@susanruan3663

3 months ago

When I was little, my grandfather created a space that gives me the kind of vibes your talking about, but it wasn't for decor. My childhood home had an inglenook that nobody in the family ever used due to the fact that it wasn't close enough to the rest of the house, only got indirect light at best, and the fireplace hearth took up about a third of the space. Then my grandfather decided it would be perfect as his own personal study. He put in a simple small office desk under the window, then on the desk he had all the things he needed, desk lamp-the kind with a swivel arm, along with his calligraphy brushes, ink stones, ink sticks, other stationary he needed, along with the envelopes for air mail since he was always writing back home to relatives and old friends. He also had a wooden coat tree that had multiple hooks and could spin, just at the mouth of the nook along the wall. The walls themselves, he put up maps of all kinds- world, europe, asia, the US, local, also he taped up a few prints of a lovely landscape that originally from calendars. Instead of bookshelves, he used old wooden endtables since these were already in the garage and he kept all kinds of reference books and dictionaries and newspapers on them. An old beanbag chair wound up in the space and was put right infront of the fireplace, along with old blankets. Once he took it over, everyone just started to go into the space. Either to actually use the books, or to just hang out, everyone just naturally started using the space. He never said anything, but I think he was kind of annoyed because he made the nook into a study specifically because no one wanted to be there before.

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