1400 square feet of bespoke bookshelves hand-carved to look like vines, a whimsical miniature desk with secret compartments, a 14' table made from an acacia tree ... it's Elizabeth Gilbert's 'skybrary', her library in the sky full of "magical mysteries and wonderment", and along with the rest of her house it's for sale.
The skybrary is where she wrote her wonderfully warm, witty and engaging historical novel The Signature of All Things, and I wonder how she can bear to leave it! Watch the whole video if you have time, but to go straight to that unique room, skip to the 6.50 mark.
OMG! That's all I can say.
Posted by: LauraC | 21 April 2014 at 02:20 AM
Quite so!
Posted by: Cornflower | 23 April 2014 at 08:48 AM
Can't believe she is selling this dream...
I never would!
Posted by: Barbara | 23 April 2014 at 03:54 PM
What a house! I absolutely love it. That skybrary is fan-tas-tic, so utterly beautiful. But she seems just a teeny weeny bit ditsy (or perhaps a bit self-conscious at filming her house.)
Posted by: Margaret Powling | 26 April 2014 at 08:58 AM
I wonder what her next house is going to be like - very special, if she's willing to leave this one for it.
Posted by: Cornflower | 26 April 2014 at 05:34 PM
She's funny - and brave to throw open her doors like that!
Posted by: Cornflower | 26 April 2014 at 05:35 PM