If you’ve been wanting to add more storage and workspace to your kitchen with a new island, then you’ve probably gotten sticker shock from how pricey those freestanding pieces can be. Luckily, it ...

One of the most effective tricks to keep your kitchen counters clutter-free comes from repurposing IKEA's iconic BILLY bookcase into an appliance pantry. The beauty of this hack lies in how it ...

We've made no secret of the fact we love an Ikea hack. Whether it's ways to transform your bedroom, updates for your living room, or even kitchen hacks for enhancing the space you already have, if ...

Sleek, versatile, and functional, IKEA’s Billy bookcase is beloved by newbie apartment dwellers and experienced interior designers alike. But with so many people eager to get their hands one, it’s ...

The discovery that the German Egyptologist believed was exceptional beyond words was the iconic limestone and stucco bust of ...

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 ...

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 ...

It has held books upright in millions of rooms around the world for 30 years. As Ikea's Billy bookcase enters its fourth decade, why do we display our reading material rather than just store it away?