Family Room Built In Bookshelves

One of the things that i ve focused on over this last year is really nailing down my neutral palette and changing the things that don t fit within it.

Family room built in bookshelves.

Designer ashley whittaker extended the everything in its place shipshape feel of the room with library style case mounted lights. We got the keys to our home when our first born was just a few weeks old. This bookshelf is built on the second floor of a house right next to the staircase. Our room was almost 12 ft.

Wide with an 8 ft. If there s no window just build the built in bookshelves into the center section. And one of the things on my very long to do list was to style the book shelves in my family room. Measure the width of your room and the height of the ceiling.

The family room before our diy built in. These shelves are big and dominate the whole room so their effect on the room is significant. Did you know you can create custom built ins for your living room office or laundry room using prefab and stock cabinets to hack the high end built in shelving look. Thanks so much for having me as part of the project design group this month.

Also check the window placement. In fact the hubs did the walk through the day after she was born while i was soaking up baby snuggles in the hospital. Yes i think the previous owners were a bit bookcase happy along with the ones in our office and family room we have another big built in upstairs and the built in hutch in our dining room. The lower area of the shelving system features equal sized cabinets.

Measure the room for a window seat bookshelf. It was a short sale which took twice as long as planned to close and we had absolutely no control over the. Here the sofa sits snugly between bookcases that form an inside corner. A built in shelving unit beside a staircase.

Ceiling and the window was very close to the center. Crown molding that continues along the wall connects the bookcases as does painting the built ins moldings and walls the same deep blue hue. Built in bookshelves make for the perfect passageway and a rolling latter most certainly compliments the ambient convenience. There are three rows of equal sized cubby shelves in the upper part of this built in shelving unit.

Sep 13 2020 explore janice crawford s board living room bookshelves on pinterest. I m not complaining though they re great to have and fun to style up.