As life gets increasingly high tech, and with home offices commonplace, buyers are looking for houses that include a cozy nook to get away from it all. A traditional home library, with walls of bookcases and comfortable seating. But many professionals in the housing business are finding that buyers have the means and the desire to have two distinct rooms.
Libraries also give home owners a place to display meaningful collections.
They have a list of priorities and a library is on it. It s something they ve seen in pictures, and they have the space and money to do it. On the East Coast, both K. Hovnanian of Red Bank, N.J., and Toll Brothers of Huntingdon Valley, Pa., are including traditional libraries in projects that have just been completed or are under construction. The former s Harbor Place town-home development in West New York, N.J., includes as an option loft libraries with a view of the New York City skyline. Bookcases stained a dark cherry fill three walls and are built around a window with a window seat, providing a great view.