Zoom bookcase backgrounds have become ubiquitous in recent years. While this library is exceptional, the practice of hiring professionals to stock your shelves (regardless of whether you plan to read) is not. So no, I can’t say that I’ve sat around reading yet.” We go back and forth between the West Coast and here, and I work a lot. With a small note of jealousy, I asked if she spends a lot of time reading in this literary nirvana. The apartment came with the library when she bought it, and since she loves old books, it made sense to fill it up. They sourced books based on her guidelines and printed unique custom jackets to display the graphics she chose. The woman who owns this home commissioned Juniper Books-a company that specializes in custom residential libraries-to style and stock hers. So, it’s a little bit connected.” Social media is littered with images of bookshelves organized by hue, suggesting the works on display hold no more value than a bag of M&Ms.
“This is stuff like Dahl’s collected stories, Walden, Arcadia. Unsure what was there, the library’s owner leaned in to squint and read off the small faint titles printed at the bottom of each spine. On the opposite wall, a depiction of Central Park stretches over another isolated shelf I asked if it was tied to a theme, expecting that’s where one might find some classic New York novels or memoirs. Elsewhere, four shelves of books have nude paintings printed across the anonymous spines-soft pink flesh of women’s bodies luxuriates across them. On the main floor, one wall of bookcases is filled with hundreds of old leather-bound hardbacks with notched spines and metallic lettering. Directly across from it, on the other side of the U-shaped second level, another bookcase of identical proportions displays Notre Dame at dusk.
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One full bookcase on the upper level serves as the canvas for an image of the Chrysler Building amid the New York City skyline at night. Even those with an aversion to hard liquor might suddenly find themselves craving a scotch neat to sip while reclining with a Henry Miller novel. The banister encasing the second story is the same color as the light fixtures that sit above each bookcase, casting a cozy downward glow. There’s a large fireplace, an emerald green tufted sofa, plush armchairs, a fainting couch, ruby red carpeting and drapes, three gold-toned chandeliers, and a few depictions of the Buddha interspersed throughout. In a storied old building on the Upper West Side, the CEO of a bank lives in a freshly renovated apartment with a two-story wood paneled library holding about 2,300 books.
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