I want shelves on the staircase, too, so you’re reminded to read every time you walk up and down. I was like, “I thought you’d never ask.” I plan on building a library in the house so my daughter can be surrounded by them. A home needs a bit of curated clutter, and that curated clutter has to include things that tell the story of your life, of what you love. In fact, I sit there terrified I’m going to spill red wine. For a minute, I think, “I wish my house looked like this.” But then I remember I don’t feel like taking off my shoes and curling up on the sofa in these homes. I find them beautiful: two artfully placed objects, stunning coffee table books. I walk into so many houses today that have been decorated. Her rules were that a home should always have books, candles and flowers. She brought the English country-house style into the mainstream. I subscribe to Nancy Lancaster’s rule of decorating she’s an American decorator who moved to England in the Twenties. Writing takes focus, and books pull mine in a million directions. If I go to a book or online, the whole day could be gone. If I need to do some research, I just make a note for later. I’ve done my best writing at my local public library in one of those little cubbies with noise-canceling headphones. I think I like to be surrounded by books when I’m writing, but the truth is I don’t. I’m now able to get rid of books much more easily knowing they’re going to a good home. What’s extraordinary is that everyone gathers around the bookcycle and has conversations. I lurk around the bookcycle I love to watch what happens. I paid a high school student to turn it into a mobile free library. We had this cargo tricycle just sitting in our garage. For 35 years, there was a bright pink bookstore in my town called Remarkable Book Shop. Last summer, I started a little mobile library called the Remarkable Bookcycle.
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