A Cozy Chair, a Good Book . . .

I love books and so does my family.  As a family we have collected quite a library full.  Friends who visit our cottage often comment on our wonderful collection and know where to come to borrow a book for a rainy day read.

Before leaving the US, Patrick and my brother, Max spent a day designing and building this bookcase to fit in a room in our cottage.  It traveled to our island in pieces ready to be stained, finished, and assembled.

Although it's the only finished piece of furniture in the room it will always be a focal point and a nice place to spend a lazy day curled up with your choice of a book.

The top part holds about 200 books and the larger bottom is designed to house puzzles, games, and larger books.  However, there are still books looking for shelf space and so the bottom part is serving double duty until more shelving can be arranged.

We're thinking a few narrow shelves across the ceiling might take the excess of books yet to come. Of course, there's always the possibility of individual bookcases in each room.  We'll see!