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 ...

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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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." We’ve all dreamed of a sweeping wall of bookcases filled with literary classics and a rolling library ...

I live in a 100-year-old wooden house in Norway and am doing all the refurbishing and maintenance myself that the laws of my country allow. I’m making floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcases for one of my ...

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 ...

Built-in bookcases add a ton of storage and also can really transform the look of your space. This tutorial from the Just a Girl blog walks you through the steps of using inexpensive Ikea bookcases as ...

Q: Our living room is 13 by 20 feet. We are in the process of buying new furniture pieces and a computer. I would like to break up the room to serve as our family entertainment room as well as having ...