Old House Journal – September 2019

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BUILT-IN FURNITURE: INTERPRETING PERIOD EXAMPLES

Bookcases, buffets, nooks, and benches—all up for reimagining

with reference to the best 20th-century models.

32 VINTAGE VISION

34 KITCHENS + BATHS

37 THEY STILL MAKE

DESIGN

A newly built Arts & Crafts-

inspired buffet takes cues from

the period: a recessed, beveled

mirror sits below clerestory

windows. Storage drawers and

cupboards fill the niche and

continue the wall plane.

PERIOD-

INSPIRED

BUILT-INS

:

PERMANENT

FURNITURE

THAT ALSO ADDS

STORAGE SPACE

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