Painted Bookshelves in a Colorful Library Country Living

Painted Bookshelves in a Colorful Library
Country Living

On the Country Living site, we ran across photos of an unusual library set up - one in which the shelving catches your eye before its contents, thanks to a coat of a very...

...fearlessly vibrant paint color, Benjamin Moore's Prairie Green.

The built in shelves are fairly basic in their form, but feature a few unique details and touches (other than the color) - dentil molding cornices and, one of our favorite things, framed artwork hung on bookshelves.

The painted woodwork theme is continues throughout the room, with the glossy grey painted floor boards, a yellow Windsor chair and a blue-washed round table base.

See more of this colorful home in this Country Living slideshow.

Images: Gridley + Graves/Country Living

Comments (10)

I love this look, very Karl Larsson

posted by fjorlief on June 10th 2009 at 9:42am
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i love this, normally i would've hate that color, but this i love

posted by Vicadin on June 10th 2009 at 9:46am
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I'm not a fan of hanging stuff on furniture in my own home and to me a bookshelf is furniture (although sometimes my brain really wants to!) I feel like art needs room to breathe. But I love the colour of these shelves, sometimes I hate when the spines of my books are what's presumed to be "on display" because my books aren't all in the greatest condition. I enjoy how the colour takes the focus away from the books somewhat.

posted by Rebecca_J on June 10th 2009 at 10:41am
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The brightness of this single shade gives a uniformity to the bookshelf. Makes the book pop.

posted by bookgirl on June 10th 2009 at 12:13pm
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that dog is freakin adorable

posted by ec05 on June 10th 2009 at 12:48pm
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There is a house near me with a chartreuse deco library, quite something to behold.

posted by dn on June 10th 2009 at 3:51pm
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I'm not a big fan of the color (I think ...) but I really like the look of it and how it wraps around the doorway. Though I must say the color does go pretty well with the eclecticism of the room.

posted by Alaricus on June 10th 2009 at 4:56pm
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It apparently goes well with Corgi.

posted by kellylc on June 10th 2009 at 7:31pm
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everything goes well with Corgi

posted by jmorey on June 11th 2009 at 10:52am
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The paint color isn't the curious detail in my eye. It's the fact that they didn't run the built-ins to the ceiling. Perhaps there's a vent not seen in the pictures? (There are work-arounds for that issue.)

For tips on furnishing your home library on a budget, please enjoy:

http://jgkitchens.blogspot.com/2009/08/style-list-5-150-max-library-edition.html

posted by JG_Kitchens on August 27th 2009 at 8:14am
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