Secluded library retreat is a book lover's dream

We bet cell service is pretty bad.
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Chloe Bryan
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Rejoice, book lovers: we found the place where everyone will finally leave you alone.

This little black cabin, built by Studio Padron, is actually a library and guest house for a vacation home in upstate New York. Appropriately, it's called Hemmelig Rom — "secret room" in Norwegian.

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The whole structure is made from oak trees that were cut down to make room for the main house, then dried over time in long, rectangular logs.


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Those logs now form the cabin's walls — and the gaps between them form the bookshelves inside.

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Inside, there's also a bed, an armchair, a desk and a wood-burning stove: all the cozy trappings of a book lover's ideal retreat.

It's also in the woods, so cell service is probably pretty bad.

More time for reading.

BONUS: Goodnight, Westeros

Topics Books

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Chloe Bryan

Chloe was the shopping editor at Mashable. She was also previously a culture reporter. You can follow her on Twitter at @chloebryan.

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