Funky Pieces for a Funky Reading Space

Reading spaces can define your reading experience. And you all know I love my reading forts. Here are a few home accessories that will funkify any dull reading space. Along with these unusual pieces are the books that would pair well with them.

34" Aged Gold Black Feather Plummage Lamp
$3,700
Instyle Decor

Have this lamp shed some light while you read Beak of the Finch by Jonathan Weiner.

Wall-Climbing Sofa

Lila Jang

Dress up as the Queen of Hearts and cuddle up with Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll on this other-worldly couch.

Book Safe
$32.00
Ela's Ideas on Etsy

My precious! It is well hidden in this book of secrets. If only Frodo had this in the Lord of the Rings.

Utopian Angel/Devil Mugs
$26.00
Jonathan Adler

Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy just got a jolt of style.

Eli Fort Bed
$1,399.00
Pottery Barn Kids

Pull a Jack and kick the kids out of their room to become dictator of the island! Ralph and Piggy are not allowed to this Lord of the Flies party.

Reading Nook of the Day: From Suzi B.

{Reading Nook of the Day}

A colony of reading forts in a library! Does this make anyone else want to curl up with their buds and read "The Never Ending Story?" And then a giant flying dog can bring us milk and pumpkin caramel brownies! This picture is from Suzi who emailed me to tell me how much she loved my reading forts. Right there with you, Suz.

{Your Reading Nook}

Send me a picture of your favorite/desired/fantasy reading nook to julieschicklit@gmail.com and I'll post it on here with your name and linkage (if you have it!)

Reading Forts

I inspired myself so much with my last post, that I went on Pinterest and found more reading nooks! While browsing, I found this fancy fort.

Fancy fort, from here

So I had to find more. Which fort is your favorite? Which one would be the most realistic to create in your home?

Sheet and Christmas lights, from here

Backyard fort, from here

For fun! Because the 90s ruled. From here

I think an interior designer made this fort, from here

Outside fort with kittens, from here

Under the table, from here

{Crazy idea} I really want Man-Beast and I to build a fort with sheets and white Christmas lights for our next anniversary. We'll play Yahtzee, eat Jack in the Box tacos and we'll read to each other.

Another {Crazy idea} Maybe feature a reading nook of the day on this blog? Of course I would have to incorporate a few forts here and there.

I am off to have an exciting weekend with the ladies. Leaving the house for a night so the Man-Beast can have his "Man Night." That's what he called it in the email to his friends.

Have a relaxing weekend everyone! Curl up with a good book in whatever book nook that works for you! xo

Favorite Reading Nook?

Where would you like to read a good book? Leave your answer in the comments!

Front porch, by Design*Sponge

Picnic in a park, from Hand & Cloth

BTW, everyone should buy a gorgeous and colorful blanket from Hand & Cloth. For you. For a baby shower. For a college student away from home. There's always a good reason!

Here is an excerpt from their website: "Our kantha blankets are made in Bangladesh by women who have completed transitional job training programs with MCC and CUP, and now work in dignity at a business called Basha. At Basha, women gain job skills, develop into leaders and entrepreneurs, and experience Biblical values lived out in the workplace."

A Hand & Cloth blanket, along with some beautiful pieces from Novica, are on my birthday wish list. {Someone tell the Man-Beast!}

Coffee house, from here

Old, fancy library like the Bodleian, from here

Dim-light corner, from here

Big comfy chair, by Domino Magazine

Space for more than one, by Domino Magazine

Just for fun! Book igloo!