I was contacted by a furniture company recently. They complimented my blog and suggested I do a future post, cleverly including their products. While that’s not what we do here at AST, I was motivated by the idea they suggested: writing about your favorite place to read. Or better yet, a fantasy reading spot.
Wow, that got me thinking. I would love to be sitting in an Adirondack chair on the bluff overlooking the beach at Jekyll Island, Georgia.
Or Big Sur, at Nepenthe’s Restaurant, on a patio gazing across the Pacific.
I found the next five photos on Pinterest. If you’d like to indulge in a luxurious hunt for your perfect reading spot, go there and do a search for “Favorite Place to Read,” then click Boards. If we don’t hear from you in a few weeks, we’ll come looking.
Here’s a spot I’d love to spend the whole day, reading and pondering:
Or here:
Or here, although I would need more pillows:
Here (look at that chair. It’s upholstered in fur):
Or here. (Your basic billionaire’s library):
I have a place in my house where I work on the business end of my business. It’s too small for a bedroom, so it’s perfect for a home office:
The picture below is where I invent characters and scenes and drama. That white leather chair is where I dreamed up Karen Grace, her sweetheart Curt Hoffman, 90-year-old Frieda, the CRS Ladies, and everybody else. From this chair, I can see out the sliding glass door to my garden. I don’t know if it’s the feng shui or what, but I can really write here.
To keep the space pure, I don’t do any regular work in this spot. I read, write, or journal here. From this chair, I can look outside the sliding glass door and see my garden (although I can’t show you the room from that angle because I’m too lazy to put the comforter on.)
Do you have a favorite place to read? Tell us about it, or better yet, send me a picture and I’ll share it here.
Oh, those rooms/spaces with views–it would be challenging to keep focused on the page (but I’d love to try!). Fun post, Lynne.
A nice break from the heaviness of the last post.
All wonderful places, especially the window seat—I’m very partial to that charming piece of furniture!
It was a fun bit of fantasy, Diane.
The good news is that when I’m one hundred, I will still be comfortable writing on my laptop sitting on my bed, as I am doing now. Which I intend to do as long as my fingers (and my brain) still work.
Funny you should mention that. I’m doing the same right now! (It was a long day.)
Love this idea. Only I don’t need Pinterest. In my travels , the places I have seen!! Oh my! They are all my inspiration. Thanks for sharing!
And thanks for commenting, Judy. Happy travels!
Each of these places look so inviting to curl up with a book. I especially enjoyed seeing your work space because now when I am in my writing space, I can picture you in yours. I especially love reading on the dock on a lake or the porch of our cabin during a gentle rain. My son and his girlfriend love to go to cafes on Lake Geneva in Switzerland to read. For the price of a drink, you can
read and daydream the day away.
Pat, why don’t you email me a picture of your writing space so I can picture you there, too!