Reading nook closet

Book nooks are, arguably, the best nooks. Lindsay Cisewski of Style and Dwell, her husband, and her 4-year-old would agree. “We wanted a space to organize all of our books, and have an out-of-the way and cozy space to read them,” Lindsay writes. The target? An unused basement closet. “Due to its location and layout, it really wasn’t functional, and it definitely wasn’t pretty!” Lindsay says.

Marie Cloud of Indigo Pruitt turned the upstairs hallway at this year’s Greensboro Showhouse into a spot you want to hangout in.

Do you have a deep, but narrow and awkward closet like we do? It’s in our son’s room and we’ve never known what to do with it. But finally, I’ve decided to split it into half practical and half fun! The closet has incredibly high ceilings leaving a ton of storage space on top, and …

You don't need more linen storage. Instead, turn that underutilized closet into a reading nook or library.

These are so unexpected.

The Nosy Parker family has been getting creative to maximize space after a recent downsize to a smaller home. One of our first major in-home projects was installing floor-to-ceiling shelving, drawe…

Which of these book nooks is your favorite?

All a little reader really needs is a book, but a soft place to curl up, a light and maybe even a bit of privacy doesn’t hurt. I love the trend of repurposing kids closets as reading nooks. You can keep the door to make a secret reading hideaway or take the doors off to make small rooms seem bigger. Here are ten examples to inspire you: TOP ROW: 1. Miss G’s Closet Book Nook by Mama.Papa.Buba 2. Closet Nook for a Brother & Sister by Life with Daugs 3.

I was looking at the extra closet in my old home office, the one that’s filled with boxes of pictures and photo albums. If I digitize the photos and store t ...