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Montage: 40 Painted Built-In Bookshelves (Blue, Green, Black, Yellow, Orange, Red, Purple . . .)

I love the richness of the painted woodwork in these rooms. The tones are of course, much deeper than I would dare to go in my own home. Most of the time. A couple of years ago, inspired by such shelving, I actually had my husband paint the built-in bookcases in our family room a deep purple. It wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t great either. We’ve since gone back to white, with taupey greige walls, compliments of the whole family room re-do. But still, it doesn’t stop me from admiring the work of designers accomplished enough to pull it off, particularly Katie Ridder, who does it with great panache, in monochromatic and highly contrasty spaces, and also, Miles Redd. Which colors do you love best?

Thom Filicia

Lindsey Coral Harper

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Designer Eric Gartner  –  Photographer Tim Street-Porter

Collette van den Thillart of Nicky Haslam Design

Architectural Digest

Katie Ridder

Katie Ridder

Photographer Diane Sagnier  –  The Socialite Family

Jan Showers

Jonathan Adler

Miles Redd   –  Photographer Simon Upton

 Miles Redd   –  Photographer Simon Upton

Todd Alexander Romano

Katie Ridder

 Domino

Country Living

 Katie Ridder

 Miles Redd

Elle Decor Espana

Femina

Susan Sargent  –  Photographer Eric Roth

Martha Stewart Living

Techentin Buckingham Architecture

Katie Ridder

Amanda Nisbet

Angie Hranowsky Domino

Martha Stewart Living

David Kaihoi  – House Beautiful

Charles Spada

Inès de la Fressange’s Paris office – The Selby

Corinne Gilbert, Mc&Co. –  Photographer Miguel Flores-Vianna

Photographer John Bedell

Michael RichmanMetropolitan Home

Domino

Hus & Hem

Traditional Home

unidentified

Raji Radhakrishnan  –  Metropolitan Home

Photographer Guido Barbagelata

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Montage: 36 Rooms with Bookshelves

Almost nothing makes me happier than a pile of books. Some people keep a stash of chocolate in the back of the cupboard (okay, I do that too); I get nervous when my row of unread books gets too short. Here are homes whose owners also seem to revel in reading.
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Photos: Margaret McCurry in Architectural Digest; Ondine Karady; Desire To Inspire; Foley & Cox; Ryan Korban; Delson or Sherman Architects; The Selby; This Ain’t No Disco; Cookie; Flickr – strictly_phals; Brian Atwood in Elle Decor; stylist Michele Michael; Colombe Stevens; Lily Diallo in Domino; Guido Barbagelata; M. Design; Domino; Marie Claire Maison; unidentified source; Domino; Flickr – kristyhall; Rachel Smith; Patric Johansson in Skona Hem; John Stefanon Design; M. Design; Desire To Inspire; Cookie; Domino; Pierre Yovanovitch; Flickr – Simon Aughton; Gamota residence; Gamota residence; Erin Gates; Eric Roth’s studio; M.Design; Apartment Therapy; Desire To Inspire; Flickr – chotda; Desire To Inspire; Absolutely Beautiful Things.

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