Black + Decker Complete Guide to Shelves and Built-ins: Build Custom Add-ons to Create a One-of-a-kind Home (Black + Decker Complete Guide) - Softcover

Coleman, Theresa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589233034 ISBN 13: 9781589233034

Publisher: Cool Springs Press, 2007

Synopsis

Luxury Built In to Every ProjectToday's homeowners seek the upscale, premium home styling offered by custom built-in shelving, storage units and cabinetry. Window seats, loft beds, library walls, pub bars and kitchen banquettes are just some of the features found in luxury homes. And these luxury features are now possible for do-it-yourselfers, with the help of this innovative book. The Complete Guide to Custom Shelves & Built-ins shows readers how to achieve the finest built-ins by adapting stock cabinets and pre-made shelving to create amazing effects with only the most basic of carpentry skills. Other projects are based on traditional and classic cabinet-making methods.With more than 30 ingenious step-by-step projects, this book will help any homeowners achieve custom built-ins that add function and style to any home d cor. Features easy-to-achieve built-ins made from stock cabinetry no expert carpentry skills neededIncludes built-ins for every space in the home -- from garage to formal living roomIncludes a chapter on cabinet basics, including installation

About this title

About the Author

Theresa Coleman has shared knowledge about the construction industry as a book author and editor, magazine editor, and through her work in architecture. Making home improvement fun is her top mission and to start kids on this path she created a kid's playing card game about home improvement for the National Association of Home Builders called Build It! She also is a co-author of DIY: Know-How with Show-How from DK Publishing. Theresa spends much of her free time designing and improving her 100-year-old home. Theresa has branded the design theme for her current house: Formal Farmhouse.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cool Springs Press
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1589233034
• ISBN 13: 9781589233034
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240