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 ...

If you’re a book lover, the joy of a well-curated home library is simply unparalleled. But it may be time to tame your tome collection. If you’re finding that your current bookcase setup could use an ...

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 ...

You’ve probably walked into a home that looks custom-built — those built-in bookshelves, thick window trim, and layered ...

If you like the look of built-in bookcases, but not the look of the bill from the contractor who installs them, you can build them yourself with some basic carpentry skills and some modified pre-made ...

Samson calls this a “perfect” example of a modern bookshelf blending seamlessly into the cabinetry, letting the owners display virtually anything. “The idea behind this design was to lean into the ...

There's no need to invest a fortune in custom built-in furniture pieces in every room of your home. Instead, use this clever ...

Custom built-ins are one of those design elements that can step your home up from nice to magazine worthy. Unfortunately, their high style is usually matched by their price. Given this reality, you ...

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 ...