Help Aimee Laine get her library!
Thank you, up front, to “I Am A Reader, Not A Writer” for hosting this awesome hop!
I’m supporting myself (Aimee Laine) in my quest to clear out the only room in her/my house that could become a library. Support by ‘taking’ one of her random books from the pile of stuff that needs to go!
Read more below!
You see … ever since having kids, I’ve been acquiring stuff. Not just stuff … but LOADS of stuff … GOBS of … STUFF. That includes my massive, growing library of boooooks. Now, when I say library, it’s not one of those awesome places like this:
or like this
Oh no. I don’t have that … yet. Why not? For one, my books are stacked on the floor, 10-20 piles of them, halfway up the wall and in front of them? Everything else in my house that needs to be sold at a yard sale or on Craigslist or eBay.
Yep, my books are hidden in the confines of a room that is slam packed with JUNK.
And it all needs to go.
But rather than tell you I have a double, Dora the Explorer outdoor seat that no longer folds to give away, or a white rocking horse I haven’t been able to sell, or a desk that is in much need of clearing so it can be used … I’m going to focus on the books that are hidden beneath this Mount Everest of junk.
What’s in there?
Honestly? I haven’t the faintest idea. I know I’ve read 90% of them (some of the old ones were gifts and so I’m not sure I read them). I have thrillers, Nora Roberts and JD Robb, romances, literary fiction, historicals, young adult, middle grades. Deep in the pocket of my house that was once the sitting room … lies a pile of books.
Were they not inanimate objects, they’d all probably be cowering together wondering just what I planned to do with them.
And here’s what I’ll tell you.
I have no idea.
I WANT a bookshelf like this:
It’s my dream to clear out that room, build this into one full wall, keep my sofa (that is covered in stuff) and the desk (that is covered in stuff) and the rug (that is covered in stuff) and have my own little library.
For now … I must pay off debt, medical bills and save up, but some day … SOME day, I’ll have my space. All to myself. Cleaned up. Organized. Without a single book I’d want to give away. (Ha, yeah, right). 
For now, I’m going to offer to share my mess with you. I mean … share my books with you. How? The question is in the Rafflecopter!
Don’t forget to comment!
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I would put all my books there and make it a nice reading room.
I someday want a library/beauty room everything I love in one place my clothes books and makeup I don’t think I would ever leave!
I would turn it into a study/library, a nice quiet room to work and read. Wall lined with bookshelves and big windows with bench seats, it would be perfect.
I love books so I would like to have lots of cool bookshelves, a comfy place to read and lots of windows to let in the sunshine!
I actually had an extra room a few years back, it was just turned into a sort of living room.
Make it into a craft room!
A really cool underwater-type room that has fishtanks and blue shelves for my books and a little waterfall maybe
Definitely a book room. Bookshelves lining 3 walls (floor to ceiling of course) and a comfy chair and lamp for curling up with a good book
If I had unlimited funds, I’d build a new house with a large tower and make it a library. Complete with large bay window with a seat and built in bookcases on every wall!
Giant library splash writing room. It would have a big plush armchair and everything.
I’d love a room all to myself to do whatever I wanted with! I’d for SURE make it into a library and office for myself! Thanks for the giveaway!
Ceiling to floor built in bookshelf with glass doors.
I’d make a library for me and my little dogs
I got a room all to myself in my new home, and I promptly turned it into my library/haven/favorite place in the house!
I would make it into a cool reading room with some unique looking bookshelves. It would include a desk and couch.
I would make it into a theater/library
Reading den!
I would have a reading room/library!
I would have a craft/reading/photography room!
at least two tvs bookcases lining the wall filled with books for myself and my kids and a desktop and a laptop
I would so have a library with lots of space, a big recliner with a table and lamp, snacks and coffee . . . Oh yes a wonderful dream
I would turn it into a bedroom! With one wall a bookshelf, And another wall, half would be a huge mirror and the other half would be a huge fishtank embedded into the wall:) Well and a bed of course.. lol
The third inspiration picture is perfect: a wall of books! Oh yeah!
I would have floor to ceiling bookcases, a huge fireplace and a really comfortable chair.
Instead of wallpaper, I would make my walls whiteboards (even the floor and ceiling) just so I can always scribble on my walls…doodles, notes, reminders…
And cleaning the floor would be a breeze, I would just tie erasers to my feet and twirl across the room.
And a large blue beanbag chair for my reading comfort.
Lilian @ A Novel Toybox
Books aaaaaaaall over.
I’d make it a crafting mecca. A great big room to store and house the umpteen projects “I really will finish someday…”
Definitely a library/relaxation room . . . no phones allowed!
This feels like deja vu…. A library!!
Leave it bare!
Library, storage guest room. lots of windows
Make it into a library/craft room
I do have a room all to myself, and it’s filled to the brim with books…and my computer.
I’d turn it into a library and put a big comfy chair in one corner!
Ohh, I would SO put that wall bookshelf in! Those squares are the COOLEST things EVER!!!
I would have a room with a gigantic wall that reaches two stories and it would be all bookshelves. If I could have a library like the one in the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast, I would die happy
Floor to ceiling bookshelves, comfy chairs — a proper library!
Thanks for the giveaway!
elizabeth @ bookattict . com
A library/office. I’d have 3 walls of floor-to-ceiling bookshelves and one wall of windows. A comfy chair and couch for reading, and a good lamp. I’d have a desk big enough to hold my computer and printer without having to move my mousepad when I want to print something. And a lock on the door. Definitely a lock.
It’d be a library and a study, probably.
I would make it into a relaxing reading room..
my own book oasis comeplete with sound proof doors
Make a big library!
I would make a mommy playroom with games books and more!
If I had a room to myself it would be a library room with a concert grand piano in it. And a craft area. Ahahaa. Multi-tasking!
Congratulations, Lisa! You were the randomly selected winner!
A studio/library
A spa like room..with great smelling candles.
if i hada room to myself i would have half a library in the room and the other half is shelves full nail polish. Yep after reading this your probly thinking weired for writing this
My room would be a combination reading and craft room!
I’d make it a room for me, for reading and crafts and just hiding.
I’d definitely make it a personal library since I ran out of room for my books years ago.
I would make it in to a reading room with a chaise/ kitty play land/ crafting table.
I’d fill it with my fave colors I’m too scared to use in the rest of the house.
Darkroom! I still have room for books in other rooms, but I don’t have a darkroom yet!
I would make it a reading room with wall to wall bookshelves.
I would definetly turn it into my own library too! Most of my books are in my sister’s room because I don’t have a bookself or room for a bookself. I have a little nightstand I put some in
Oh gosh I would go crazy putting in books. I’d be like a hoarder person
Make myself a little library and sitting room.
I’d have an indoor pool. I’d like to float around and read all day!
I would make a library/craft/office room. Or a pool room!
i would want a craft room or office
I’d make a library where I could spend some time by myself!
I would make it into an entertainment room. In the middle of one wall would be and entertainment center with a TV, game consoles, and a dvd player. There would be a couch, table and rug in the middle of the room. Along the wals there would be bookcases for books, movies, and video games.
I’d make it a dvd and book room
Man cave
something with tv, computers and a quiet place to watch it all!
I would turn it into a entertainment room paradise- books, movies, videogames, laptops…. mmmmm
I would turn it into my dream library with floor to celiing bookshelves on all four walls (with a fireplace on one of the walls). I would have a nice desk & chair in the middle of the room, but I would also have comfy chairs and pillows and blankets for getting comfy while reading. The room would have a ladder for reaching the top shelves. There would be great reading light.
I would have a huge bookshelf full of books – a scrapbooking part – and my computer
If I had a room all to myself, it would look like one of the “dream libraries” that you posted above. I DO have a library, though!! What’s supposed to be a formal living room is instead lined with bookcases (that need replacing). 2 LARGE bookcases flanking a cushy bench with a bridge with a reading light in it + 2 medium bookcases full of children’s books flanking a terrarium with a resident box turtle. There’s a comfy chair in the opposite corner with an ottoman. But none of it says, “Sit down, take a load off, and pick up a book!” It just says, “I’m sagging, please dust me.”
I would turn it into a library
Wall to wall bookshelves
A room all to my self. Well the only room in my house that no one will interrupt me is — the bathroom. No my bedroom has a lock on it but everyone- even the wild three year old-knows where and how to use it. But in the bathroom they leave me alone. I would probably expand it from its 4 feet by 10 feet since I use the guest bathroom because no one uses that one since all it has is a toilet and a sink. Make it larger and add a plush chair and a PC along with changing the color from olive green to white with torn out pages of a book bought from the thrift store glued on the walls. Then have bookshelves installed all over the walls.
I think I would use it to hold the stuff I love most – books, DVDs and board games
I would have a room with bookshelfs full of books have so many! Thank you for the great giveaway!
I would have books in floor to ceiling bookcases, a comfy recliner, a TV, a laptop and some music and of course a little doggie bed for my best friend.
lkish77123 at gmail dot com
I would make it my computer room!
Wow! What awesome response to this blog hop! Thank you to ALL who participated! Hope you had fun thinking about what room you’d make!