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Starting from scratch? Consider your shelves' height. When building your built-in bookcases from the ground up, carefully consider how big you want them to be. The two major details to nail down ...

Like a bespoke suit tailored to flatter your body, custom-made built-ins can enhance the appearance of a home — elevating the design, offering creative solutions to everyday problems and disguising ...

They also installed wall molding and painted it mauve ( Sherwin-Williams’ Hushed Auburn ). The new built-in bookshelves and ...

Nothing puts your square footage to better use than a built-in. Whether that means a desk framed within a seldom-used closet or a bookcase tucked into a niche beside the fireplace, built-ins maximize ...

At what point in a project, readers often ask, should an interior designer be called in to help. I can only respond, "Before it starts to hurt." Professional designers don't come cheap, it's true, but ...

Interior designer Betsy Burnham doesn't buy many bookcases these days. She's more likely to create built-in bookshelves for the homes she designs. Ditto for custom-made desks, built-in beds, window ...

The best built-ins aren’t just for books. How about a built-in for the dog, or the in-laws? By Michelle Higgins Like a bespoke suit tailored to flatter your body, custom-made built-ins can enhance the ...

A built-in bookshelf can transform both the functionality and aesthetics of a room. Beyond offering a place to hold your books and keep them from piling up in a corner or on a table, built-in ...