Avoid most IKEA products (though I do have a couple of bookshelves that have stood the test of time).

There are built in wood book shelves on each side of the fire place that I thought of painting but then decided to just keep the wood look.

You could remove the stone and surround the fireplace with built in bookshelves.

Pro tip: take particular care to cover book shelves—removing dust from our books was one of the most time-consuming cleaning jobs we faced. 2.Pack as though you will be travelingThink carefully about everything you will need over the full duration of the renovation (plus the inevitable extension) when packing.

I once watched one of them take used book shelves and put them along 1 wall in the dining room, added new trim, a few doors and hardware, and POOF it was a built in buffet/hutch! 

It's just a room with some bookshelves...into which I will place a bed and an armoire.I think any inspector would really just see a den and bar in my basement (there's already a bathroom).

Stuff taken down from the bookshelves, flat screen TV taken off the wall, torn and moldy shower curtains, streak marks on the toilet trap ways, closet doors jammed shut with filled boxes.

$250 for desk, nice chair, 2 bookshelves and all i needed was two strapping young men to haul it in and a screwdriver (and some chewing gum and a paper clip).

@Aaron Klatt This three story multi- family residence built in 1880 with 7 bedrooms offers lots of character with lots of windows for natural lighting, hardwood floors throughout, multiple fireplaces, built-in bookshelves and a covered wrapped porch!

I will send you my phone number and we can coordinate that way.I believe I read the Millionaire Real Estate Investor, and it should be on one of my bookshelves.