Built ins

After reading the featrued story on House Blogs by Jeanne “Built-In… Form and Function”, I began thinking about what built-ins we have done and which are my favorite. (Or favorite so far, as we’ve got a lot of house left that we haven’t re-furbished.)

So far my favorites are the built-in drawers under the nook seats and the garbage recycling center in the island. I don’t have a picture of the drawers open on this computer, just with them closed. One of the reasons that I love these drawers, beside the storage, is that we ran wire to the drawers and installed a power strip in the back of each drawer. One of the drawers has become our technology drawer and we plug in our phones, cameras, etc. to charge and we can close the drawer. Soon the drawers will have fronts like the cabinets and the top will have a lip routered into it so we can pull the drawer open. It won’t look like a drawer, so unless you know it’s there, you wouldn’t try to open it.

I love the recycling center because it keeps the garbage and recycling containers out of sight. It fits plain old garbage containers that you can buy at any store so if they ever crack we can easily replace them.

So those are my two favorite built-ins that we’ve done so far.

If I could have any built-in, I think it would be a very organized closet in the bedroom. Maybe someday…

What is your favorite built in, or what would it be?