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Remodeling Design Dilemma home office

Want an built in but window on adjoining wall in the way.

2 years ago

I want to build a cabinet/shelving unit on one entire wall of my home office. My problem is the window on the adjoining wall is too close to the corner and low to the ground to continue the cabinet to the wall. Picture below of said corner as well as some of my inspiration. Any recommendations on how to achieve a whole wall built in without leaving a gap in the corner? Pictures welcomed 😃 Thanks in advance!

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palimpsest

2 years ago

Shallow book cases or storage the last foot or two next to the window, made like the rest of the builtin.

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acm
2 years ago
i would just buy bookcases and stop a foot or two from the window. I guess you could do built-ins and then have an angled cabinet on the end of the run, but it will be hard to make it look anything other than afterthought-ish. Is there any chance of doing the shelving on the opposite wall?
wdccruise
2 years ago
What's the distance between the window and the wall to its right?
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keep in mind its 13 foot high ceilings. so certain things will not look right here. i'm thinking if we add shelf by shelf without adding the sides or back, if we paint the recessed area and the shelves all white, it will look like a unit. trouble is it's a headache to get it all even if we do each shelf one by one. There is space for a cabinet...the place used to have a built in cabinet there before. but we took it out cause it wastn' a nice looking one. if we re-do it, the space is sufficient for me as it was before with the previous unit.
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mainenell
2 years ago
Have the first 18-24” at a shallower depth and match it on the other end of the cabinet run.
pricklypearcactus
2 years ago
What's the measurement from the wall to the window? That's pretty important. You could do built ins exactly that depth across the whole wall. or you could have the ends angled or curved in. Or you could put shallower cabinets on either end of the run and deeper cabinets in the middle. Personally I'd prefer a consistent depth across the whole wall, but that will only work if you have enough depth to work with.
hbeing
2 years ago
why not have the open shelving angled at the window end?

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