Materials: BILLY Bookcase (Width: 31 1/2 ", Height: 41 3/4 ") in black-brown
Description: I'm Jan from Germany, aged 27 and I want to show you my Ikea Billy bookcase hack. I made it out of a wooden frame (bought it an online art-shop), some screws, a marshall amp covering and a marshall logo from a webstore.
The wooden frame has to be the size of the front of the billy. I stretched the amp covering on it and fixed it with a stapler. I searched for a way to fix the "door" to the billy and went to a DIY superstore. They suggested a piano wire. A word and a blow. It took nearly 3 hours to fix it all together (double left handed :D). But it was worth the time...Check it out!
~ Jan, Germany
Fabulous :)
ReplyDeleteThat looks really good! Congrats.
ReplyDeleteThanks! :)
ReplyDeleteNice hack! But...why do you still have VHS tapes?
ReplyDeletevery cool, dude! i like your aesthetic!
ReplyDeletewhere's the wallpaper from? it's also very awesome!
@ Viktor:
ReplyDeleteSome kind of nostalgic reminiscences! ;) I do have Blu-Ray as well!
@ Anonymous:
Thanks a lot! The wallpaper is from a DIY superstore in Germany, too! One piece cost round about 8 € and is 10 meters long. The keyword is "baroque wallpaper!
This is one of my favorite hacks ever! I'm saving this idea for when I redo my son's bedroom. Great job Jan!
ReplyDeleteLove it! I want it! I've been looking for a solution to store all my dvds, books, etc, and this is perfect :)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous, I LOVE this, We have TOOO many billys to buy doors for, THIS is perfect. PERFECT.
ReplyDeleteI will try it building frames, and using fabric. I love your speaker cover more though. ;)
hey jan, where did u get the covering?
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