Ikea book shelf ideas11/22/2023 ![]() Once they are all slid into place and butted up against one another its time to attach them to each other. You will then start adding built ins to the sides of that one. Measure the center of your wall, and place your center built in against the wall exactly centered. We actually do this when we mount any of our TV’s over a dresser, but again – if that is your plan, plan ahead so you can have your hole in the wall and the back of the built in before it is secured in place! Securing The Bookcases The reason for the 2 holes was that we knew we were mounting a TV over our middle section, so we put an access hole to be able to cut a hole for the TV plug in to go through the wall, then pop out by the outlet. We didn’t have proper tools, so our final look was not perfect on these holes, but we we able to sort of fix the issue with a piece when the built ins were done. We had one outlet against that wall and knew it would be needed, so it could not be hidden! Next – Before you slide on your back pieces you need to measure where your outlets are going to be so you can cut holes for those. The Extender makes the original top a shelf and adds that top area! In the image below – the original billy goes to the top shelf. I would guess that for most homes if you are doing the taller sides or tall Billys through the full thing you will need the height extenders! Leave the backs off during assembly until the next step! (essentially, these are additional height you can order for the Billy Bookcase that adds 1 shelf). As you can see we purchased height extenders for both the taller ones to get them closer to the ceiling. Spackel/Nails/Caulk IKEA Billy Bookcase Built-in Hack Bookcase Assemblyįirst things first – you need to assemble each of your Billy bookcase’s and add any height extenders. Paint Sprayer ( i post about this so much because it is probably my favorite Amazon purchase yet!) Molding for the length of your wall and to wrap the top of your bookcases You also could definitely do this floor to ceiling all the wall through, but we chose to hang a tv!ġ board – 11.5 in x 78.5 in x 1 inch tall For us the best fit with some extra room was to do 4 full width billy bookcases and 1 skinny billy bookcase. Ikea Billy Bookcase Built-in Hack MaterialsĪgain I will do my disclaimer here. The end outcome was more than we could have asked for, and is something we will probably recreate slightly differently in another area of the house down the road. ![]() I knew there had to be a way to do built-ins ourselves with our limited knowledge on DIY if we took our time. When we moved in we had French doors added to make it more of an official office, and it has gone on from there.) (incase any of you have similar 1980’s/90’s homes, our home office was once the formal living room. I had a vision for the office, but contracting out built ins is crazy expensive. We knew based on where my office is (right off the front door) that we wanted it to really mesh with the rest of our house, and for us that means bright and clean. You want to measure your space first to see how many IKEA Billy Bookcase units will fit with some wiggle room and then start your math. This post contains affiliate links IKEA Billy Bookcase Built-in Hackīefore you get started I want to be very clear to state that this will likely not look the exact same for any two houses. These were done in my home office – see that here! I will break down the steps and price in this post, but be sure to leave me any questions in the comments or send me an email! Once you’re done with this be sure to check out the rest of my IKEA hacks in one post here! 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 to date for this IKEA built-in hack. 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! I am SUPER excited to finally share this post with you all. ![]()
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