Victorian bookseller. West side, about 6 × 7 m. The way into the speakeasy is through one of its bookcases.

Palette: Oxblood, Mahogany, Brass, Library green, Parchment.

materials

• Floor-to-ceiling mahogany bookcases on every wall
• Wide oak floorboards with a worn Persian rug
• Oxblood painted ceiling
• Green leather on the reading table top

furniture

• A brass rolling library ladder on a rail
• Two deep leather reading chairs by a small fireplace
• A long reading table with green banker's lamps
• One bookcase with a hidden book-pull latch that swings open to the speakeasy stair

lighting

• Green banker's lamps on the table
• Brass picture lights along the shelves
• Daylight from the bronze shopfront

practical

• Books are heavy: about 1 tonne per full bay, so the floor and shelves need proper support
• Keep books out of direct sun from the shopfront

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Photorealistic interior photograph of a private Victorian-style library inside a house, about 6 by 7 metres, styled as an old bookseller's shop. Floor-to-ceiling mahogany bookcases on every wall, packed with old leather-bound books with no readable titles, and a brass rolling library ladder on a rail. A long reading table with a green leather top and green banker's lamps, two deep oxblood leather reading chairs beside a small stone fireplace, wide oak floorboards and a worn Persian rug, an oxblood painted ceiling. One bookcase in the corner stands very slightly ajar, hinting at a secret door. Daylight from a tall shopfront window at one end. Style: high-end interior photography, warm and atmospheric. Avoid: castle or wizard school look, readable titles, people, text.