Apartment Therapy Tagged: bookcase

The Beauty of Built-Ins

We've lived in a few big cities and one of the things we love about the often older apartments available are the built-in units. If you are lucky to have built-in units, consider making them over to m...

Inside One of Santa Monica's Oldest Homes

Built in 1875 and the oldest wooden structure in all of Santa Monica, this Gothic Revival structure was originally conceived as a house of worship and built for a whopping $683.98. It's been updated t...

Element of Surprise: Offbeat Storage

Anyone looking for more storage space in their home? Yep, join the club! While it's certainly easy to drop into Ikea and pick up the ever-popular Expedit (more on that below the jump), we've found a ...

Good Questions: Affordable Modular Bookcase Options?

Can anyone recommend a modular bookcase option besides IKEA's Billy that we can use to help create a seamless (nearly built-in) look? Preferably, something that can be built around a corner. I like t...

Look! Wrapping Floating Furniture

We are moving into a 2 bdrm apartment in a few weeks and we're looking forward to finally having hardwood floors, a laundry room in our unit and a backyard. Plus we'll have the design opportunity to f...

Flickr Finds: Colorized Bookcase

We've posted before about organizing books by color and it's always inspiring to see this idea shared by our Apartment Therapy community. Chez posted this very organized-by-color bookcase in the Apart...

Hot or Not? Using the Fireplace for Storage?

Personally, we're a bit torn about this storage idea from Beach Studios. We like the use of the fireplace space, but we're not so sure about the execution (looks too willy-nilly for our anal-retentive...

Adding Fabric To a Bookcase

We have seen this idea a few times and are even considering it for our own space – adding fabric to a bookcases to create color, depth and texture. If you are looking for a ways to add an accent t...

Piola Leaning Bookcase

While we love a traditional bookcase to showcase our favorite reads, we couldn’t help but bookmark the Piola Bookshelf for our “must have one day” list. Take a look at this neat leaning bookcase...

Mark Tuckey: Packing Crate Book Shelves
Melbourne

We really like the asymmetry of these book shelves by Melbourne based furniture maker/designer Mark Tuckey. Made from recycled packing crate wood, the different shaped boxes create a frame-like effect...

Stockholm Desk

Can you guess the provenance of this desk? If you guessed vintage or Ikea you'd be wrong. Would you believe it if we said......

LA Good Question: The Perfect Bookcase?

ATLA reader Anna wants to outfit her new loft apartment with just the right bookcase or cabinet. Anyone out there with suggestions? My husband and I live in a gorgeous loft-ish apartment in Downtown ...

Metro Nesting Cubes at Target

While doing some research, we came across these nesting cubes at Target. What seems boring and prosaic becomes, like many things, more interesting on a closer examination......

Anthropologie's Imaginative Bookcases

With a nod to Laure’s post yesterday on Anthopologie's use of chalkboard paint, we found a picture we snapped in the Anthropologie at the Grove a few weeks ago while they were in their midst of thei...

Inspiration: Painting a color block to define a space

Image by mviamontes2 via HGTV.com Leaning "ladder" type bookcases are a popular option when it comes to display and storage. They're visually less heavy than a traditional bookcase, and give a modern ...