Trim on bookshelves

I have a room in our home that I haven't shared much on the blog. It serves as our guest room, library, and Matt's office all in one. I've never been happy with this room,

I've been planning to write up a post with more detail about the Home Office built-ins' trim work even before the One Room Challenge ended. I think many of us are visual learners, so hopefully having the trims listed out will help if you want to do a similar project. I started with Target bookcases, but I think the premise can be applied to any basic bookcase. And feel free to use these trims as a jumping off point. There are so many different options, so mix and match to cover seams and…

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Add a little bling to your bookcases with this mini-make-over. For more details, check out http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com/a-not-extreme-make-over

Link to tutorial on how to turn a bookcase into a built-in. Includes pics of Christmas Living room with a planked wall and pair of built-in bookcases.

I was so excited about the "DIY - Between the Studs Storage" until it was finished and I didn't love the end product... there was something missing in the trimwork. I couldn't decide on wood trim, wood accents, white trim or painted trim to match the room... While perusing through the trim isle at Lowe's for inspiration, I came across stair treads. I decided to give them a try. The wood boards from the above photo came off and the stair treads were stained and put on as seen in the photos…

Ikea Hack Built-Ins: I wanted to create custom looking built-ins around the french doors in my house. I started with Ikea Billy Bookcases and customized them to make a to make a unique, built-from-scratch look. By adding trim moulding and paint, I was able to add an u…

Instructions on how to add crown molding to plain furniture. Think of the possibilities. Today a bookshelf, tomorrow kitchen cabinets!

A step-by-step tutorial for how to make professional looking DIY built-in shelves using IKEA bookcase sections for vertical storage.

In case you missed the reveal, you can see that here and here. Laura’s home already had wonderful, historic bones, but the living space could use a bit more character. Laura wanted bookshelves, and while we had talked about something clean and modern, I really encouraged her to stick with the period of the house and create something that looked original. Custom built-ins aren’t cheap, and we knew this would need to be on a budget. Hacking the Ikea Billy has been done before (my friend…