Shelving recommendations

pledgeX

I’m after a couple of simple, white, book shelves. 80-90 cm wide. I’ve had a couple of cheap ones before form Argos and Ikea but they’ve both bowed over time. Any suggestion on where to get something a little more sturdy? It’s going to have books (surprise!) along the entire shelf, so it needs to support a fair amount of weight, but nothing crazy.

dunroving

pledgeX wrote: »

I’m after a couple of simple, white, book shelves. 80-90 cm wide. I’ve had a couple of cheap ones before form Argos and Ikea but they’ve both bowed over time. Any suggestion on where to get something a little more sturdy? It’s going to have books (surprise!) along the entire shelf, so it needs to support a fair amount of weight, but nothing crazy.

I have a number of Ikea Kallax shelves with books and other things. It's not a typical bookshelf look (it's a series of squares), but unless you are looking for the formal library look, they give a lot of flexibility to display books as well as other things - lots of inserts (baskets, drawers, doors, etc.).

They come in 2 x 2, 1 x 4, 2 x 4, 4 x 4, 5 x 5 etc. sizes and are pretty affordable. Plus, in true MSE style, they are often for sale cheap on eBay, etc.!