Creative Cozy Home Library Ideas

A beautiful, quiet, home library is the ultimate dream for anyone with a love of reading. Sitting with a hot drink, opening a new book and sitting under a warm blanket sounds like a dream for many. So how can you make that happen?

Here, we’ve highlighted some of the top creative ways to get your home library feeling cozy and comfortable. Keep in mind that you don’t have to have a home that already has a designated library space. It’s entirely possible to turn an existing room into your library with some of these ideas.

If you’re actually lucky enough to have your own designated library, use these ideas to cozy it up and make it more comfortable.

1. Include a Cozy Table

Many conjure images of an oversized chair by a roaring fireplace when they think of a cozy library. We’ll get to that and we agree that sounds like the ultimate library space. However, not everyone has that available to them. So, to cozy up an existing space, consider putting in a useful and practical table.

This is a particularly good idea if the room you are using might double as another space. If you don’t have a room designated as the library, including a table can also transform the room back into a place to play games or even to have a quick meal.

When its back in library mode, having a nice table in the room can make for a comfy spot to enjoy a snack and hot drink while reading. To cozy it up, consider adding some nice, soft cowhide pillows on the chairs. This will give the room a little accent while also improving comfort level. Then, lean back and enjoy your book.

2. Flank the Fireplace

If you are lucky enough to have a fireplace in your library, you can emphasize it by putting bookshelves on both sides. This cozy home library idea works best if those shelves are insets. They won’t stick out and will give the fireplace the attention it deserves.

If you want to put it up yet another notch, consider adding library lights overhead or even library ladders.

The ladder can be an incredible accent piece, but you’ll want to make sure you have the floor space available, since it will take up a bit of space as it leans against your bookshelves.

3. Add an Oversized Chair

A beautiful, plush, oversized chair is the ultimate edition to any cozy home library. Add in some a warm, cozy cowhide pillow and you can make yourself comfortable while reading.

4. Cozy up the Fireplace

Aside from the bookshelves on either side of the fireplace, there are a whole lot of ways to cozy up a fireplace, if you have one in your library.

To start, cowhide rugs are the ultimate accessory to lay in front of your fireplace. They not only make the space more attractive from an interior design perspective, but they’re functional as well.

They serve as a great padding for your feet and can keep any hardwood space warm. Cowhide rugs are pretty versatile too. They also work when placed over carpet, if your library has carpeting.

5. Cozy up the Wall Space

It goes without saying that a cozy home library needs plenty of places to sit and get comfortable. However, the interior design of a room doesn’t stop there. You also want to warm up the walls and ensure they aren’t sterile looking.

You want to the wall décor to match your personality and you also want it to match the overall feel of the room.

If you’ve used the suggestion to add in some beautiful cowhide pillows, or a cowhide rug in front of the fireplace, you might want to consider another accent on the wall to tie the room together.

A beautiful cowhide rug continues its versatility as a wall accent. What is great about using one as a wall hanging is that you can play around a bit with color or design. Of course, you can go with the standard design but there are other options as well.

The black and white is pretty standard but you can also choose one that is all white. This works really well if your walls are a darker color. You can even get one with a bit more color if you need to break up the flow of the room a bit.

6. Use Library Wallpaper

If you have a large area that you are transforming into your library but don’t have enough books to line the walls, there is a unique alternative that has become quite popular in home décor and design.

That option is library wallpaper. The wallpaper includes the look of books sitting on shelves, exactly the way it would look if they were real books on real shelves in your library,

The look is really unique. You won’t be fooling anyone into thinking they are real books, but the wallpaper really can transform just about any room into looking like a real library. The wallpaper also serves as a really unique talking point.

Anyone who comes into your home or library will certainly remark on the wallpaper, sparking a conversation.

7. Transform another room

So, you want a library to use all of these ideas in, but you don’t actually have a library in your home. That’s okay. There are plenty of spaces that can either double as a library or can be completely transformed into one.

If you have a guest room, you can use that as a library, especially if you don’t regularly have guests in there.

If your home is older and has a little nook in the kitchen, considering transforming that into a nice little reading nook, or small library.

Finally, a closet makes an incredible small library. All you need is a space to put a large armchair or bean bag char, a nice oversized cowhide rug, and some books. Then, you’ve created your very own library.