No surprises here why a book-lover and book-blogger like myself would pick up a book called: Books Do Furnish A Room by Leslie Geddes-Brown. For the pictures of course!

This beautiful coffee table type book is broken down into chapters along the lines of functionality and rooms of the house. There are some interesting interior design tidbits disbursed amongst a great deal of logical information and it makes for good reading.

It must be said that the hero of Books Do Furnish A Room though are the stunning photographs that feature on each page. The owners of the bookshelves and gorgeous libraries are mostly well to do, designers or architects, although I guess these are the types of people an author would come across when sourcing photographs of beautiful bookshelf designs and home libraries.

Books Do Furnish A Room is the perfect book for book-lovers to dip into and I enjoyed drooling over the various styles of bookshelves and dreaming about the day I have that much space for all of my bookish treasures. ( )

Holy crap this is the sexiest book I have seen in a very long time. I should be so lucky as to live in one of these pictures. Except for the one where a woman shellaced all her books white, rendering them unopenable. That was a little bit of a travesty.

Bücher machen nicht nur beim Lesen Freude – ihre bloße Gegenwart vermag die Wohnatmosphäre zu beeinflussen. Deshalb ist die Raumeinrichtung in ihrer Beziehung zu den Büchern auch von großer Bedeutung. „Mit Büchern wohnen, arbeiten, einrichten und inszenieren“: in vier Kapiteln erläutert die Autorin eine wichtige Dimension zur Steigerung der Wohnqualität. Dieses wunderschön fotografierte Buch präsentiert originelle Ideen, die ihre Büchersammlung bestmöglich in Szene setzen. Ein Hochgenuss zum Blättern und Staunen für alle bibliophil veranlagten Menschen, die nicht nur das geistige, sondern auch das dekorative Potential von Büchern nutzen wollen.
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mj (3.3.2011) ( )

Some lovely photos and even a few new ideas. The author is opinionated, but I don't mind that. The major downside is that a remarkable number of shots -- maybe even half -- are of a generic room with a standard bookcase or two. Or maybe just a stack of books on the floor. Not very interesting or inspirational. ( )