Buried in Books

Craig and I both love books.  I read a lot; he seems to not read them so much as collect them.  I read every night before I turn out the light, a least a few pages (or this summer for a couple of hours).  Whenever he does look at a book, it's often also before bed.

Which means our bedroom looks like this:

his books on the floor by the bed

my books and magazines on the floor by the bed

We need book storage in our bedroom.  I should amend that to say "functional and attractive" book storage.  I do have one little bookshelf in the corner that, while kind of sentimental (my dad made it when he was a teenager), is too small and the shelves are too shallow for my purposes.  It's crammed with books, but it doesn't look attractive.

The problem is, I'm not sure how to do it well.  You don't see bookshelves in master bedrooms too much in the design world.

I saved this picture years ago from, I believe, the Pottery Barn Bedrooms book. Some form of this might work under the window in our room, but it wouldn't stretch this far from side to side.

I found this one on Houzz...pretty, but I don't have built-ins or a fireplace.  Also, I would not cover all my books in white paper because it would be too impractical for me, so it wouldn't look this uniform.

traditional bedroom design by other metros interior designer Tracery Interiors

Is your bedroom being taken over with stacks of books?  Have you figured out an attractive way to handle it?  Do tell.