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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.

“So when we were finally in a position to build our house, we had a ‘library’ section added to the plans with a wall large enough to build this bookcase which should make a large impact.

Build bookcases into blank nooks and crannies. "You can tuck a built-in bookcase almost anywhere," Handler says.

I built my first bookcase in middle school. A multitiered assemblage of wooden planks laid across stacks of bricks, it was reminiscent of pieces from the early Flintstone Period--and I was proud to ...

A built-in bookshelf can transform both the functionality and aesthetics of a room. Beyond offering a place to hold your books and keep them from piling up in a corner or on a table, built-in ...

By using pre-built cabinet bases, topped with simple pre-drilled melamine boards designed for shelving, he was able to build huge built-in bookcase inexpensively and perfectly fit for the long ...

“So when we were finally in a position to build our house, we had a ‘library’ section added to the plans with a wall large enough to build this bookcase which should make a large impact.