@Bookworm & jmac17 – I agree with that. I liked the picture, did something similar in our livingroom where we already have a true windowseat. We just added bookselves to either side of it. For the record, the only things on the shelves are… BOOKS.
I do want some for nature displays, though, and at the moment we don’t really have any space for that. I’m hoping to change that, though.
And the one picture that I have of the “cozy” school room partly inspired our family room seating which is where the majority of our school books are. Still looking for the map that I want on the wall in there. After seeing missceegee’s map, I’m really tempted to do something like that.
I think I suffer from information incapacitation, though. I’ve seen so many ideas I like, that now I’m trying to reconcile the space I have with what I think will work best for us AND is something I can actually find at a price that works with our budget.