Need a few bookcases. Suggestions?

amatos

Hi everyone,

I would like to buy a few bookcases for my living room - 6 or 7 units at around 80cm or 90cm each. I'm trying to avoid IKEA Billy or Hemnes and get good quality, solid wood bookcases.

Sometimes I see amazing vintage victorian and regency bookcases at auctions and at very good prices. The problem is that are always sold as single units and I don't think I can find 6 or 7 identical bookcases (or at least that would match closely).

Suggestions anyone? Short of raiding a library? I'm open to have them built by someone, but that seems fairly expensive.

Thanks.

RussellMPowell

How about Argos, Habitat or John Lewis? They have lots of bookshelves on offer.

DRP

amatos wrote: »

Hi everyone,

I would like to buy a few bookcases for my living room - 6 or 7 units at around 80cm or 90cm each. I'm trying to avoid IKEA Billy or Hemnes and get good quality, solid wood bookcases.

Sometimes I see amazing vintage victorian and regency bookcases at auctions and at very good prices. The problem is that are always sold as single units and I don't think I can find 6 or 7 identical bookcases (or at least that would match closely).

Suggestions anyone? Short of raiding a library? I'm open to have them built by someone, but that seems fairly expensive.

Thanks.

getting bespoke is (relatively) expensive.

there are lots of Billy hacks on the internet - have a google around. Even for the technicaly-challenged, sticking on some attractive moulding, plus painting and caulk, can make cheap flatpack shelves look really good.

:money::money::money:

DeliaEJames

If you know your way around tools, then going DIY would be exciting. If not, try John Lewis for pre-built cases or go bespoke if you have the cash

Looby_Lou

Shelfstore.co.uk do solid wood bookcases which you can buy in various heights and widths. They need minimal assembly and have coped well with all of our books!

davemorton

Why not put long shelves across the room. Use nice brackets and quality timber and it should look very good.

Rain_Shadow

Looby_Lou wrote: »

Shelfstore.co.uk do solid wood bookcases which you can buy in various heights and widths. They need minimal assembly and have coped well with all of our books!

Thank you. They look good and I need something like that now.:beer:

amatos

RussellMPowell wrote: »

How about Argos, Habitat or John Lewis? They have lots of bookshelves on offer.

Argos bookshelves don't seem particularly good quality, John Lewis look nice but expensive. Is there anything else out there that people can recommend?

amatos

DRP wrote: »

there are lots of Billy hacks on the internet - have a google around.

I've heard that Billy bookcases don't hold very well with time and that eventually the shelves start to bend. Is that the case?

amatos

Looby_Lou wrote: »

Shelfstore.co.uk do solid wood bookcases which you can buy in various heights and widths. They need minimal assembly and have coped well with all of our books!

Thanks, I'll check shelfstore.co.uk. Looks nice.

amatos

davemorton wrote: »

Why not put long shelves across the room. Use nice brackets and quality timber and it should look very good.

Didn't really thought about that, that's a good idea too. I'll check.