I did it all for the nookie.

Yes, I just quoted 90s Limp Bizkit on my shelter blog. In a post that’s more or less about books and tiny spaces. Which is my first post since July. Around here, we do things with class.

I am here today to tell you about nooks. Book nooks, like this one:

Click on the image for a nook building tutorial.

When we bought our house last year, we had similar plans for a 4×7 foot room that was previously used as a tiny office. Although the following photos don’t showcase the room all that well, they will give something of a visual reference for now:

Looking into the room.

Looking out...

I love this room. It’s pretty much a closet, but it has a pretty window looking over my backyard and up on the ceiling is an entryway to our attic. There is also a little cabinet above the doorway for storage.

I adore small spaces. I remember when I was 11 or 12, my parents let me move my bedroom into our attic and I was elated. I felt so cozy and detached from the rest of the world in my pint-sized space. When Josh and I moved into our first place together, it was an attic apartment. There were 3 foot high doors (Alice and Wonderland style!) on either side of the living room, which led into a very small crawl space that soon became my “writing room”. I came across a video of the smallest apartment in Manhattan a couple of months ago, and watched it over and over again with wide-eyed wonder. But I digress.

Our original ideas for this room got washed up amidst the tides of a busy summer/fall, and it has now become a storage room filled with home brewing supplies. So, today I’m crafting up some ideas to build my nook once and for all, using supplies I already own or can find for free/very inexpensively.

Still not 100 per cent on whether I’d like to build a built-in bench, or thrift a snuggly chair to wiggle into the room.

Cozyyy!

I love the idea of using old books for decor as well! I created a book mobile a while ago and I think this room would be the right place to hang it.

Another way to repurpose old books into decor!

Hoping to tackle this project over the weekend! Exciteddddd!