Home decorating for book geeks

By the end of the month, I'm hoping to have realized a life-long dream: a real, grown-up library. After spending the past year remodeling my house, I finally have the space... but, sadly, my library-to-be is currently an empty room with a massive, uncovered window and about an acre of un-sanded wood floor. We still have several weeks' worth of work to do, not to mention figuring out a way to finagle things like, oh, bookshelves without breaking the bank.

But if money was no object (and I could convince my cat not to immediately throw up on it), I would totally buy this:


I have a sneaking suspicion it wouldn't actually be that comfortable, but all that orange squashiness speaks to my very soul.