I do have a video of this saved to my IKEA Hack highlight on my Instagram page if you have questions about this portion. We used wood filler and sanded quite a bit so it appears to be all one piece. This is so the top of the doors wouldn’t have a gap. The front of each shelf pictured above got a trim piece as well. I do want to mention a trim piece that I do not have a photo of. You can now see what the built-ins looked like before any caulking, wood filler, crown molding or doors. (You can also see in this photo how the bookshelves are attached to the platform.) all of the trim pieces should now make more sense The unfinished wood trim piece shown above is installed so the doors will sit flush. Shown above is the 4″ trim piece that will be installed between these two shelves. The gap between the wall and the 6″ trim piece shown here will be caulked. more trim piecesĪnother view of the finish trim on the top and sides. The piece still showing above the 10″ molding will be covered by crown molding later. The 10″ finish trim piece is installed on top. Here you will see where all of the wood trim pieces we secured to the wall, top of shelves and ceiling are coming in to play. Same idea as the pieces of trim shown earlier.Īt this point you will want to cut out any light switches and plugs you may have covered with the bookcases. This is so we can attach 10″ finished trim to it later. Next, we installed more trim pieces to the top of the newly installed bookcases. Here you can see all 4 of the bookcases evenly spaced along the wall. The spacing between the wall and bookcases is bigger than the spacing between each shelf (and obviously will be different for everyone depending on wall size,) but what is consistent is the measurement between the left bookcase and the wall and the right bookcase and the wall, as well as the distance between each shelf. (You can see the wood piece mentioned in previous step above.) We evenly spaced the bookshelves so the trim pieces would be equal between each shelf as well as against the wall.
The bookcases are then installed on top of the platform. This wood trim will be used later to attach the finish trim to. We used screws where we could hit wood, and sheetrock anchors where we couldn’t. Next, pieces of wood trim were attached to both walls and the ceiling. We then built a platform for the bookshelves to sit on to make the 1st shelf even with the 6″ base molding we removed and will put back on later. Tools used: compound miter saw table saw drill nail gun & compressor. Other items we used: 1×10 MDF trim for top 1×6 MDF trim for sides 1×4 MDF trim for between each shelf 2x4s & OSB crown molding for top Benjamin Moore Simply White paint for all of the trim pieces. We have 9′ ceilings, so we wanted a tall bookcase. The height extension simply adds height to your bookcase. We purchased and put together the following IKEA Billy Bookcase items: (4) Billy Bookcases 31.5″x79″x11″ (4) Billy Bookcase Height Extension 32″x14″x11″ (8) Oxberg Doors.įind the bookcases here. If you are wanting to have hard-wired lighting, this is where you want to call in an electrician.
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My husband is an electrician, so at this point he did all the necessary wiring to be able to install the lighting after the built-in is complete. We removed the baseboards along this wall and saved them to re-attach later.
We started with a blank wall measuring 141″ wide with 9′ ceilings. Our starting point- a blank wall Executing Our IKEA Hack Plan I came across a few IKEA hack wall of built-ins and decided that may be the perfect solution.Īfter researching and reading tutorials, we came up with a plan. I got a bid from the cabinet shop that did our cabinets, and it was way out of our budget. How we turned IKEA’s Billy Bookcases into a wall of built-ins!Īfter moving in to our home, we wanted a wall of built-ins installed in our den. Today is all about our IKEA Billy Bookcase Hack.
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