Last week I shared our finished bookcases, I’m still in awe of how amazing they turned out. Our bookcase project was one of my favorite DIYs to date. Now that we have wall to wall bookcases, I needed to rethink our side table lamp situation in one of the corners in my living room. Previously I had Parsons style side tables that never felt quite right for the area, I did a side table swap with our bedroom Mid Century Modern side tables, and swap looks so good!
But with the addition of our bookcases, I having a table in front of the doors wasn’t an option #SmallHouseProblems
DIY Project: Built-in Bookcases | Part III Project Completed!
I’ve wanted to two type these three little words for weeks, ‘bookcase project finished’. For years I’ve had a vision of having built-in bookcases in our living room, that would create a focal point, provide lots of hidden and open storage. Living a small older home its always been important to me that we fully ultlize our spaces, and make our home work harder for us.
We decided to tackle this project ourselves after getting quotes in the past from contractors during the rebuilding process of our home for over 5K for unfinished cabinets! The amount was not in the budget nor were we up to the task of painting the bookcases while juggling all the rebuilding projects we had going on.
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