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23 Built-In Bookshelves to Strike Your Fancy

Trendir Magazine

Reduce clutter and commit to the love of reading with built-in bookshelves designed like these options. This piece is especially interesting because of the built-in bookends on the end shelves. Dark bookshelves on a light wall. Each section is the same size on this built-in shelf, so decorate as you wish.

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Cheap Tricks: 10 Inexpensive Design Elements to Upgrade Your Home

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Consider Built-Ins. Built-in shelves give a custom look. Bookshelves and nooks make a home look more custom, and a custom home looks more expensive. If you’re renovating, you can mimic the look of built-ins by placing bookshelves alongside an entertainment center or beside your bed. Add a Backsplash.

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Refreshed Fireplace with Art Glass Tile

Edgewater Studio

The overall décor, flooring, built-in bookshelves and fireplace hearth were given an updated look. . It has been a pleasure to work with Jennifer Teeple of Red Razberry Design Group , as she injected a fresh update to this classic home. Read more »

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Wifi vs Walls: Why Historic Homes Have Terrible Connections and How to Fix It

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

While every material can block a WiFi signal to some extent, homes built in the late 19 th and early 20 th centuries are built from much sturdier (and less economical) materials than today’s homes. If you’re fed up with your poor WiFi connection in your older home, you don’t have to sell it to solve the problem. Metal Plaster Lath.

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How to Update a Brick Fireplace with Stone 

Realstone

Fireplace with built-ins : It’s so convenient to add bookshelves or cabinets on either side of your fireplace for a complete built-in look. Fireplace with built-ins : It’s so convenient to add bookshelves or cabinets on either side of your fireplace for a complete built-in look.

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Ingenious Modern Makeover Reviving Malaysian Urban Heritage

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Originally built between 1900 and 1940, the original structure was saved by the owner’s desire to preserve the shophouse’s historical character while adding a modern flare to it. Known as the 17BR-House, it was completely changed in terms of functionality.

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Open Spaces, Large Windows Create Serendipity in Oregon

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Designed and built by Jordan Iverson Signature Homes , the Serendipity house, a striking family residence in Eugene, Ore., A loft library high in the trees has a homework desk on the opposite wall for the family’s two young boys, (as well as) custom-built bookshelves and floating shelves by (Eugene-based) Kustom Kraft Cabinets.”

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