Comments on: DIY Built in Bookshelves https://www.makinghomebase.com/customized-ikea-billy-bookcases/ Casual design that feels like home Wed, 01 Mar 2023 12:27:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kids Closet Organizer with IKEA Closet System - PAX system closet hack https://www.makinghomebase.com/customized-ikea-billy-bookcases/#comment-1337066 Mon, 30 Aug 2021 01:07:37 +0000 http://www.makinghomebase.com/?p=11829#comment-1337066 […] its size over other closet organizer systems I looked at. Plus, we had a great experience with the DIY Billy Built-ins a few months ago. We considered just building the entire thing on our own but the cost of materials […]

]]> By: Tips for Decorating around a TV - Beautiful Gallery Wall https://www.makinghomebase.com/customized-ikea-billy-bookcases/#comment-1335257 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 05:10:19 +0000 http://www.makinghomebase.com/?p=11829#comment-1335257 […] the tv but that ended up being a bigger project than I wanted to pursue and we ended up doing a built-in bookshelf on the opposite wall, behind the […]

]]> By: Winter Decorating Ideas - How to decorate your home post-holiday https://www.makinghomebase.com/customized-ikea-billy-bookcases/#comment-1335244 Fri, 06 Aug 2021 04:51:07 +0000 http://www.makinghomebase.com/?p=11829#comment-1335244 […] the shelves [see our tutorial on building these shelves here] was the easiest part because I found so many goodies to try out. The wooden buoys jumped in my […]

]]> By: Chelsea https://www.makinghomebase.com/customized-ikea-billy-bookcases/#comment-1310701 Sat, 23 May 2020 21:14:08 +0000 http://www.makinghomebase.com/?p=11829#comment-1310701 In reply to Betti.

The shelves came white and the color matched our paint color (BM Chantilly Lace) pretty closely so we did not paint the exterior of the shelving unit.

]]> By: Betti https://www.makinghomebase.com/customized-ikea-billy-bookcases/#comment-1310597 Thu, 21 May 2020 10:46:07 +0000 http://www.makinghomebase.com/?p=11829#comment-1310597 Love it. How did you colour the outside of the shelves? With a brush and paint, or did you spray it? Without pretreatment? Never did something like that before, so I‘ve no idea. Thank you!

]]> By: A simple, classic, and budget friendly fall home tour https://www.makinghomebase.com/customized-ikea-billy-bookcases/#comment-1233279 Thu, 20 Sep 2018 12:51:25 +0000 http://www.makinghomebase.com/?p=11829#comment-1233279 […] when we built these bookcases? They’ve been so fun to decorate. Nevermind that I still need to add hardware to the doors […]

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