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Home Office Remodel-Bank of drawers and bookshelves
comments (0) August 30th, 2011 in Project Gallery
loogie, member
Things are piling up! Time for a renovation.
When we bought this house I knew that the Mission style wainscoting was going to have to go. It made the walls completely unusable. After almost five years things were starting to pile up. It was time for a renovation.
The wainscoting was glued to the walls. After removing it I had to patch the drywall and clean all the caulk off of the walls. Then I had to skim coat the wall that would remain exposed.
I have a lot of books so I knew I needed some bookshelves, but we also, badly, needed drawers for storage. The wall is 11' 7" long. After sketching about 20 different versions I settled on this design.
The drawer carcase construction is all poplar. The bank of drawers is 36" high and the drawers are 18" deep and all dovetailed. The bookcase carcase’s are ¾” birch plywood and the fascia is all poplar. The top is made from four Cherry boards and the knobs are Cherry as well. The Cherry is all finished naturally with a satin varnish.
The interior of the bookcases are illuminated with LED rope lighting. There is an outlet at the bottom of each bookcase and a switch for the lights on the right hand side. The space at the top of the bookcase is for three 4-foot T-8 units with daylight bulbs to provide indirect lighting to the room.
The top two rows of drawers have soft-close drawer slides and the bottom row has heavy-duty slides for the hanging file drawers.
After the built-in was complete I installed the new baseboards and chair rail.
The paint colors were chosen from the Benjamin Moore Historic palette based on the colors I saw in James Madison's office during my visit to Montpelier.
Design or Plan used: My own design
posted in: Project Gallery, finish carpentry, home office, colonial, study, built in, drawers, bookcases, LED lighting, built-in drawers
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Home-Office Gallery Contest
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From August 20 through September 23, 2011, Fine Homebuilding is looking for picures of your home office. From thoughtful storage to functional flexibility, send in photos of your creative use of space.
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