Do you have a favorite room in your home?

I think we all have a favorite room in our homes.

A place where you can relax at the end of the day, watch TV, read a book

or simply spend time with your family.

For some of us is our bedrooms, some people like to lounge in their family rooms and watch a movie with their family, which I also love to do, but for me, well, I am a 

person that loves to read.

 I just love books and I have been collecting them for a lifetime.

Although lately, I have been a little addicted to my electronic reader, I still love to hold in my hands a copy of my favorite book and just get lost in it, so, when I need that

 little bit of time to myself, this is where I go hide from the world.
My favorite room in the whole house!

I wanted a home library forever and ever, but our military life didn't allow

 for that to happen. We just moved too often, so when we finally were able to put our suitcases away, I knew that when we build our home, this would be a room that would be incorporated in our plans.

This space was supposed to be the sixth bedroom in our home.

Really!  We do not need six bedrooms, so we asked the builder not to put in a closet in this space and we had them  replace the single door for double doors.

Do you know what makes this room so special to me?

Well, my husband built it for me. It took us eight months to finish it and he

 attended to every little detail.

I have to tell you he put his heart and soul into it.

After eight months of very hard work, the fun part was to decorate it.

There is still things we need in there, like a an area rug.

We used an old lamp we had and gave it a different look with some 

spray paint and new shades.

 This is before and after.

 I didn't want the whole room to be just books, so I used some of the shelves to

display family pictures and some of my Lladro from Spain.

This room changes all the time, because I either buy new books, dig out more books out of my storage closet or I get new pictures of my niece and nephew that I just have to put in a frame. :)

And I even reserved a little corner for my 30 year old

 stereo and record player! LOL

Oh, yes! this thing is right out of the 80"s!

 1981 to be exact!

It is broken, scratched, has stains on it that will never come off and the

cassette door was ripped off by our son when he was just two years old, but believe or not, it still works great!

 It just brings me so many memories, I can't bring myself to  throw it away!

It even plays 8 tracks!!! Now, for those of you that grew up in the 70"s, you know

what I am talking about. Yes, we are old people here! But, hey! we still got it! LOL

Remember 8 tracks?

 Now, those were the days! :)

 

And here are some pictures of my very old and embarrassing looking stereo with our ancient record collection!

 Boy, I love those old records, specially my Beetles collection!

 

This space also serves as an office. 

Here is where I work on my blog everyday, Skype with my family overseas or 

spend hours sitting on my rear reading all of your blogs! LOL

There you have it! This is where I go to unwind after a long day

Do you have a favorite space in your home?

Thank you all for taking the time to visit!