In addition to providing a wealth of decorative storage and opening up square footage, built-ins offer a way to better coordinate open, adjacent spaces. Great rooms, open kitchens and connecting dens emphasize the need to keep space balanced and proportional. Stacked cabinetry, the use of moldings and storage alcoves are a few of the ways in which built-ins can work towards the flow and flexibility of your open floor plan.
For today’s busy families, built-ins become increasingly useful in multi-purpose spaces. Great rooms, for example, are used for entertaining, spending time with family, playing with children, relaxing and sometimes even studying. Therefore, built-ins that can house a wide range of items, such as televisions, cocktail sets, books, writing utensils and more are a must if the space is to be kept neat and organized. A built-in game room offers children a safe play place while adults convene in the great room, or perhaps at the
built-in bar!
Specialty rooms particularly benefit from included built-in details. Game rooms, libraries, sunrooms, home offices, bathrooms, bonus rooms and creative spaces flourish when decorative storage is included in construction.
Use built-ins in these spaces to create more room for your pool table, grand piano, gaming center, exercise equipment, potting bench, children’s play area, craft table, art studio, bar, video editing equipment and much more. Hidden storage and customizable types of storage can be added to any room of the house for nearly any imaginable purpose.
Incorporating built-ins into the construction of a home is key when building with space and style in mind. Consider a bedroom with a bare or mid-sized window: a built-in window seat (with hidden storage under a hinged top) adds detail and more usable space to the room.
Art niches make excellent use of a room’s dead space while storage below banisters and careful placement of planters add use and interest to areas that might otherwise be bare. Define a bonus room with built-in speakers and an entertainment center, the same room might feature a built-in desk and bookshelves-the possibilities are as flexible as the way you use your space.
From the kitchen, great room, bathroom, bedroom, den and beyond-built-ins suggest that it’s what’s on the inside that matters most.
Christine Sears writes articles about architectural home plans, new home construction, floor plans, house plans, new construction financing, and more for The House Designers. We offer beautiful & affordable home plans & blueprints, with free shipping and even a printed catalog available.
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