Reading nooks
In the kitchen of his duplex, Don Dimster designed a 12-foot-long upholstered bench with built-in end bookcase as a place to sit, work or linger over coffee. Dimster is pictured with wife Lisa, left,...
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In the Venice home designed by architect-owners Jonathan Ward and Jin Ah Park, built-in bookcases accommodate the couple's collections. The room acts as home office as well as drawing room for their son.
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Reading nooks don't have to be inside. Frane's courtyard, once paved-over and occupied by cars and a clothesline, is now an important living space for Frane, his pets and his friends. A raised platform...
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The front window of architect John Frane's Venice home serves as a full-size daybed in the library, allowing Frane to use the room for guests.
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Emmanuel Cobbet in the library nook of Marc Yeber's historic Gable Arms apartment in West Hollywood.
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One nook of the large living room of Mark and Melinda Fay has been turned into its own sitting area, with an antique settee covered in floral Schumacher fabric and chartreuse thrift store chairs....
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Rachel Klauber-Speiden in yet another reading nook in her Santa Monica home. Here, she reads to her daughter Lucinda.
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Lela Tillem settles into the reading nook off her bedroom, furnished with a tufted velvet settee bought in Palm Springs and a wall filled with books, gifts and the occasional flea market purchase later...
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Flying books in the boy's room of this South Pasadena house create a reading zone.
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Haskell Flender reaches for a book in the upstairs sitting area of his house in Carpinteria. His parents, Amy Lippman and Rodman Flender, worked with designer Rachel Allen to move a stairwell from the...
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Rachel Klauber-Speiden, a former book editor in Manhattan, sits in her favorite nook in her yoga room in Santa Monica. Architects Erla Dogg Ingjaldsdottir and Tryggvi Thorsteinsson of the firm name...
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The media room of the 1957 Tyre residence, originally designed by midcentury architects A. Quincy Jones and Frederick E. Emmons. To provide more book storage for the new owner, new shelves were matched...
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Whether you're hosting family or staying with friends, a reading nook can provide a great escape. Here, we offer a roundup of some designs, cozy places to curl up with a good book -- or nothing at all.
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