shelf and room divider in one! (Ikea Expedit Bookcase)

Member Name: rxbeef

Product:	Ikea Expedit Bookcase
Date:	16/06/09 (456 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: very sturdy, good price and excellent value for money

Disadvantages: flat pack....

My boyfriend and I are just about to move into a new place and when we looked around the flat, they had divided the open planned kitchen and living room with this wonderful bookcase. It had created such a great look that we went to ikea as soon as we had signed for the property to snap up our own to go in the same place.

The main thing I liked about this was that unlike a lot of the things I have previously purchased from Ikea this really does stand firmly on the ground. It is made of really thick chunks of wood, and while it may be heavy to start with, it's certainly worth the effort because it looks great. While it does come in various effects, such as brown black or white, we decided to get it in birch effect as we have other furniture of that kind.

Although the product is available in various sizes, we chose the £67 pound version which is a four by four grid, a bit smaller than the picture shown above. We have worked out how much space we needed for our bits and bobs and this was perfect, and what an excellent price. The best thing is that the size of this really does work as a room divider as well as a book shelf, and you can display your things on it, without it looking cluttered as they are evenly distributed around. On the bottom shelf we have got some small boxes that fit in perfect and we have used those to put our "clutter" as it were, and it hides away quite well.

If you are creative enough, you can also use this to be a bit arty, for instance chequerboarding shelves of books and shelves of items. Really this allows for so many different tastes it's just a triumph from Ikea and worth every single penny.

Summary: excellent piece of furniture that will stand the test of time due to the quality