A visual delight and an inspiration for every bibliophile with a growing home library, this dream-and-drool design book features some of the most jaw-dropping book collections of homeowners around the world.
Interior designer Nina Freudenberger, New Yorker writer Sadie Stein, and Architectural Digest photographer Shade Degges give readers a peek at the private libraries and bookshelves of passionate readers all over the world, including Larry McMurtry, Silvia Whitman of Shakespeare and Co., Gay and Nan Talese, and Emma Straub. Throughout, gorgeous photographs of rooms with rare collections, floor-to-ceiling shelves, and stacks upon stacks of books inspire readers to live better with their own collections.
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Interior designer and founder of Haus Interior, Nina Freudenberger is the author of the bestselling design book Surf Shack: Laid-Back Living by the Water, which was featured in Architectural Digest, Vanity Fair, O: The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and Martha Stewart Living. She lives with her husband and two young boys in Los Angeles, California.
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她一直在家里看书,一醒来就会坐到下深陷的沙发里,伸展着四肢。“晨读和夜读相比是一种完全不同的感受。记得有一个清晨,阳光酒入,我在读《奇想之年》(The Year人of Magical Thinkin)。这是完美的一刻——我的意思是,很显然我在啜泣——但周围的宁静和光线让我觉得自己像是在祈祷,只是有些许的不同。”
维克·穆尼斯 纽约市,布鲁克林 “我的生活中不能没有书房,也不能没有花园。”维克·穆尼斯(V张Muiz)说道,“花园是我们与自然沟通的地方一它居于野生和驯服之间一书房是我们面对一切的地方。”在布鲁克林的工作室中,他实现了二者的兼得:一面墙上摆满了成千上万本书,另一面则是一扇大窗,可以欣赏到葱翠的绿意。
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