Built-in shelves are a great look in any room, but they're also kind of expensive. For a DIY version that won't break the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." In this family room, designer Cameron Ruppert took a cozy stone space with wood beams and added style and ...

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 ...

Custom built-in closets can cost a fortune to create and install. However, you can get the same functionality using ...

Built-ins are essentially pieces of furniture or storage spaces that are permanent parts of the home — such as a bench seat nestled below a window or a set of bookcases flanking a fireplace. Built-ins ...

As a writer and designer, I am terrified by the blank page and the blank wall — both of which I feel obliged to fill with style and purpose. That can be daunting. If you want to experience full-body ...

Designers Kim Haddou and Florent Dufourcq took the term "built-in furniture" literally in their project for this year's interior design festival Design Parade Toulon. The grand prize–winning space, ...

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, but ...

I often find myself wondering which features from today will still be inside the homes of the future, because they’ve certainly changed over the past century. Do you think architects and builders from ...

When I’m packing for a trip, I spend way too much time arranging every single item I’m taking with me for maximum space efficiency, folding, rolling, and cramming my stuff into a complicated puzzle ...