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Excerpted from Built-In Furniture
Built-In Furniture: Foyers and Living Rooms
Well-designed furnishings can fill entire walls, create boundaries, and offer display spaces
by Jim Tolpin
Built-in furnishings offer many advantages over freestanding furniture: They are generally less expensive to build than stand-alone furniture of the same type and size. They give you great latitude in designing the look and function of your interior spaces -- you are not limited to designing around existing furniture pieces. And because of the manner in which built-in furnishings are constructed, you can maximize the use of the most unusual spaces while creating an effective and aesthetically pleasing design solution.
In this excerpt, author Jim Tolpin takes you on a tour of built-ins for foyers and living rooms. You'll discover designs for three entryways, along with full-wall cabinetry, a mantel, a partition wall, and more.
Woodworker Jim Tolpin is the author of several books, including Building Traditional Kitchen Cabinets, The Toolbox Book, Built-In Furniture, and Working at Woodworking.
Photos: Louis Mackall, Craig Wester, and Brian Vanden Brink; drawings: Michael Gellatly
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