Micah's Reading Corner

Micah loves books.  He has ever since he was old enough to turn the pages.  Before we moved here I would often find him in his room, sitting on the floor, flipping through the pages of a book over and over.  

Micah's Nana brought him a bunch of books for Christmas and I was so excited to find a way to show them all off.  I wanted a place where Micah could go and read to his heart's content.  So as we were getting Micah's room put together we set aside a little corner of it to be a dedicated reading corner.  It took a while to get it all set up, but I'm so happy with how it turned out! 

This shelf came with the house so we painted it the colors of Micah's room and I just love how it turned out!  

These little white shelves are possible my favorite thing.  I told Matt that I wanted something for books that would be more like displaying them instead of just storing them.  We looked online and found some at ikea that we thought would work pretty good, but then my husband, being the awesome creative guy that he is, had another idea. 

He built the shelves out of the old trim that we tore out of the house.  How cool is that?? 

The trim already had that little groove for the books to sit in and everything.  It worked out so good. 

We found this little chair at DI.  We put Micah in it to let him try it out at the store and he immediately leaned back like this haha 

I got new material to match his room and reupholstered it.  Not an easy task, but I'm glad I did it. 

I honestly didn't think he would care for the chair that much.  I figured he would still read his books on the floor, but no!  He loves his chair! He goes to the shelves to get a book and then sits down and reads it in his chair.  

It makes me so happy :)  I just love finding him in his room with all his books.  He loves his little corner!  

Fun Fact:  he still refuses to let us read him his books.  It's a miracle if you can make it all the way through a story before he grabs it from you and turns the pages himself haha  He loves to sit on our laps while he reads, but he will hardly ever let us turn the pages.  Love that kid :)