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'As the ceiling in this room is really high and I wanted to make the most of the wall space, I also purchased two of the 'Billy Height Extension Kits' to get in another level of shelving. I purchased two of the cheapest versions of the Billy available for £35 (in white, the wood-effect ones are more expensive) as I was going to prime and paint the bookcase in the same color as the walls to make it look like it was built for the room, rather than the fact it was really two cheap flat-packs! Melanie Lissack, of (opens in new tab), explains how she created the look: 'The wall width that I had to work with was 175cm and as the Billy bookcase is 80cm wide, I knew I had space for two of the bookcases. With metallic wallpaper and lighting - and some creative styling - the Billy bookcase can be taken from basic and bland to a thing of beauty, as can be seen with this innovative living room storage idea. (Image credit: Melanie Lissack Interiors) Make built-in shelves with two IKEA Billy bookcases

Now, we have a catchall spot that holds all the shoes, all the necessities, and all the chaos. So, all in all, I would say this is a do-able DIY.

Ikea book shelf how to#

I am a beginner builder, and learned how to do this from the YouTube and Instagram. 'Following this, I added a bench, floating shelves, and budget shiplap to finish the look. Added height extenders, Oxberg doors, and bins to contain the chaos. So, to keep it all at bay, I bumped out the Ikea Billy bookcases and secured them to studs. 'As you can imagine, a family of four with a large pup can accumulate a lot of stuff, which leads to an eyesore of a view with open storage. This area became the primary way we entered our home, so, shoes, jackets, gloves, helmets, leashes - you name it - were stored on open shelves here.

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She says: 'When we moved into our home, the previous owners left a garage full of Billy bookcases for storage. (Image credit: (opens in new tab) turned being left with a garage-load of IKEA Billy bookcases into a fortuitous event. Transform Ikea Billy bookcases into a sleek and stylish mudroom It was a fair bit of work but we saved a fortune and we're so happy with the end result.' 3.

'To finish them, we chose antique brass pull handles, and I finished them off with some colorful tassels. In preparation for painting them, we primed them with Zinsser BIN primer and then used a furniture paint for the color. 'We built a plinth to raise the bookcases up high enough to add skirting to the bottom, and we then added molding between the vertical joins. This also gave us something to fix coving to at the top. 'We decided we didn't want to use the back panels so that you could see the wall color behind, and as a result, we flipped them upside down so that the backs of the height extenders were hidden at the bottom of the bookcases. 'When we first saw the scale of this room we knew it deserved a library wall,' says Sarah from (opens in new tab).'But being over five and a half meters wide, we also knew we couldn't afford fitted cabinetry, so we took seven Billy bookcases with height extenders and Oxberg doors, and we set to work. (Image credit: you're blessed with ample space, creating a library wall is a decadent living room idea.