Old-School Reading Rooms Stage Grand Return; No Books? Firms Will Pick, Style
AN EXCERPT: The idea of curling up with a good book has increasingly come to mean flipping on an e-reader, not flipping through the pages of a leather-bound novel in a book-lined room.
Yet the home library is on the rise, having become something of a cerebral status symbol. Affluent homeowners are buying quality books in quantity to amass collections for private personal libraries. These rooms are as much aesthetic set pieces and public displays of intelligence as they are quiet spaces to reflect and retreat. Some people are also seeking the services of experts to help pull together notable collections or to advise on the look, feel and content of their home libraries.
ZEPHYR COMMENT. Another sign of the end of civilization as we know it…”What color book should we buy? Will it go with the wall covering?”
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