Family Room With Built In Bookcases

We chose birch boards and plywood along with maple moldings and then used a gel stain to give the project a cherry wood appearance four our built in bookcases. They house our media equipment toys dvds open up our space tremendously and well they are gorgeous. I get emails about my built in bookcases all the time and have always meant to write a post about them.

This built in bookcases project is made from hardwood plywood 2x6s hardwood boards and standard moldings available at home centers and lumberyards.

Family room with built in bookcases. Space between the 26 framing and the floor walls and ceiling. We left a 12 in. This example comes from crisp architects with photography by rob karosis. First it allows you to prebuild the framing and slip it in without trying to fit it exactly to the room.

Built in bookcases can be used to border an item of furniture and create a cozy nook environment while hallways and alcoves enjoy the look and feel of expansion and splendor alluding to the galleries of bygone estates. Space serves two purposes. Go shopping refresh your home with stylish products handpicked by hgtv editors. Designer ashley whittaker extended the everything in its place shipshape feel of the room with library style case mounted lights.

A built in bookcase with open shelving separates the living room from the dining room yet still provides a light and airy feel in both spaces. When we toured the home matt and i both agreed book cases were an absolute necessity for the room. The room looked so spacious and clean with all the toys and. Family room features blue built in bookcase studded with leather bound books framing a flat screen tv across from a pair of face to face gray sofas with chaise lounge topped with ivory and gray pillows over a pair of side by side rectangular beige skirted benches.

I kind of threw together some items during the christmas season to fill the empty shelves but now that the holidays are over i spent the weekend giving them a big makeover. Crown molding that continues along the wall connects the bookcases as does painting the built ins moldings and walls the same deep blue hue. In late november we added the built in bookshelves to the family room and ive been itching to get them styled ever since. Family room built in bookcases one of the first things we did when we moved into our home was have custom bookcases built in our family room.

After my sisters baby shower i finally took a few pictures. Living room built ins can add style and personality as well as storageand because built ins can be designed to cater to your households specific needs the options are virtually endless.