Built In Ikea Billy Bookcase

But it was all worth it at the end of the day because i love the new look of our living room.

Built in ikea billy bookcase. For my space i used four 31 wide white billy bookcases and three 15 3 4 wide white billy bookcases. Good day dear friends. This post has been in the making for months so now that i am. Every model in the billy series also features adjustable shelves so you can fit anything from books to trophies and everything in between.

The billy bookcase is pretty straightforward to build right out of the box or you can get creative and make elaborate storage that looks great. To figure out how to best use the space the picture below shows how we did the math. This project required a little more time and planning than what i thought it would take. I gave an ordinary ikea billy bookcase a built in custom made look.

Take a look at 18 of the best billy bookcase built ins ever. First build each billy bookcase according to ikea s instructions. I am here to tell you that that day has finally come the day that i show you that big project i have been hinting about for months now. That left me with 20 inches of open space to cover.

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. When it comes to hacking great storage no other ikea product works a room like the billy bookcase. Bookcase 31 1 2x11x79 1 2 59. Learn how easy it is to transform regular ikea billy bookcases into a.

How to turn ikea bookcases into built ins. 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. 00 356 more. The project that had a steep learning curve for me and made me overcome some pretty serious fears.

These billy bookcase. Sam and i are in the middle of converting his old office to be my home office which will hopefully be revealed in the next couple of weeks but until then i wanted to share hands down my favorite diy. In one of our last videos at the beige bungalow basement renovation we feature our custom built in billy bookcase hack. This part was pretty easy and only took me about fifteen minutes for each one.

Plus i needed some extra glasses of mimosas as well along the way from start to finish. This made each bookcase taller and allowed me to use our existing baseboards to wrap around for a more built in look. I have been talking this ikea billy bookcase built in hack using the ikea billy bookcases on my instagram stories for the past few weeks and from the response on there you guys are excited too. How to make ikea billy bookcase built ins that s what i am going to share with you all today.

How to build built in bookcases from ikea billy bookshelves.