The new library headquarters!

Wow, I thought that shopping for furniture for my house was time consuming and sometimes overwhelming - try outfitting a 45000 square foot library sometime! That's exactly what we did last Thursday for 17 hours! Danny Shelly - the library's architect and designer has developed the concept that our new library is going to look as updated INSIDE as it does on the outside - to that end we think people are going to be struck by the colors, patterns, textures, and the basic movement of the new space. The color palate is light and very bright - not at all the perceived "dull" or "staid" look normally associated with a library. There are pockets of welcoming areas spread throughout the first and second floors that are ideal for casual browsing and decision making over the latest books and magazines. There is a separate and distinct young adults area far removed from the children's section that we hope will be welcomed by our middle schoolers and above. And the children's area is incredible! I can't wait to see the children in it and we hope you will be as enthusiastic as they are as well. But I had no idea the work that went into planning it all.
Every piece of furniture must be examined for color and style of course, but decisions also have to made on the leg style and type and color, the arms, the overall design, its relationship to everything near it, the durability (measured in 'rubs' by the way), and of course, the cost. After awhile, it all runs together - but we think the community as a whole is going to be wowed by the whole effect.
I will take some updated pictures this week and post them on the website! But I will warn you in advance, it’s difficult to do justice to the space with a camera - you will have to see it to believe it and that should take place early next spring.