Let's Discuss: Dream Library

 

So I guess where I had 5 months of great ideas and topics to discuss about I have hit a burn out period this summer. Nothing has been popping up in my head lately to turn into a discussion so I turned to the helpful list of topic ideas and thought, let's try this one! At least to get one other post done for this week!

Dream Library

So as I've mentioned on past occasions here and there, I am looking for a house of my own. It's very slow going as there's only so much I can afford on my own and I don't want an apartment style setup as living in the Midwest has given me a great fear of tornadoes. The anxiety I get every time sirens go off is real and insane and I can't explain it. It's just not good. I want my own personal basement where I can go at these times and just have that little layer of safety. Hence the reason why I can't just find an apartment and call it home.

So anyway, my search for a house that's affordable and in a relatively safe neighborhood continues because all the homes I can afford are in the not safe ones. It's an endless nightmare. But at least I can still save up more for a down payment as I continue looking for that perfect for me home!

But back on topic! As I continue this search I have built up my dream library room in this forever home of mine. I am thinking of putting it in the basement, hoping to find one that's finished or mostly finished or that I can have finished with my parents' help as they are very handy in that area. I want the whole room to be wall to wall bookcases! I want to have all my beautiful books on the shelves displayed proudly, spines out with the occasional edges out if its super gorgeous, which you know I have those too!

I want to decorate my shelves also with bookish decor that I have accumulated over the years but haven't seen in awhile because it's packed away in storage. That will be fun day to uncover it all again and figure out where I want it! I also have bookish artwork, some of it framed that I'd like to display. I figure these can go over my shorter bookcases.

Also, not gonna lie, if I can manage to get a rolling ladder, I WANT THAT! Lol. Yes, my dream of acting out Belle's bookshop moment is one that I frequently would love to live out but have never done so. Also, not gonna lie, partially scared to do it because I am looking at the ladder and thinking, will you hold up for this dream moment?

I also want an extra room, hopefully downstairs as well that will be my "Caraval" room aka the Stephanie Garber collection room! Lol. Yes, a SEPARATE room adjacent to the main "library" where I will house all my gorgeous Stephanie Garber books AND decor pieces because omg I have a lot! I remember that from before it went into storage! And I have so many beautiful dolls Britnee made from Pages of the Night! I am going to need to find a display stand for all of those as well! I have maps and artwork galore that I have framed over the years that I want to hang on the walls. I feel more excited to decorate this room than the main library, but still super excited for that one as well!

Yes, it all goes gloriously well in my head...I just need to find that house so I can get going on things but alas, that front is moving extremely slow. I haven't had any hits on the system I was put into that shows you houses that meet your needs/wants in months! Every time I see something that looks like a possibility that when I email my agent within 24 hours after I've done my own research on it, the house already has an offer and I am like OMG! It's always when I think I've found one that is livable and doable and I'd be happy there and I just want to see it in person to double check it all, it's gone! That was from earlier this year on the last few hits and pretty much since then it's been silence. I still get hits from my last realtor but sadly those were all immediate no's just from pictures.

So what about you? Have you built your perfect dream library in your head? Do you have your dream library already in your home?