The Bellevue Area Residence sits on a hillside with a west facing terrace and covered porch affording views of Lake Washington. Located in a neighborhood with an unusually restricting height limit, the home enjoys high ceilings in its light-filled, main floor living spaces, as well as in its lower level bedrooms.
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harpergal wrote:
Since bookshelves are usually less than 1 foot deep, how do you make them fit in with a window seat which is deeper? Is there a false back on the shelves? »
mmonika You could do 2 different depths..
All of the lower cabinets inline with the window seat be deeper, which would be great for storage of those bigger items but tier the upper shelves so their depth isn't so vast. This will also, visually, not seem as heavy.
To address your question specifically, consider what you will store and make your depths as needed ( with false backs or not). Sometimes there are pieces which just don't fit in the shallowness of bookcases and that would be annoying.
If you want to be flexible with depth, use some boxes (wood, card, papered, painted..etc) in behind of shelves you don't want to lose books in but still can opt to store your board games :-)
dmsutton I don't know about the USA versions of these houses but in Australia most of them are cavity brick walls which are at least 10 inches (250mm) thick and this would not require any false backing. The depth of the reveal as depicted would be correct as such a window is mounted on the exterior brickwork. This mean with the depth shown the shelve would approx 8-10 inches deep.
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And when you can't create a space that resides in that wonderful in-between of indoors and outdoors, do what you can to bring the outdoors in. Windows like these can crank open for fresh air and sound of birds along with that pleasant view.
All of the lower cabinets inline with the window seat be deeper, which would be great for storage of those bigger items but tier the upper shelves so their depth isn't so vast. This will also, visually, not seem as heavy.
To address your question specifically, consider what you will store and make your depths as needed ( with false backs or not). Sometimes there are pieces which just don't fit in the shallowness of bookcases and that would be annoying.
If you want to be flexible with depth, use some boxes (wood, card, papered, painted..etc) in behind of shelves you don't want to lose books in but still can opt to store your board games :-)