One would be hard-pressed to find a house without books. Besides providing the joys of reading, books are accessories that can personalize a room, dust a neutral space with color, and bring warmth and ...

It was the Roman scholar Marcus Tullius Cicero who said, "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need." Here at AD, we tend to agree. When it comes to design luxuries, a personal ...

Barbara has written professionally for more than two decades. In the past five years, she has specialized in creating real estate and home improvement content. Besides writing for Forbes Home, she ...

Designers are drawn to library aesthetic rooms because they create a space that feels both timeless and inviting. This style blends rich textures, moody colors, and layers of books and antiques to ...

"I had always yearned for a double-height library, since books are my life," wrote author Andrew Solomon in our September 2017 story about the restoration of his crumbling New York City townhouse, a ...

Do you dream of filling the walls of your home library with a fabulous book collection and riding past the packed shelves on your very own rolling library ladder? If the lack of square footage in your ...

A library should feel like an escape within the home, which makes it a great place to play with elements like deep paint colors, wall coverings and wood paneling. “You’re trying to create a cozy nook, ...

As a book-loving content creator focusing on book reviews with a little bit of beauty and fashion on the side, Katie Shober, the founder of Beach Reads & Bubbly, dreamt of having a home for all of her ...

Many academic planners assumed that the coming of the Internet would lead to the decline of the library as we know it. To the contrary, many academic libraries have experienced significantly increased ...

Welcome to the 2024 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries throughout North America. Like the profession itself, library facilities are in a ...

Welcome to the 2023 Library Design Showcase, American Libraries’ annual celebration of new and renovated libraries that address patron needs in exciting and effective ways. This year’s selections ...