I want to make built ins...any advice on what will look best?
Hi,
I have this recessed space in my two bedrooms around the windows, part of the architecture of my building. I feel it's perfect for creating built ins. Here are photos:
I plan to have a cabinet at the very bottom where I can open and close it, then above it and going up will space a few shelves. It's a very high ceiling apartment, so the shelves will house decorative items and will be a nice focal point that goes up high.
Kind of like this inspiration photo, although it's not as high ceiling as mine:
I talked to my carpenter and he was saying that we can make the cabinet at the bottom to close. But for the shelves, we debated either just adding the shelves simply to the current recessed wall as is (floating ones) or the idea of building sides and back into that space and putting the shelves into that.
Kind of like this photo I got from an internet search, you see she had a recessed space already, but she still put in wood on the sides and back to complete it before putting in the shelves.
But as you look all the way up in my space, there is a beautiful natural curve at the top corners, it's how they made the apartment when it was built. I was worried if we totally build into it, we lose that feeling a bit? (click on the photo to expand it to see the top corners)
What would you do? Build into the sides and back as well? Or just stick the shelves onto the wall?
The other thing I guess is that my walls are concrete and hanging the shelves into that seems it will be an effort. Not sure what is the best look though.
Thoughts?
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2 years ago@HALLETT & Co. they are 11.5 inches deep. and the width is 31.5 inches. Also I should add, the walls also have this curve to them at the edges. And the recessed part inside---it's also curved.
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2 years agoYou are talking about building the base cabinet wall to wall across the window plus the insets correct? How deep will it be?
I think it might be difficult to install individual floating shelves the width of the niches, since square edges wouldn't sit flush with the curved walls. But what if your carpenter could create something similar to this Ikea LACK unit mounted in the center of the insets, perhaps with gentle rounding on the outer edges of the shelves to mimic the wall curve?
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years agoand floating shelves, we actually would do faux floating like this..
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2 years agohere is a fuzzy photo of what the previous unit looked like when i bought the apt. they only made two shelves then they stopped. but the cabinet down below is a nice size.
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