This one is for Casablanca she wanted to know what a rumpus room looked like.
The rumpus room in this picture is the one with all the books in it. Photo taken from in our family room.
This is the last of my inside isolation photos for now, tomorrow I will start on the outside and work my way through the garden.
You can see on the left of this picture that I have found a door to get out of isolation through, so I will escape to the garden tomorrow. Yay freedom.
@casablanca We do have rather an obsession with books and this is only a small collection of them. I have just counted up the total number of bookcases in our house and it surprised even me. There are 9 bookcases in the rumpus room, 2 in the family room, 3 in the dining room, 1 in the living room, 3 in our bedroom, 2 in the second bedroom, 1 in the third bedroom and 7 in the study. Just don't ask me to count all the books.
You name a subject and we have probably got a book on it. We don't read much fiction although David has gone back into science fiction occasionally now he is in his second childhood and I read a lot of biographies. A challenge could be a name a subject and I can see if we have a book on it. ha ha.
I must admit I haven't heard of someone having a rumpus room since I was a kid (as we had one house when I was growing up that was large enough to have one!), but I knew exactly what it was :)
Never heard of a "rumpus " room and this delightful area of books , and quiet reading area is a pure delight ! Take care when stepping out of that door !
@onewing I have to confess we are the same! There are 3 bookcases in the Teenager's study, heaps on his dresser in his bedroom, a whole wall of bookcasing in the spare room, another on the landing, another downstairs plus books all over the place on windowsills. Two years ago, we decided to have a cull and around 400 went to charity.......but you couldn't say we have any gaps!! I think I would love your house
You've a beautiful homeand so well taken care of. my husband would love the various book shelves. he is into Science Fiction too and I love all the teddy bears.
I like this room very much Babs. Any house I live in has to have book cases & one thing I want in any new house we move to must have a whole wall of bookcase like this! Loved Looking round your house. I can picture you there now!
@onewing@casablanca Ha ha thank goodness we aren’t the only ones....we have books in every room in the house & on the landings. A house is not a home without books in my opinion!
I am so jealous of your bookshelves!! Most of my books are in boxes right now. I was promised built-in bookshelves for my living room but that was 2 years ago now and the person who was going to come- well let's just say I am probably the last thing on his mind and my husband does feel the need to complain until he makes good on his promise- so it's not going to happen! Time to think of a plan B. You have a lovely home-very inviting!
I am so jealous of those book cases. I have two in my dining room but no other room has enough space for any so I have piles of books everywhere inside the house and multiple roller boxes full out on the back deck.
@ethelperry I can always find time to read Ethel and I always have a book on the go.
@casablanca I think I would love your house too. You would never get rid of me.
We had a cull 3 years ago when we redecorated the house, but a few months later Newcastle University had their biannual second hand book sale and we ended up in a worse state than we were before with books.
@pcoulson I have to admit I still prefer a book to an ipad. Looking at the screen to read hurts my eyes. I guess I am just old fashioned.
How wonderful! I am also to love books too. I don't have a home, only an apartment. But most of the space is occupied by books. I feel great in the presence of books.
You name a subject and we have probably got a book on it. We don't read much fiction although David has gone back into science fiction occasionally now he is in his second childhood and I read a lot of biographies. A challenge could be a name a subject and I can see if we have a book on it. ha ha.
Have a same plant indoor as the one I see outdoors. Fav.
@ethelperry I can always find time to read Ethel and I always have a book on the go.
@casablanca I think I would love your house too. You would never get rid of me.
We had a cull 3 years ago when we redecorated the house, but a few months later Newcastle University had their biannual second hand book sale and we ended up in a worse state than we were before with books.
@pcoulson I have to admit I still prefer a book to an ipad. Looking at the screen to read hurts my eyes. I guess I am just old fashioned.
@sangwann Definitely an addict Dione