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Family Room Built Ins

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Before Christmas season hit and we put up our holiday decorations we really wanted to knock out the bookshelves in our family room. And by we I mean the company we hired out to built these gigantic suckers. Yeah, this is one job we really didn’t want to try to tackle ourselves. Our ceilings are 9ft high and we had to deal with moving all of our speaker wires, outlets, etc.

So we ended up hiring the same people (Meyer Contracting) that did my parents living room built ins and they finished the job this past week. Here’s a before of the space…

family room before

And here’s the after…

family room built ins

I wish the photos were better on this but it was snowing and dark over the weekend. That’s the trouble with having the full time job during the week, I leave for work when it’s barely daylight and don’t get home until after dark. But hopefully I will take better photos on a sunny day over Thanksgiving break to really show off my Christmas decorations.

And I really wish I could invite you guys over to check these out in person because they really are huge. I love how the bases are really deep  cabinets with interior shelving, great place for bins to hide toys and my laptop, camera, etc.

family room built in shelves

Then above we have our bookshelves. Although recently I’ve been thinking that we donated all of our old books recently and mostly read now on our iPad or again donate the books once we’re done with them. Now we have about 1,000 kids books since Ellie is a little bookworm, but these shelves are too high for her to reach. I would rather her books be easily accessible, right? So I think I’ll end up doing some baskets for organization and some picture frames and the books we do still have.  

family room white built ins

And what I do love about these bookshelves is that they’re adjustable. Since Ben and I didn’t like the black holes though, we ordered some white peg hole plugs from Amazon. You can’t even notice them and it gives the bookshelves a nice, clean look.

family room bookshelves built in

So now it’s all about styling these babies. First I’m going to concentrate on Christmas décor along with the storage baskets, then worry in January about their permanent fixings.

family room built in bookshelves

family room before and after

You can see how the whole room is slowly coming together after we sold our old family room furniture. We opted for grayish blue couches, dark wood coffee table and a sisal rug. I just need to find some chairs and curtains for this room to be complete. I’ll probably wait until after the new year but at least this space is livable again!

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  1. Amanda says

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    Love the built ins! Totally finishes the room. We started decorating for Christmas too so no judgement here! Haha we like to enjoy it for as long as possible 🙂 Have a good Thanksgiving! PS the white peg hole thing made my husband and I very happy – we hate the holes too but couldn’t figure out how to cover ours!

  2. Heather says

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    They are so great! I am glad you posted a picture of them partially decorated- it’s beautiful already!
    (And how can I get my husband on board to donate books? We are practically book hoarders. Practically)

  3. Jenny says

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    I love it! I totally need those white shelf plugs!

  4. Cecilia says

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    Wow, those make a huge difference in your room. I don’t blame you for hiring that out – they did a beautiful job and you didn’t have to stress over building them. Win-win! Can’t wait to see the room decked out for Christmas! Happy Thanksgiving!
    Hugs,
    Cecilia

  5. Angela says

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    Your built ins are beautiful. The room is so different now I honestly thought I was on another blog lol (I subscribe to a lot) I live in England, but lived in the US for over a decade, and your style now seems more European, whereas before it was very American in its’ feel. I love both your looks btw, just so different, and so beautiful. x

    • howtonestforless says

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      Haha! Thanks so much Angela. That’s funny about the different styles because while I loved our old family room this new relaxed space just feels like home!

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