With fall coming up around the corner, changing up the decor around the home gets tempting. It’s usually going from colorful, whimsical, and bright summer
Having a library in your home creates a personal place, a wonderful retreat from everyday problems
If you've ever thought it might be nice to have a built-in bookshelf, this post is for you! Here's how we turned a closet into a bookshelf.
As an avid reader, I know the importance of having a cozy and comfortable reading nook.
Make a tiny library of your own. take one small closet, put in shelves and cut out part of the door and put in glass (or remove door altogether). Fantastic!
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Talk about a DIY that was a LONG TIME in the making. You know – as in we started this 6 months ago, and then just never found the time...
Have you ever wanted to make your own bookshelf? Then this is the article for you. It's hard for some to simply come up with a bookshelf design, much less a unique one.
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A 37-year-old woman lays a bookshelf on the floor. The next night? This idea is so creative! Absolutely anyone can recreate this showstopper! I decided to just go for it and do it. And I DID IT! 100% by myself. And I am so proud. :)
Designing a reading nook in your home can be the perfect way to transform an awkward or unused space into a cozy reading nook to curl up in.
Source: adorable-decor.com via Brittany on Pinterest I'm always looking at fantastic home libraries and saying, "I want that." But I never know if you have to buy a place already equipped or how much it would cost to make my
Learn how to build a stunning custom closet system that doesn't waste any space! These free build plans are perfect for deep closets that are not walk in.
@rebecca_the_archer has some beautiful spots in her personal library!
Marie Cloud of Indigo Pruitt turned the upstairs hallway at this year’s Greensboro Showhouse into a spot you want to hangout in.
Closets are made to be used, so don't let any go wasted. Here are 20 awesome ideas to turn an unused closet into gold.
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Most often we don't pay much attention to our closets. We just stuff them full of junk and close the doors. Usually we complain that we don't have enough of them, or that they're not big enough, but lately I have been thinking about closets in more unconventional ways. It started with a brilliant front-entry closet to mud-room style nook conversion that I saw from House of Smiths and replicated for a client of mine who had a very narrow entryway, and didn't really need a front closet, but did need a place for visitors to sit and shed their coats and shoes. Click here for tutorial The fact of the matter is, sometimes, depending on your needs in a particular space, a closet can be better used for something other than a closet. One of the things that really bothered me when we first moved into our house was the upstairs hallway. It was straight, narrow, dark, and full of doors. 30 years ago the builders of my home sought to try and include everything a family would need into the space available and for the most part I am happy with that, but in the hallway, it just felt like they were trying to cram too many things in. My small hallway contained: 3 bedroom doors, 1 bathroom door, 1 small coat closet, 1 narrow broom closet, and the most ridiculously undersized linen closet I have ever seen. Broom Closet BEFORE Functionally, these 2 skinny little closets just weren't working for me. Sure they existed, which I guess was better than nothing at all, but the narrow size coupled with bi-fold doors limited what could actually be stored in the closet in the first place and made it very difficult to put things in and pull things out. From a design perspective, I had a rectangle full of rectangles. It was too much repetition. It felt crowded. I couldn't stand it. But what to do about it? Kinda-Custom Storage Cabinet First, I needed to create a different storage solution that worked better for my linens and cleaning supplies. This is when I came up with my Kinda-Custom Storage Cabinet which gave me all the storage I needed and more. With my stuff out of the way, I could concentrate on improving the aesthetics of my hallway. I had 3 main goals in mind for my hallway: light, space, and variety. In order to create some more breathing room between all those rectangles crowded together, I took out the broom closet. I dry-walled over the existing closet opening in the hallway, but didn't eliminate the closet all together (because, I do need some closets). (New tutorial coming soon: How-To Drywall) Instead I cut a hole in the side of the closet which then made it a much needed bathroom closet instead of an impractical hall closet. Eliminating this impractical closet from the hallway cut down on the number of rectangles crowding my hallway, and created a little more open wall space for artwork which will bring more variety and balance to the space. Broom closet AFTER Next I replaced the trim and doors with brilliant white, which automatically lightened and expanded the space. I chose a 3 panelled door, instead of the pre-existing flat doors, which brought more lines, shapes and interest into the space creating more variety. (New tutorial coming soon: How-To Replace Doors) Next on my hit-list was the skinny linen closet. Like the broom closet I had considered removing this closet from the hallway as well and using the space to expand my daughter's bedroom closet, but it didn't quite lend itself as well to becoming a closet in a different room like the broom closet did. Besides, I had another problem to solve. We had a fair number of books that had no official home. My children's bedrooms didn't have space for bookshelves, so their books just got tossed into their closets with their toys. My husband and I ended up keeping our books in our nightstands (which we were increasingly running out of space). My empty linen closet was looking more and more like a built-in bookshelf. It was a super-simple conversion. The shelves were already in place. I just removed the doors and hardware, filled the holes, and painted the closet interior white. I could have just re-used the existing shelves by painting them white, but I wanted them to come all the way to the edge of the opening, so I bought some slightly wider shelving material, cut new shelves and put them in. The only part that was a little tricky was the bottom. Without addressing the bottom, it did just kind of look like a closet with the doors removed, and I didn't really want to put my books right on the floor. So, I built a 4" kick out of scrap lumber and custom fit the bottom shelf around the closet opening. I eliminated another blank rectangle from my hall, added variety, and solved my book storage problem. Win, win, win. Love it!
I was going to wait to post this until I added the crown and base trim, but it's not about the trim, it's about my monster bookshelves! I try to be very reserve…
This blog post provides tips on how to build a home library on a budget. Including finding a space, secondhand furniture and décor and more
Bookcase & Bookshelf ideas to fit any budget or library, from freestanding & modular, custom-made & DIY, to fit spaces from an entire wall or a small alcove.
Marie Cloud of Indigo Pruitt turned the upstairs hallway at this year’s Greensboro Showhouse into a spot you want to hangout in.
"Nar" is a new approach to the traditional use of a coffee table and a bookshelf. It brings together their functions to create a practical method of using both.
Is there anything better than reading a good book while you are tilted in your favorite comfortable chair, away from reality and everyday stressful life
