Billy Bookcase Custom Built In

First i built a base for my bookcases.

Billy bookcase custom built in. We purchased three of the ikea billy bookcases built them and spaced them out evenly along the wall. You do not want them to move after they re installed and having them flush to the wall gives the most polished professional look. El granto and kristin the handy diyers behind storefront for life share how you can create beautiful customized storage for only 400 using billy bookcases and molding. From billy to built ins by store front life.

Some of these billy bookcase hacks are about turning the billy into something that looks custom. My bookcases are the standard 79 height and 11 depth but there are lots of options including bookcases that reach almost to the ceiling or are extra deep. For my space i used four 31 wide white billy bookcases and three 15 3 4 wide white billy bookcases. From there we cut boards and nailed them in between each bookcase.

One of the most important steps in turning billy bookcases into built ins that look and function like built ins done from scratch is anchoring them to the walls and or ceiling. When it comes to good looking storage solutions nothing is dreamier than a custom built in. Each board is 75 inches tall by 11 25 inches wide purchased from home depot. We spaced the boards out 11 25 inches in order to eliminate any wasted space.

How to make a built in billy bookcase step one. This gray built in bookcase has done just that with the addition of some drawers at the bottom for extra storage. The base is built out of a 2 4 frame with interior studs to support the plywood top of the base. Our living room is a very awkward shape layout.

It s been a few weeks since we completed these bookcases in our living room and i m finally sitting down to put together the tutorial. To figure out how to best use the space the picture below shows how we did the math. I measured the space in between the walls in our case it was almost exactly 12 feet or 144 inches then i subtracted out the width of the bookcases which are 31 each or a total of 124 inches. How to turn ikea bookcases into built ins.

Create a custom built in bookcase from standard ikea billy bookcases with this easy step by step tutorial. That left me with 20 inches of open space to cover.