Starting from scratch? Consider your shelves' height. When building your built-in bookcases from the ground up, carefully consider how big you want them to be. The two major details to nail down ...

Update inexpensive shelving units with trim to add instant architectural character. Follow these steps to learn how to create DIY built-in shelves using basic bookcases.

At what point in a project, readers often ask, should an interior designer be called in to help. I can only respond, "Before it starts to hurt." Professional designers don't come cheap, it's true, but ...