Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Custom Shelves & Built-ins: Build Custom Add-ons to Create a One-of-a-kind Home (Black & Decker Complete Guide) [Paperback]

Theresa Coleman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2007 | Series: Black & Decker Complete Guide

Luxury Built In to Every Project

Today's homeowners seek the upscale, premium home styling offered by custom built-in shelving, storage units and cabinetry. Window seats, loft beds, library walls, pub bars and kitchen banquettes are just some of the features found in luxury homes.

And these luxury features are now possible for do-it-yourselfers, with the help of this innovative book. The Complete Guide to Custom Shelves & Built-ins shows readers how to achieve the finest built-ins by adapting stock cabinets and pre-made shelving to create amazing effects with only the most basic of carpentry skills. Other projects are based on traditional and classic cabinet-making methods.

With more than 30 ingenious step-by-step projects, this book will help any homeowners achieve custom built-ins that add function and style to any home d¬cor.

• Features easy-to-achieve built-ins made from stock cabinetryùno expert carpentry skills needed
• Includes built-ins for every space in the home -- from garage to formal living room
• Includes a chapter on cabinet basics, including installation

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Theresa Coleman has shared knowledge about the construction industry as a book author and editor, magazine editor, and through her work in architecture. Making home improvement fun is her top mission and to start kids on this path she created a kid's playing card game about home improvement for the National Association of Home Builders called Build It! She also is a co-author of DIY: Know-How with Show-How from DK Publishing. Theresa spends much of her free time designing and improving her 100-year-old home. Theresa has branded the design theme for her current house: Formal Farmhouse.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Creative Publishing international (August 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1589233034
• ISBN-13: 978-1589233034
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 6.8 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #313,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Keeps it simple, March 21, 2009

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E. K. Hartensveld (Carlsbad, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Custom Shelves & Built-ins: Build Custom Add-ons to Create a One-of-a-kind Home (Black & Decker Complete Guide) (Paperback)

This bok is helpful for the complete novice and provide excellent and simple directions for some basic projects. However, if you have any background in this area, this book is not for you.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book for a beginner home improver, December 1, 2010

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Howard L. Kaplan "Howmachine" (Sydney Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Custom Shelves & Built-ins: Build Custom Add-ons to Create a One-of-a-kind Home (Black & Decker Complete Guide) (Paperback)

I used this book as the guide for building floor to ceiling built in oak bookshelves. It was clear and the pictures helped a lot. I also used some of the techniques described in the beginning of the book which helped a lot.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, April 24, 2008

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L. Hinchman "Green Mom" (Petoskey, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Custom Shelves & Built-ins: Build Custom Add-ons to Create a One-of-a-kind Home (Black & Decker Complete Guide) (Paperback)

This book is what I expected and has lots of great ideas for shelving options which is why I bought it. I may end up having someone else build them, but the book is still a good one.