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Built-In Furniture: A Gallery of Design Ideas (Idea Book) [Paperback]

Jim Tolpin (Author)
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Publication Date: February 14, 2001 | Series: Idea Book
Readers will be inspired by this series of visual ideas for some of the most-used rooms in the house. Each book is rich with beautiful color photographs, practical sidebars -- and designs of all kinds that will appeal to a wide range of tastes and budgets.

Best-selling author Jim Tolpin explores new ways to design and construct built-in furniture throughout the home. Includes design ideas for window seats, benches, bookcases, storage cabinets -- even entertainment centers.

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With Built-In Furniture Jim Tolpin has put together an idea book, a lushly illustrated look at built-in furniture through history and in modern homes, from Shaker attic storage systems to Frank Lloyd Wright room designs to contemporary dream houses. A blending of furniture and architecture, built-ins are known for saving space, but Tolpin takes us to a new level of art and inventive design; for example, he depicts a cleverly designed, secure document-storage area that is completely hidden behind a pivoting bookcase. Even a casual page-through reveals hundreds of useful, creative ideas, such as a revolving entertainment center, hidden storage rooms, and elegant but sturdy built-in shelves. Built-In Furniture will have you walking from room to room, fantasizing about built-in projects that you could construct yourself. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Built-in furnishings offer many advantages over freestanding furniture: They are generally less expensive to build than stand-alone furniture of the same type and size. They give you great latitude in designing the look and function of your interior spaces - you are not limited to designing around existing furniture pieces. And, because of the manner in which built-in furnishings are constructed, you can maximize the use of the most unusual spaces while creating an effective and aesthetically pleasing design solution. In this book, you'll see some of the finest examples of built-in furniture and cabinetry for nearly every room in the house. You'll be treated to a room-by-room survey of unique design solutions and strategies that you can use to add functional and delightful built-ins to your home.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Taunton Press (February 14, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1561583952
  • ISBN-13: 978-1561583959
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 9 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #84,755 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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56 of 58 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is useful for anyone building a custom home who wants lots of wooden built-in furniture and storage. The pictures are lush, and the ideas plentiful. I don't know if a woodworker would find it useful, but as someone in the process of planning a customized home, I find Tolpin's work the most helpful way to show my architect what I had in mind.
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32 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Neat Stuff !! January 19, 2003
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Built-In Furniture is a great book for everyone who's ever dreamed of having a secret door to a hidden room or just wants to utilize seamingly wasted space. This book of ideas has been a great launching pad for my own new home design. It's NOT a project book with plans and instructions but if you're in the "looking for ideas" phase this is a good picture book.
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71 of 86 people found the following review helpful
So disappointed! October 28, 2000
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Format:Hardcover
I can't tell unsuspecting readers and would-be remodelers how disappointed I was in this book. I bought the book for ideas for our major remodelling. In particular, I was looking for great pictures of clever, contemporary ideas for our sons' bedrooms and for our family room. The pictures in the book are very poor quality, grainy and faded, and most appear to have been taken well before the mid-Nineties. This book was published in 1997; it's now 2000. Why would I want to look at a room clearly designed for and in the 70's? What's with the crocheted pillow (p. 149)? I suspect that room has long since been RE-modeled. While I did enjoy the historical background on Gusbav Stickley's Structural Furnishings, I certainly didn't feel inspired by the already-dated examples of "contemporary" interpretations. While I am sure that Jim Tolpin is a competent carpenter, his taste and presentation are NOT for the style-conscious.
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Just What it Promises: Design IDEAS
No, it's not a woodworking book with instructions for how to build the pieces pictured. It's a book of executed ideas that one may use for your own designs. Read more
Published 21 months ago by L. M. MACLEAN
Picture book
The subtitle say's it all. Just pictures. Examples appear to be taken from other books on elementary woodworking. Not a true book on woodworking but a picture book.
Published on February 5, 2010 by Lynn R. Porter
Not a How-To Book
This is mainly a picture book rather than Tolpin's usual instruction manual. While the photos are quite interesting and the book has some good ideas on space usage this is closer... Read more
Published on October 31, 2008 by Dick Johnson
Just some nice pictures
Lots of terrific ideas if I owned a million dollar home, but hardly applicable to simple housing with less than expansion rooms.
Published on February 15, 2008 by James T. Hammond
Interesting
Built-In furniture shows you imaginative solutions for every room of the house. Create a library in a stairwell. Add a wet bar to your family room. Read more
Published on July 22, 2005 by S. J Parker
Built-In, North American Style.
This book does have enough pictures of built in cabinets/furniture from every room in the house to give you an idea of what can be done, but I found that other books I have read,... Read more
Published on March 27, 2004 by Scott Knudsen
Ideas abound!
Apparently the hardcover edition reviewer bought a bad copy - this is an excellent book with crisp, bright photos and excellent ideas for expanding any room. Read more
Published on March 10, 2004 by B. Moss
You Can Never Have Enough Storage!
Great book with lots of storage solutions.
Published on February 12, 2002 by Bystander
This is a new edition
Ignore the unfavorable reviews of the hardcover edition. This current version seems completely up to date. Read more
Published on November 20, 2001 by Brian
very good works about the panel furniture
very excellen
Published on April 8, 1999
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Deeply rooted in the Old World, from the ornate vestry furnishing of the church to the humble chimney cupboards of the peasant cottage, built-ins have been with us in our shelters for many centuries. Read the first page
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architectural furniture, glue film, china hutch, cabinet unit, maple veneer, solid cherry, story stick, counter surface, cornice molding, storage cupboards
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Craig Wester, Brian Vanden Brink, Louis Mackall, Port Townsend, Bill Walker, Dean Coley, Friday Harbor, Tom Bosworth, Richard Wedler, Tom Simmons, Weinstein Copeland Architects, Albert Pastine, Centerbrook Architects, New York, Ralph Katz, Breakfast Woodworks, Geoffrey Prentiss, Janice Smith, John Marckworth, Sandor Nagyszalanczy, Alex Spear, Cliff Nathan, Del Cover, Jim Tolpin, John Silverio
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