IKEA is the best way to add an upgraded feel at a budget price. We've compiled a list of our nine of our favorite BILLY bookcase hacks we've found in 2025.

IKEA BILLY bookcase hacks are all about transforming the unit into a more personal, made-to-measure piece, with a coat of paint, some molding, and cabinet doors. 'The BILLY bookcase is an IKEA classic ...

In honor of its 40th birthday, these are the best Billy bookcase hacks you can use to transform your home with one of IKEA's most iconic pieces. Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA is responsible for ...

DELFT, Netherlands — Ikea‘s Billy Bookcase has been one its best-selling and most popular products since it first launched in 1979. But now, more than 40 years later, it’s getting a major rework. The ...

Whenever you approach the blue and yellow beauty of an IKEA, it’s hard not to get a little bit excited (or a little bit nervous about how busy it will be). But, there’s some items in IKEA that are ...

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Scott helpfully laid out the step-by-step instruction for his bookcase redo so that you can try it yourself. Bessemer shared his thoughts on what to keep in mind before you rethink an IKEA piece. Step ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. IKEA’s BILLY bookcase is one of the brand’s ...

Tim Harford tells the extraordinary story of Ikea’s Billy bookcase in this extract from his new book Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy. Denver Thornton hates the Billy bookcase. He runs a ...

Ikea makes a Billy bookcase every three seconds and sells one every five — something the company has been proudly broadcasting for years. Apparently, that’s not fast enough. As the Swedish retailer of ...

The Billy bookcase is perhaps the archetypal Ikea product. It was dreamed up in 1978 by an Ikea designer called Gillis Lundgren who sketched it on the back of a napkin, worried that he would forget it ...