“If your bookcases will be dedicated to books, the ideal shelf depth is 12 inches.” Make the shelves adjustable. Gardner says this will give you flexibility to store all your books regardless ...

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“But now people treat built-in bookcases like gallery walls and use them to tell the story of who they are,” Watson-Smyth says. “Plus built-ins have up to 30 percent more storage than free ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I’m making floor-to-ceiling built-in bookcases for one of my living rooms and would love some tips. One of my challenges is the bookcase needs to span about 6 feet over a piano.