This method will allow you to turn IKEA Billy bookcases into built-ins that look like they have been there for generations.

“Once the shelves were in, it already felt like such a more complete space!” The project took five BILLYs, and the paint ...

Using a few IKEA Billy bookcases she bought off Craigslist, Nozawa created a faux built-in library for a total of $220, or one-fifth of what she would have spent if she wanted a real one.

DIYer Kelsey Mansigh proved this point during a recent DIY project where she and her husband Ryan transformed their home office into a library. This astonishing transformation was made possible on a ...

The cruz of Kelsey's "built-in" DIY flip was IKEA's ever-popular BILLY Bookcase ... custom-made built-ins. Of course, their work wasn't done. After assembling the bookcases and placing them ...

Instead, she achieved a luxe effect for a little more than $2,000, with four Ikea BILLY ... built-ins. Though most homeowners aren’t as handy as Vér, retrofitting one (or several) purchased ...

didn’t splash out on expensive built-in shelving, which can cost thousands to install. Instead, she achieved a luxe effect for a little more than $2,000, with four Ikea BILLY bookcases ...

A bid for sustainability, one bookcase at a time! Ikea's Billy Bookcase is one of the most famous pieces of furniture globally. Introduced in 1979, it has sold over 160 million units in the last ...

Norton, Michael I., Daniel Mochon, and Dan Ariely. "The IKEA Effect: When Labor Leads to Love." Journal of Consumer Psychology 22, no. 3 (July 2012): 453–460.

For lovers of Gilded Age detail, this Bed Stuy rental has mantels, built-ins, and stained glass, but isn’t lacking in some more modern amenities, like an updated kitchen. The duplex unit takes up the ...

Ikea’s German branch will pay a landmark €6 million compensation for the political prisoners in East Germany who were forced to build its furniture during the Cold War. It will be paid to a ...