Right now (as you can probably see from my last post), I am a little bit stressed. When this happens I retreat to my happy place – a corner of my living room where I can curl up and relax. I call it my little book nook but it is quite a mess at the moment. I’m currently waiting on a John Lewis voucher so I can purchase a couple more bookcases to fit all of my books on – yes, they are all pretty much confined to this corner.
At the top of the big bookcase is my signed books and other books that I have read that I want to keep. In the three middle shelves, it is mainly our DVD collection which we are slowly getting rid of and converting to Blu Ray. The two bottom shelves are my unread books which I’m hoping to read soon (and then either keep if I really love it or give to the charity shop if not)…and so are the piles on the floor which are waiting for a new bookcase plus the pile on top of the plastic boxes, oops! That is a lot of unread books!
Inside the plastic boxes are tons of my old books that I grew up with that I have kept for Jack but are still a little too old for him. Once we get some more bookcases, they will be getting moved into his room – yay!
Although it is my happy place, it is a total mess and I need to get it sorted – armed with my John Lewis vouchers, I’m keen to make it much more homely. Would you be interested in seeing a post on how I’ve changed it into my tiny little homely library? I can’t wait to get my hands on it and get started!
omg i love this – a little book nook! so good for you to have a little space to call you own x can’t wait to see what your new bookcases look like and hope that you have a lovely, stress-free weekend x
I love having a heap of unread books waiting for me to start! Sounds like the perfect nook! x
Wow! Just look at all those books….I can see why it is your happy place! I would love to see your new bookcase 🙂 x
I’d love to see how you transform this little corner of your life… I love the idea of a book nook for a happy place… I think I Need one!!
Oh my gosh girl get reading all those books they need your attention! x
It is always great to have a relaxing place that you know you can go to when you need to. Hope you manage to get a new bookcase soon – please update us.
This is a cute refreshing post and I am sure everyone has a messy book nook ! I have one that I never take a picture of 🙂 it can get scary
Wow that is a lot of books. Hubby tends to have all his now on his ipad and reads from there. I would love to see how you transform it with more bookcases.
I love to see lots of books, I need to reorganise my collection too. I have them just shoved on book shelves in no order and it’s driving me crazy!
I can totally see why this is your happy place, lots of hours of fun to be had there!
I’m the same and I really need more bookshelves. Currently they’re all in a wall around my bed!
i have tonnes of books too! They are a nightmare to store! I love a good old before and after makeover post, I’d love to see what you do with the space
I’m excited for the next post on your happy place! My happy place is my vanity.
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I love your book nook, i saw a something on the internet the other day about during a storage cupboard into a little book nook.
I don’t read but that’s so cute! x
Reading is escapism for me too and I have 4 books on my ‘too read’ list left and then I can think about buying more x
Is there any better escape than a book?! I love the idea of a cosy book nook, although I tend to keep a lot of mine on my kindle so it doesn’t seem to work as well! haha x
My happy place I my study, I wouldn’t dare share my photos though as it’s disgraceful with floor to ceiling boxes filled with utter crap! I want a book nook now too 🙂