i was struggling with how to make the bottom and YOU SOLVED IT thank you sooo much i was gonna go fancy but not anymore. this is so much more easier and probably sturdier

Thank you for detailing your IKEA hack! It turned out stunning. Trying to convince my hubby this is what we need on a bedroom wall. Think you convinced him:)

I actually have 4 Billy bookcases arriving tomorrow. I was debating whether I should just assemble them and leave it or make something like this. Your video and blog post convinced me. Ironically, my space is 9' by 141 inches.

Picked up a few good tips for my application, thanks for sharing.

Thank you for the quick yet informational video!

Perfect explanation, everything one needs to do it. I’m still debating whether to make half circle tops or the classic look :)

This is a perfect and quick explanation. Thank you!

really good ....like short video with perfect details...

Appreciate so much! This is exactly what I was looking for so long! My nex project!

Fantastic solutions! I am very inspired- thank you!

I wish you would have shown the actual process instead of talking about it

How did you secured the bookshelves? Wall? Base? Greatttt work

😳 This looks amazing !!!

Great project!

great job! Looks amazing!

This is beautiful

Can u tell me what your are referencing when you are explaining what size wood and thickness you used to make the doors sit flush ?

Great video thank you

love it~ Thank you~

Just found your blog post but the links for doors etc are broken.

How did you get the shelf extending to not show a joint running across the length of the shelf?

This is awesome, but you need more books!!! Just kidding, you deserve to put whatever you want on there!

Did you buy or make the doors?

Stunning….

Hi, great job, did you have to do anything special with the doors once you out the trim on as it would have added depth from the pre drilled holes?

Beautiful!! Does anyone use bookshelves for actual books anymore?? 😂

Could you please share size or maybe be you have a model for your crown moulding? MDF? Really like it, building the same in room! Thank you!

Thank you. How did you attach the side and top wooden pieces to the dry wall? Did you screw them into a stud? My studs aren't aligned so unsure how to add the top framing

Did you do any junction box for the lights behind the 12" MDF trim? or just run a separate long cable from the light switch to each light? Thanks!

What kind of paint did you use to blend the shelves and trim pieces together?

Hi, did you drill new holes to fix the doors further out to consider the depth of the filler pieces? Only boy I can’t work out :-)

Adding the trim at the bottom of the bookcase - the 1.5 inch one that sits on top of the molding --- did that not interfere with the installation of the Oxberg doors? I'm currently doing the exact project and we're running into that issue. No amount of adjusting the door hinges have solved the issue. Any tips?

I'm finally getting to this project. The one piece I'm having a hard time figuring out is the trim pieces you added to the face of the bottom shelf and the middle fixed shelf to get the door to sit flush. I see your bookcases, like mine, have the built in shelves recessed a bit from the front of the bookcase. How did you account for this gap? Was it filled with wood filler? Also, do the doors (the only piece I didn't buy yet) overlap the bottom shelf? If yes, I assume the bottom molding only starts below the shelf. Is that correct? For the platform, what thickness plywood did you use?

Hi, love this, thank you for the tips. I see in your blogpost you used Benjamin Moore Simply White for the parts which required painting. Could I ask which finish you chose, my local stockists have Eggshell, gloss, satin & matt available. Many thanks

What are the dimensions of the trim on the front of the shelves? Bottom to remove the gap (2:18), trim that you don’t have the picture for (2:24) / vertical trim?

So if we trim the between shelves like yours the doors will still work with same hinges even though the 1/2” or so trim is there. We have full doors. Obviously yours work just want to make sure.

Hello where did you get the trim pieces to hide all the seems?

Nice 👍 what was the total cost to do this?

What is the width of your wall? We have a 9ft ceiling too

Beautiful work! I’m just wondering why you wouldn’t have purchased the Billy book cases that were 93” tall versus the 79” with the additional 14” extender pieces which totals 93”?

This video should be an hour long, its like your going to build a bookcase… 3 minutes later… and now you have a bookcase. The framing part is critical to get right

Lovely job but the lights look awful ( no offence)

How did you find doors to fit so well? Or did you account for this before building and then building accordingly?

Did you buy doors in IKEA?

What did you do for the doors? Did you make those yourselves, or did IKEA have those?

🄿🅁🄾🄼🄾🅂🄼 🙏

It’s great but you’ve made it so custom I’m in doubt if making the whole closet from scratch wouldn’t be easier

I would hate to have the books visible lol

Very nice. Sadly it was announced in 2023 that IKEA, to keep costs reasonable, are changing the quality. That means crappier product &it is not worth using their stuff anymore for upgrades like these.

LET ME SAVE EVERYONE HERE TIME, ENERGY and MONEY. Go spend the money on real ones. Anything from ikea is garbage and unless you consider your hours of work valued at $5 an hour than you are better off just buying the real thing and saving yourself the headache. Your welcome 🤗

Confused with the work done you could have just done actual built in.