How To Make Billy Bookcase Deeper

When i found this post and realized i could get it 15 deep i dragged my husband to ikea and got one.

How to make billy bookcase deeper. I was under the impression that they only came in 11 depth. When it comes to hacking great storage no other ikea product works a room like the billy bookcase. Take a look at 19 of the best billy bookcase built ins ever. The ikea billy bookcase comes 2 widths.

Prime and paint the bookshelves. If you need it ikea also sells an extension for the bookshelves that is 13 tall making your maximum height 93. She gave some more details about the project and i knew i was sold. How to make a billy bookcase built in.

Built in billy bookcases are certainly not a new concept but i never felt like the directions were close enough to what i needed. Height wise your options are 41 and 79. 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. If you want to add the character of the faux brick this is the post to help you to do that.

15 and 31. While i loved the 15 depth of ikea s newer bookcase i knew i wanted them to go all the way to the ceiling. I just have to say thank you because i was looking to put a billy bookcase in a closet of mine and had ruled it out because i thought it wouldn t be deep enough. Like in all things measure your space first to make sure the bookshelf will work.

Now that the base is complete and in place flip the billy bookcases upside down and position them on top of the base matching up the verticals.