Reading Nook

Been working on a reading nook. Our living room use to have an exit door but we decided to move that to the den to make it easier to bring in wood for the fireplace in the den. In its place we added the window that was in the den. We were left with a coat closet that really didn’t have a purpose. Instead of ripping it out I came up with a plan to make a small library with a cozy place to read a book either in the nook or lounging out into the living space a bit right in front of the window.

Overall I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.

closet after putting up shiplap

link standing in front of the window before we added the shiplap

test placing the light

light with ceiling

shelving in place

another shot with the shelving

and another

got some books in the reading nook

rearranged the books

added the shiplap to the wall by the nook

a light switch that needed to bump out

the box extender

fitting the switch

finished switch

cleaning up some construction and deciding on window treatment

shades in place, window almost finished

nook almost finished