Every H<br >Needs B<br >CHAPTER<br >ome<br >uilt-lns<br > i~vzRY home needs built-in units of<br >~，z~;~rs ~lhds. Even when there<br >isn t a lack of storage space- of<br >which few homes ever have enough<br >"built-ins can be the answer to<br >the problem of cutting the cost of<br >furnishing. And that s not all. Be-<br >sides taking the place of movable<br >furniture， and saving money in the<br >process， they can utilize otherwise<br >unused space， or substitute order<br >for wasteful untidiness. Further-<br >more， with built-in units you can<br >remodel almost any interior. You<br >can convert one room into two. You<br >can fill in openings， construct seats，<br >beds， dressers， kitchen counters<br >and so on， utilizing both wall and<br >floor space for storage of all kinds.<br >You can make usable rooms of bare<br >attics and cellars and turn odd<br >corners in the garage into storage<br >or working space.<br > Often， simple structures can be<br >used as backgrounds for the regular<br >furniture and serve to hide unde-<br >sirable architectural features. As<br >everyone knows， a house with too<br >II<br >much furniture is congested and<br >cluttered， unattractive and un-<br >pleasant to live in. By substituting<br >built-in pieces you can get equiva-<br >lent service and at the same time<br >release floor space.<br > The success of any built-in unit<br >is determined not only by its util-<br >ity but also by the way it blends<br >in with the rest of the room. No<br >well-designed built-in piece should<br >look like an afterthought， or some-<br >thing stuck on in a hurry. In other<br >words， the less a built-in piece looks<br >built-in， the more it enhances the<br >beauty of the room you put it in.<br >The final test is whether or not it<br >appears as though it had always be-<br >longed. Is it an essential part of<br >the whole furnishing scheme?<br > In planning all such additions it<br >is necessary to keep in mind the<br >complete， furnished room. You<br >have to remember that tall units<br >and deep ones will make a room<br >look smaller; that odd-shaped units<br >and projections can give a room an<br >untidy look and throw it out of bal-<br >