Rain Streaked Window Bookshelf Nook Novosibirsk

Pale walls reflect broad skylight that floods a cozy reading nook beside a tall window. Rain streaks the glass, blurring the gray winter light of Novosibirsk into soft vertical lines. A wooden ladder leans against a dark oak bookshelf filled with hardcover spines in deep reds and browns. Beside the shelves, a plush velvet chair in burnt orange sits angled toward the light. Warm shadows pool in the corners between the books and the chair's high back. The wood grain on the shelf runner catches the diffuse glow, against the cool, wet gray of the window frame. One thick book rests open on the chair's armrest.