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Diy built ins next to fireplace.
Diy built ins around fireplace.
Actually it s not great.
Each project is unique and may require a certain skill set.
After about two years of considering our options hiring vs diy we went ahead with adding built ins around our fireplace on our own.
This depth doesn t give us a lot of functional storage but honestly we have plenty of storage in our home so i m not super concerned.
I have built some very basic things like my diy blanket ladder floating shelves picture ledge and toddler bed.
The depth of the walls on either side of the fireplace isn t very deep so the shelves and cabinets of the built ins are only 12 inches deep and 14 high.
You should be trained in basic woodworking tools necessary for built ins.
Once you re settled on what built in project you re going to build it s time to get to work.
In the first house the plans didn t account for the depth of the fireplace or built ins on the fireplace wall.
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Before you pick up any lumber you ll need to know what tools to use and how.
But still i m just beginning in my journey.
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So once the fireplace was framed out and the built in cabinetry installed we had two feet of drywall on the left side of the windows and about 6 visible on the right.
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This week i tackled building my own diy built ins around our fireplace.
Fireplace built ins design concept.
Next you can see the cabinets starting to take shape here and the back of the wall that would run up from the mantle.