If you’re a reader and book lover, you need both a cozy place to curl up with a book and an eye-catching way to display your collection. It’s not enough to have a chair and a lamp — or to have bookcases or shelves. There are all sorts of creative options that can give you (and the kids in your life) a beautiful and comfortable nook to lose yourself in the written word as well as integrate your books into your home decor.

Learn from the experts, including Verbatim bookstore owner Justine Epstein, about how to display cherished books and create a reading sanctuary in my new story for The San Diego Union-Tribune.