Home Improvement

Only a low home improvement separates the den area from the rest of the house. Plaid wallpaper on the beams caries over into the kitchen and dining rooms to link the three areas. The country-style furnishings proffer a casual welcome to anyone who enters the den. Design: William Kefauver.

Climb to the top of this house and you’ll find yourself in a combination den and study with a spectacular view on three sides. You’ll feel as though Read the rest of this entry »

Home improvement is the easiest way to have a built in bookcase is to take over a shallow closet. Remove any shelving and shelf support and paint or panel the closet as you choose before installing a new shelf support system. Decide on the number of shelves you want, then paint the shelves or face them with paneling strips to match the closet. Now you are ready to select new shelf mounting –it can be blocks, bars or brackets. For enclosed storage, use hinges to attach a door to the bottom shelf as  a plan in your home improvement. Read the rest of this entry »

This may be your year to expand your concept of book shelving beyond the concrete blocks and boards cherished during your student days.

The basic requirement for a bookshelf inside yours home is that the shelving material and its supports be strong enough to bear the weight of your books. The thinner and less rigid the shelf material, the closer together the support must be, (needs a home improvement). Read the rest of this entry »

Though the fashion for formal libraries has passed, collecting books will never go out of style. Indeed, for some people it’s a compulsion that books seem to collect themselves, multiplying until they threaten to take over the house.

For books lovers who can control their book buying habit long enough to think about storage. These two pages contain shelving ideas for library Read the rest of this entry »