Featured Story: Built-In...Form AND Function

A lovely bungalow medicine cabinet straight from the woodshop of Pigeon Point Project.

From vintage to modern, built-ins combine the best of form and function.

With its history dating as far back as the Middle Ages, built-in furniture uses parts of the home where it resides as part of its construction.

An excellent solution for small rooms, built-in furniture can use the otherwise unused spaces between wall studs, within knee walls or under stairs.

Built-ins offer clever storage solutions that cut down on the amount of furniture that needs to be dusted or swept under. (Lazy housekeepers, rejoice!)

The Shakers embraced built-in furniture in their quest for simplicity, cleanliness, order and perfection.  A desire that the modern minimalist understands.

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