The ol’ temporarily embarrassed millionaire mindset.
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Once it’s off lees it doesn’t age well. In other words, the chemistry of champagne means if you buy a vintage release you should drink it soonish, and if you buy a non-vintage, you should drink that soonish as well.
Or in other words, “For fuck’s sake, it’s fizzy wine - drink it and enjoy it.”
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Unfortunately I know several women who would find this trendy and appealing: the bad soundtrack, the crass decor, the gaudy costumes and the view from the Hills of downtown LA.
I’m not saying there isn’t plenty of pandering to douche-bros in that video, but tastelessness isn’t confined to one gender.
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I really want to like your post, but to me this is the sort of library a Trumpist would have.
- The sofa looks massively uncomfortable for actual reading purposes;
- None of the three visible chairs have ottomans or other foot-raising options nearby;
- The lighting is set up to look pretty, rather than be functional for reading;
- The second floor bookshelves have no room to sit and browse;
- There’s no desk chair.
Not that I have strong opinions on the subject, or anything like that!
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Ha, true! The lack of a desk chair is a real tell. Wth?
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No need. There are no books on the second floor,
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If they can’t find a buyer soon, they could rent it out to do music videos for Lady Gaga and Taylor Swift and the like. Complete with gold plated extras!
Needs a chaise lounge and other nap worthy bits of furniture.
And for me some sort of table for playing tabletop games with your friends.
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FTFY.
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I blame google…
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That’s usually appropriate.
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I don’t know about “massively” uncomfortable, but maybe not the most comfortable thing in the world. It looks like leather, but I can’t really be sure. If it’s leather, I wouldn’t want to be sitting on that with bare skin, especially in the middle of summer. I can’t really gauge perspective from this picture, so I don’t know the dimensions of the couch. If the back is angled enough and the seats are small enough, it’s possible that the couch would give me the uncomfortable feeling of being about to slide off, but I can’t really tell.
For me, the jury’s still out. If it’s not a couch for reading, what is it used for?
To be fair, I can’t see what is between the two chairs in the back, because the couch is in the way. There’s also a stack of books on… something… near the closest chair. Besides, if there are three overstuffed chairs, do we really need three ottomans, or can we get away with two or maybe one? This is not something I know anything about, but would be okay with two ottomans and three chairs.
Maybe it’s just personal preference, but I don’t like super duper bright rooms, not even for reading. Yeah, it could be better, but I wouldn’t mind it if it weren’t.
Is it supposed to? The public library near where I work has this same layout. The top part of the bookcase is only accessible by spiral staircase, and a narrow little ledge (with railing). It’s not meant for spending time up there, just for getting the stuff at the very top of the bookcase and bringing it down.
That’s the real WTF for me. It should have a desk chair.
All in all, there are some things I can’t really judge from the photo (comfortability of furniture, availability of ottomans, etc.) and some things I think are intentional (the second floor of the bookshelf). I wouldn’t go as far as to say this is something a Trumpist would have, but it definitely looks like a display room as opposed to a real study. For example:
- It’s brightest daylight and the candles are lit
- There are hardly any books on the bookshelf. I could easily fill that whole bottom level with just the books I’ve managed to hold on to.
- The artful way the stuff that’s laying about is just laying about. It’s neither put neatly away nor haphazardly strewn around the room, but left out in a conspicuous fashion.
- No desk chair!
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well, i LOVE your reply! 
it was a stock photo i grabbed off google.
the empty bookcase space really irritates me
BUT! it is still 100% better than a room full of crapp-o sportball 'collectibles", neon signs, beer posters, and absolutely NOTHING to inspire minds young and old alike.
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Better?
Get even more exercise when you get up to stretch your legs!
I guess that’s as much for writing as it is for reading, though.
ETA, just noticed the hanging cloth; towels for wiping the sweat from a writer’s fevered brow?
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OMG…YES…WANT!!!
(Is this a good enough sentence? Grumble.)
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But I’d like the windows from the other, more conventional home library/study.
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Nice, but all the open space is taken up by that ladder. Like, all of it. If I were to push the chair back, or turn around in the chair, I’d knock over the ladder. Is there any way that ladder can retract into the ceiling?
Also, speaking of the ceiling, it looks uncomfortably low.
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This. No natural light.
Maybe if the library space had a skylight it could fix that problem.
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At a brief glance, it looks like the ladder is one of those telescoping, collapsible ones.
Ask the photographer to use a different lens, and reexamine the picture.
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