominated by paneling painted in a Donald Kaufman hue that recalls Wedgwood drabware; the neutral color scheme is warmed by the ruddy tones of the carpet | archdigest.com

Architect David Ling renovated an Upper East Side apartment for a bibliophile neurosurgeon and incorporated a rare-book library—which Ling described as “the centerpiece of the design”—to the mix. Medical books, some dating to the 15th century, line the modern shelves. The sitting area features a Mies van der Rohe Barcelona table surrounded by a Le Corbusier love seat and sling-back chairs | archdigest.com Bookshelf Styling, Library Table

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Architect David Ling renovated an Upper East Side apartment for a bibliophile neurosurgeon and incorporated a rare-book library—which Ling described as “the centerpiece of the design”—to the mix. Medical books, some dating to the 15th century, line the modern shelves. The sitting area features a Mies van der Rohe Barcelona table surrounded by a Le Corbusier love seat and sling-back chairs | archdigest.com

Among the improvements designer Friederike Kemp Biggs with architect George W. Sweeney made to her penthouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side was adding a mahogany-paneled library. The favorite retreat of her husband, Jeremy, the room features an antique desk and a flat-screen TV concealed behind faux book bindings. There is an inscription on the ceiling adapted from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in 1815: “I cannot live without my books.” | archdigest.com Duplex New York, New York Penthouse, Penthouse Library, Bookshelf Diy, Architecture Design, Mahogany Paneling

Among the improvements designer Friederike Kemp Biggs with architect George W. Sweeney made to her penthouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side was adding a mahogany-paneled library. The favorite retreat of her husband, Jeremy, the room features an antique desk and a flat-screen TV concealed behind faux book bindings. There is an inscription on the ceiling adapted from a letter Thomas Jefferson wrote to John Adams in 1815: “I cannot live without my books.” | archdigest.com

At a 1912 McKim, Mead & White building in Manhattan, Alexa Hampton installed custom bookcases that curve with the walls of the oval library. Gracing the space is a jewel-like metal frieze, while the curtains and tufted love seats, covered in powder-blue cotton velvet, add a gentle dose of color | archdigest.com Built In Bookcase, Book Shelves, Alexa Hampton

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At a 1912 McKim, Mead & White building in Manhattan, Alexa Hampton installed custom bookcases that curve with the walls of the oval library. Gracing the space is a jewel-like metal frieze, while the curtains and tufted love seats, covered in powder-blue cotton velvet, add a gentle dose of color | archdigest.com

In a 17,500-square-foot penthouse overlooking the port of Monte Carlo, Martin Kemp, head designer at Candy & Candy, produced an opulent yet inviting library in a once-cavernous space. Kemp chose the vast numbers of antiquarian and modern books for the room, which he confessed was “no chore, because I love books.” | archdigest.com Modern Penthouse Interior, Luxury Penthouse, Luxury Interior

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In a 17,500-square-foot penthouse overlooking the port of Monte Carlo, Martin Kemp, head designer at Candy & Candy, produced an opulent yet inviting library in a once-cavernous space. Kemp chose the vast numbers of antiquarian and modern books for the room, which he confessed was “no chore, because I love books.” | archdigest.com

“I wanted to have a library that doubled as a dining room, where I could be surrounded by the books I love,” says best-selling author and historian Barbara Goldsmith, who hired interior designer Mica Ertegün to update and decorate her Park Avenue apartment | archdigest.com Decoracion Living, Corner Shelves, Wall Shelves, Boho Home

“I wanted to have a library that doubled as a dining room, where I could be surrounded by the books I love,” says best-selling author and historian Barbara Goldsmith, who hired interior designer Mica Ertegün to update and decorate her Park Avenue apartment | archdigest.com

In Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood, Simon Jacobsen, a partner at Jacobsen Architecture, joined two 1863 row houses, creating a residence for him and his family. A living room was transformed into a library with egg-cratelike shelving, chairs and tables by Le Corbusier and Eames, and a desk designed by the architect | archdigest.com Home Office Library, Library Wall, Garden Design

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In Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood, Simon Jacobsen, a partner at Jacobsen Architecture, joined two 1863 row houses, creating a residence for him and his family. A living room was transformed into a library with egg-cratelike shelving, chairs and tables by Le Corbusier and Eames, and a desk designed by the architect | archdigest.com

Beneath the molded-plaster ceiling of this Michael S. Smith–decorated Beverly Hills library is a George III partners’ desk, a 1968 sofa by Børge Mogensen, and an antique Khotan carpet | archdigest.com Alcove Shelving, Beverly Hills Mansion, Traditional Office

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Beneath the molded-plaster ceiling of this Michael S. Smith–decorated Beverly Hills library is a George III partners’ desk, a 1968 sofa by Børge Mogensen, and an antique Khotan carpet | archdigest.com

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The animated, light-filled home reflects the gleeful spirit of its owners. #pendant #green #table #chairs #rug #glass #windows #wood #brass #light #fixtures #art #carpet #FrankGehry #stools

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Books devoted to Keaton’s favorite subjects predominate: “I love photography, and I love architecture,” she says. “Those are the core elements of my library.” | archdigest.com

Rustic Office/Library and Hottenroth & Joseph Architects in New York, New York | archdigest.com

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Paneled Library

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"It's small and cozy," Tucker says of the library | archdigest.com

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British Colonial Decor

Books and Buddha sculptures, as well as a 17th-century Tibetan bronze dancing demon guardian, fill the built-in shelves that envelop the library | archdigest.com

In the library, the Holly Hunt sofa is covered in a cream-color fabric by Donghia. The chairs are clad in a peacock-blue velvet from Zoffany | archdigest.com

Manhattan townhouse library | archdigest.com

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Living Room

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The Indian tablecloth and taffeta curtains in designer Sig Bergamin’s Brazilian library were found in Paris | archdigest.com

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