Popular reading spaces are a cozy bedroom or book nooks with oversized couches, day beds, faux fur throws and lots of cushions. Comfort is the highest priority of a book nook, as minutes, hours or days of a person’s life will be spent in this corner.
Standard staples of a book nook are a comfortable reading chair that you can curl up on; an ottoman for those lazy, stretchy Sundays; a side lamp that provides adequate lighting to read into the night; and a side table for a hot cup of cocoa or a plate of marie biscuits. A colorful rug could liven up the space, and a stylish bookrack could only add to the atmosphere and feel of the room/corner.
Here are some book nook staples and where you can find them…
CHAIR
Finding the perfect chair for your book nook can take anything from one day to one month—and comfort is key! Proper back support, a headrest and padded arms will make sure you don’t suffer from post-reading aches and pains. The chair must be large enough to luxuriously drape yourself when reading The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis or curl up on with Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl.
The ‘Sound’ armchair available at Natuzzi integrates audio speakers directly into the comfortable headrest, while the punctures of the covering enhance the spread of the three-dimensional sound. Its design, concave and curvilinear, is created to give life to a new dimension of comfort, physical and mental. Rs823,900
FLOOR LAMP
Good lighting is essential for when you find that book that you can’t put down, like Arvind Adiga’s The White Tiger or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson (or anything by Jodi Picoult). The lamp should be of proportionate size to the reading chair to provide the best lighting.
LIBRARY/BOOKCASE
A home library that has been cultivated over generations is a prized possession. Providing stable and optimal temperature and humidity is an important step in safeguarding your collection, in addition to maximum exposure to air and steel-lined racks.
“The ideal condition for a home library that contains a variety of materials is 65-72° F with 30-50 percent RH.”
(Source: www.library.cornell.edu/preservation)
