For years, the home library has been a staple in apartments and houses in the United States. But with book sales on the decline and e-book sales on the rise, many people simply don’t have a need for bookshelves in general.
But home décor experts say that books and e-books can certainly co-exist in your home. House Beautiful’s editor in chief, Newell Turner, says:
“When there’s an endless river of (digital) content, the words, text and images we choose to print and bind into a physical book will make (it) even more special,” she says.
“Books are precious and beautiful, both their contents and materials. I was inspired to provoke thoughts, placing the bulk of the spines away from the viewer, thus highlighting the thousands of paper pages and creating a sense of desire to discover what lies within,” he says.
New York interior designer Elaine Griffin says:
“We’ve come a long way from the English country home-inspired libraries of the ’80s — those spaces that looked like Carson (the butler on “Downton Abbey”) might come in at any moment to do a little dusting,” Griffin says.
“Today’s home libraries are retreats, actually — places to retreat as an individual from the more chaotic, group-themed spaces of the rest of the house.”
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