Ikea Billy Bookcases

If there's one item of furniture in our house that's just never large enough it's the bookcase(s). No matter how many are added to our collection the books seem to overflow, filling every available space and crying out for another case to be added. Couple this with the fact that we've been saying for at least the last 6 years that this house, although "life-proof" is not where we want to spend the rest of our lives so we didn't want to get expensive furniture that may or may not fit in any future house and you can see we have an issue. Step in IKEA. IKEA, despite my deep hatred of how the stores work, does have its uses and one is that it is ...  Read the complete review

Read my guide to buying and assembling Billy bookcases for tips on tools you will need, fitting, and customising Billy bookcases. Ever since I accidentally sliced the top of my left index finder off a few years ago (dear reader tremble not - it was stuck on again by a member of the medical profession - well, a shocked friend with a plaster - and miraculously managed to stick itself back on) I have regarded sharp things with some trepidation. The faint-hearted would be well advised to stay away from Billy bookcases - you will need a jigsaw to make them fit your skirting boards. Easy to assemble - as long as you follow the instructions carefully ...  Read the complete review

I love my new bookcases! I can't think of anything more ordinary to review quite frankly. A bookcase from Ikea? But I have so enjoyed the whole Ikea 'thang' that I thought I would let people know why. I needed bookshelves for my spare bedroom badly. As a book addict things were getting out of control. Cue dash to IKEA for bookshelves, as we are broke at the moment, like most people. I was not expecting much to be honest. I was expecting the type of furniture you used to get in student rented accomodation. Kind of tatty and not up to much. Not a bit of it! The units we bought were the ones with five shelves. The item off the shelf is big ...  Read the complete review

Billy Bookcase celebrates its 30th birthday today (1st October) - no, really! I have to say if you want some cheap storage that looks good then look no further than good old Billy Bookcase from Ikea. Personally I own hundreds upon hundreds of DVDs and it's very difficult to find something that looks half decent that will hold them all. I am not a huge fan of Ikea - I find some of their stuff over priced for what it is - MDF and flat packed mostly. But Billy Bookcase is a great product actually. Billy Bookcase comes in many different shapes and sizes and they all come flatpacked. There are lots of colours as well (beach, pine, black, grey, white, red ...  Read the complete review

I am pretty sure that Ikea has many detractors, but for me it has been a massive help at furnishing our house, as it is so reasonably priced. Ikea only recently opened a store in Ireland and luckily it was about 5 minutes from my house! As well as not being a complete rip off, I think that the Ikea furniture is of a good standard. And even though you have to assemble the furniture yourself, it does not take as long as you may think to stick it all together. Yes, it will probably take up to an hour to do one bookcase, but it is worth it! The Billy bookcase does not let Ikea down. It comes in a variety of sizes: Width: 40 cm, Depth: 28 cm, ...  Read the complete review