SNUG MAKEOVER WITH IKEA BILLY BOOKCASE HACK| Laura Melhuish-Sprague
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Hey Guys, another makeover this week! So excited to turn this room into a snug. It's been wonderful to get this room back and make it ours.
Thank you for watching and your constant support x
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Looks great!
When you are testing paint samples a good tip is to paint a piece of lining paper with the colour rather than directly onto the wall. You can move the paper round the room to see the colour in different lights, and there's no faff when you come to actually decorate and try to paint over the samples.
What a great transformation! I think I would buy a credenza for the desk wall which would house a motorized television inside. With a touch of a button it would rise up for watching. Out of sight when not needed.
Beautiful room, and good to see the bookcase hack turn out so well as I've been pondering a similar project. There's no reason you couldn't keep a desk in that other corner, AND have a wall mounted TV above - the kind that looks like a framed picture. Casters on the desk legs would allow it to be wheeled over by the couch so one person can lounge on the chaise and watch something while the other sits and works at something. Or wheel it out of the room entirely at Christmas time so you can put a skinny tree there.
I can listen to you guys talk all day, I love the accents lol. It’s like ASMR kind of. Plus I am obsessed with watching upcycling and redecorating and crafting and anything home remodel lol thankful to have stumbled across your channel. I absolutely love the color you picked for your walls.
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Thank you for the time you put into your videos. Making the bed up was a lovely gift. Room looks great. Not sure where you currently watch TV but it looks like the perfect, private TV room, snuggle room. Laying there snuggled up looking at a Christmas tree sounds perfect! You can't go wrong anyway you go.
Love your house! And love this green colour for the sofa bed. It's so lovely!
Thank you 😊
I would definitely have a tv in the corner it would be used a lot. Love the built in unit and the colours you’ve used.
When we had a projector and screen, we had the screen attached to the ceiling and only pulled it down when using it. It was also hooked to the TV, so we could watch TV shows on the TV or on the projector screen. I loved it! Love your bookshelf make over! 😀
The room looks incredible! You have such excellent taste and I just love the styling you have done. Looks so cosy too. Have a lovely weekend xxx
Single sopha in the corner. Desk under and centre of the window. such a lovely reading ,taking,chilling, staring at the beautiful garden room. Lay down and make plans. When you have babies you guys will love it.
As always, your room turned out lovely. The built ins are great and the couch is so striking. What a lovely serene room.
Lovely outcome Laura, the sofa bed is beautiful and what an amazing job with the bookshelves! What surprised me was the candle soot, it’s amazing just how much it stains the walls. Had me looking at my own candles and making a arrrgh sound 😃
Again another BEAUTIFUL room.You and Ollie work so hard.
❤️Love your new cozy room. The lit shelves will serve you well through the years.
Suggestion, please consider you & Ollie spend a night on the new sofa bed before offering it to guests….the mattress looks a bit puny for comfort…
Ooo I love when you ask Laura…I was thinking 🤔 no to projector …and if you feel you want a screen / tv move the console along away from the corner ( so it looks part of the room) and change the chair ( I know you just bought it🥴) for something that would be comfortable and use for extra seating ( also useful for guests when it’s a bedroom) but put it in the corner on the diagonal and only move it if/ when you might need a desk although since we got our new laptop we haven’t used a desk or table…it’s a lap top for a reason🤣😂🤣😂OH AND THE. SHELVES AND SOFA ARE GORGEOUS ❤️🙋🏻♀️🇬🇧💕jane
I love shelving and I don’t think the decor is too small. If you put too much or too large items, the shelving will look busy. I think a TV is or practical especially if it will double as a guest room. Will guest be able to easily operate a projector?
The room is beautiful. I would run a custom console, heading toward the interior door, along the wall underneath and just beyond the window. It could be squared off or slanted toward the wall at the end. It could have drawers with knee alcove for a desk chair or it could just be a console style table (the same style as is there now). BUT, either style could house the TV in a built in box a flip up lid that would be flush with the top of the unit when closed (kind of like a lady's vanity) with a TV attached. The TV would not be directly above the knee alcove as this would enable the TV to be on while working at the desk area. When the TV is off, the lid could be closed. You're welcome !!
P.S. There a couple of books (2 or 3, not sure) on the 3rd shelf down on the far left-hand side of the book shelf. The book leaning against the wall has what appeared to be a beautiful book jacket front and, in my opinion, should be shown off, not covered up. Just saying ....... Have I told you the room is beautiful ?
Is it weird that I find both yours and ollie’s voices so relaxing?! lol. I quite often watch your videos twice. Once to actually once and see everything, and then I play then again when I’m washing dishes/tidying up etc because I like to listen to you both. Ok now I sound creepy ha. Love your videos Laura! Been with you since the very start of the Reno x
Do you guys use the side-entrance in the little hallway between that room and the kitchen when coming in from the garden? At first I thought of wet garden boots on that gorgeous rug, but then remembered that side door lol. Looks awesome!! I LOVE a projector as it's easy and doesn't get in the way.. would be nice for guests, too. (I'm a huge proponent of making my guest room feel like an airbnb) ♥
Stunning finish!!! That sofa looks divine! Ahhh love it
Great make over, looks cozy and calming. Definitely go for the projector, had mine just over a year and the tv is now redundant. You can enlarge picture for films and shrink to watch tv, best of both worlds and not as ugly as a tv 📺
Miiiight be time to invest in a paint sprayer 🤣❤️❤️❤️ looks awesome!! You're so patient 👌
Hi Laura and Ollie. What another beautiful room ! The sofa is the most gorgeous colour and the shelving unit is a real triumph. Perhaps you have to live in a room for a while before deciding on the finishing touches but you are creating a truly wonderful home for you both .🧡💛🍁🍂🎃
Do try making it the formal dining area once, it will look beautiful with the garden view. The room turned out amazing and the sofa's colour is so beautiful.
Omg that couch 😍😍😍😍😍😍
We were so excited to see her go 🤣🤣
I love ❤️ that couch/sofa bed and the ikea bookcases look amazing great idea
Def do a projector screen for movies!! So cozy
Beautiful!
You could use one of those mounts for the TV where it's on a moveable arm, so it could be centered on that corner but also adjustable if needed.
Do the projector!! We got one early pandemic and it was such a great escape! Love to cuddle up and watch movies on the big screen!
Hi Laura, would you list your featured outfits/style/fashion in the description? I absolutely love your green overalls would love to see a tiny fashion blurb in there for that reason!
I really love this!! Nice job. The billy bookcase looks amazing!
I'm going to go left of field here and suggest a long console along the wall under the window. The corner could be open for a chair to push under, but then under the window, a POP UP flat screen which comes up out of the console, for whenever you want to transform the room into a theatre! xx
I use a laptop or tablet for ‘popping some noise on.’ A projector is great to stop a tv from invading the space, unless you spend a small fortune on something with an aesthetic. I use a Nebula and project straight onto a white painted wall 😌
You make painting look so easy!
Personally I would use it for the Christmas Tree since it's going from your courtyard. Great way to bring the festive into the room. But I would long term use the room with the large tv because I would much more prefer to sit on the sofa and work then to be stuck up against a wall. I think that would be the better option. I love your sofa and am now look for something this amazing for my actual owners suite because it comes in amazing colors and is a sofa bed (which is great for Saturday mornings or movie nights with the kids). I swear I can't wait until our home is finished being built. And I didn't think IKEA billy bookcases could look so amazing.
Hoping you have a side extension. Knock down kitchen, dining room a this room and make a huge stunning kitchen, diner, lounge room over looking the garden x
Absolutely love the room makeover! Obsessed with the color of the sofa bed! Do you think you could do an updated house tour soon?
delighted to be stealing this bookcase idea for a home library project! thanks so much - added bonus to see you're from (at least near) Taunton where I grew up. Best of luck
Projektor!!! Yes 😊
So glad you altered the radiator as I was worried that teeny one wouldn’t be strong enough to heat the space - and putting heat inside boxes made mostly of glue (ie inexpensive chip/fibreboard furniture) eventually degrades the glue and they break apart.
Similarly, your sofa, park it a good six inches away from the radiator or the glue on the joints will degrade and it will collapse
That's exactly the Ikea Billy hack I was looking for!
Could you post all the materials you used on this, specially the sizing of the wood platform and the bottom and top frames used on the shelves, please? Ty!!!
Wonderful makeover! I think a tv is a better idea, it makes the room more versatile.
Love what you did with the bookshelves! I’m going to try the same thing!
Beautiful room so cosy xx
Desk with a flat screen that can slide up or down inside the desk/console. So the TV is invisible if you want to work or read or listen to music. Tv appears when you want to watch TV.
You could stack some of your lovely shelf items on top of books to add height!
The bookshelves look great
A black metal upright radiator would look great tucked away at the side of the bookcases, still looks amazing though
Great work, love the room.
I like the bookshelves white
What software did you use to plan your room?
love this series ur house is amazing
Definitely a projector not a tv, and instead of a console put a long wooden thick bench that looks almost like a beam on legs that way u can also utilize it for more sitting space if needed, let the bench start from where the window starts and in the corner before it put a tree like an olive tree, and instead of the small artwork next to the window hang two artworks/pictures that are the same size as the window and ofcourse all leveled the same, so it basically looks like your have three frames on that wall. hope i helped with some ideas.❤️
A combo desk/long console. Desk where it is now (left), and on the right, a cabinet with a electric TV lift. When you don’t want to see that big black plastic TV, it can be lowered down into the cabinet. Don’t know what the measurements are, but you might have room for a small shelf between the desk and TV cabinet?
The room looks gorgeous, how are you finding the sofa? Are the cushions still holding up well?
It looks beautiful x
Hi from Arizona 👋
If it was my home, I would add a nice comfy chair and a TV! 👩🏻🍳☺️
I'd say that side of the room has to be multi functional..for guest&yourselves.
Dressing table mirror,TV..&work area ie laptop work..&if you want an anything you want area that you can change up...if you want too,anytime.
It look fab.x
awesome job !,, 👏👏👏
My Birthday tomorro Laura, love your video
Happy Birthday for tomorrow Calvin! ✨
Happy birthday 😀
I would lean projector I think!
Nice room. I didn’t catch what was all over the walls. Was that soot?
You should make it a board game/card game puzzle room when guests come over
What design software did you use to complete the 3D room design?
Can you please let me know the brand and colours you used on the walls and skirting board please. This is the colour scheme I want for my living room with a forest green element. I wanted built-in's either side of my fire place but never thought of using the Billy bookcases. Didn't know you could paint them. What type of paint and colour did you use of them ?
It looks beautiful Laura.
I'm also impressed with the bookcase makeover! She mentions the colors in the video. The walls are Valspar Goose Feather and the trim & bookcase are Valspar Clay Figurine.
she tells you in the video Valspar Goosefeather on the wall, Valspar Clay Figurine on the trim, doors and bookcases.
@@robinzaleski5 thanks I was dealing with kids at the same time while watching so must of missed it when she mentioned it 👍
@@jaymac-uu8vt thanks
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Amazing job ! What primer did you use on the bookcase ? ❤
Could you tell me what you used to fill the shelf holes please. X
Is this a re-upload? 👀 happy either way, your house is beautiful!
No, just a summery at the beginning of why we did this makeover 😁
What were the LED strip lights that you were using? You did exactly what I want to do in my bedroom.
I have painted a few IKEA and similar pieces and I find unless I use a laminate paint and primer the paint chips - how is the paint you used holding up please? It looks amazing - worth the effort!
One question: what did you use on the top (suddenly is there @ 22:51) to make it look more like a real closet, that white trimming on top? WHat do you call this and where does one get it?
The ceiling looks low in your snug, have you considered painting the ceiling the same colour as your walls?
If it was my space I’d have a long low console with a tv and some closed storage for board games and toys for visiting children
I hope you don't mind me asking for the link to the eBay frames? They're so lovely! Thank you x
Another beautiful transformation! Would you be kind enough to link to those eBay frames?
Loved this video. I would definitely live with the room as it is for a while. Christmas tree to fill the space very soon and then it will be a beautiful day/garden room come spring/summer.
Unless you are big film fans I don’t really get the whole projector thing, I imagine it won’t hat much use.
How did you find the valspar paint? I’ve heard very different reviews xx
Beautiful snuggly, cuddling space. I really felt for you after days on the bookcase but I did chuckle at that part of the video. You earned a little "groaning" time.😊 Sandi
I am watching this video for 12th time to replicate this look. How did you build the base? At 11:58, you have a base with wood and something on it, what is that material please.
Can you tell me please which exactly rug from Zara do you own? There are two similar, vintage effect rug (more red tones) and vintage rug (grey tones) . Thanks
Do you have to specially prepare the IKEA shelving for painting?
Yes, we lightly sanded them and primed them before painting 😊
ok I know this isnt one of the featured furniture items but where did you get that green metal mesh cabinet? Im obsessed
if you watch Lauras lodger bedroom makeover from a few years ago she tells you where everything is from
Would you tell me how did you find those frames? Could you please link them. 🙏🏻
MOUNT A TV ON THE WALL WHERE THE PIC IS, OR .... SMALL TV IN THE CORNER WITH A PIVOTING ARM. LOOKS GREAT. IF YOU GOT A LONGER DESK YOU COULD ALWAYS PUT A SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE ON TOP.
What floor plan app are you using?
What do you use to prime the ikea Billies ? Then do you just paint with eggshell?
What it says in the title actually starts at 16:01
Tv 🤩
Bigger desk + tv
Projector deffo
Thirst thought I had was the desk was too smal. Btw very classy ikea flip !
Actually I'm sitting watching this in my garden room which is quite similar to yours. I have a large plant in the corner beside the door as a link to the garden. I don't have a t.v. as this is my quiet space where I do a lot of reading and enjoy looking at my garden. Your room has turned out beautifully well done. xx
I would place a big green plant i the corner as well. No desk, nor a tv or projector.
The room came out so well and love the Ikea hack. However, more books would be suitable for decor :)
The book case is a triumph!! And I love the 'Goose feather' colour too. I would make it a tech free zone......and put a Swiss cheese or lemon tree in that corner. But it is beautiful, as usual, you have both done a lovely job. xx🥰,
Beautiful job on the bookcases! I would put a longer console on that wall that went to the end of the window at least and mount a 'Samsung Frame' TV on the wall above to feature more art in the room but add the feature of a tv for yourself and guests. a smaller chair to use the console as a desk would also be nice. Lovely room!
It looks beautiful!! Really enjoy seeing your house being transformed x I’d keep it as a snug…mount a TV where the picture is, make sure you can pivot it so you can see if from all angles. I would then use the corner to put a beautiful electric corner cast iron stove, they make them now with a very realistic flame 🔥 x that would really make it cosy for watching films or reading and I’m sure your guests would love it too!! xx
Lovely work. My suggestion: An office swivel chair is unnecessary in a sitting room. It’s just occasional use not admin central so get an antique wooden chair for interest and charm! Also if your floor is laminate swivel wheels can scratch it up over time.
We have a projector and agree with the other comments. It has to be quite dark to get a crystal clear image. However once you have a projector you’ll never go back to a normal tv.
Loving the transformation in this space. Very calming and I keeping with your interior style. Love the sofa colour choice and the bookshelves are a great hack.
If you don’t want a projector, then look at the Samsung frame tv. It’s a great alternative.
Those frames are also a lovely lime washed affect and a great bargain for £8!! If you ever stumble across the link are you able to share it please? We’ve gone for a limewash style in our home and always on the hunt for new frames xx
Oh what a lovely surprise! I’m honoured to have my artwork feature in such a beautiful home ❤️ well done you both, another stunning space xx
We have a projector. It needs to be dark to get a really good image, so if its summer or early evening we have to put blankets over our beige curtains to get rid of the light.
I think have a character desk / console where you can set your computer laptop up for a film as needed, or just have some ornaments or lamps on it!
That's really useful to know, the room gets a lot of light and we are lazy when we want to watch something 😁 Thank you!
Also, awesome work and the room is dressed so beautifully.
Get blackout curtain liners?
I know this is a little late but the billy bookcases are much easier to paint in their component parts, before assembly, then you can just touch up any areas after caulking. 😂 I think you’re right about having larger objects on the shelving, looks more curated. I would keep a desk/ console table in there, something wood, possibly vintage or ‘Ollie/Laura made’ and definitely no projector or screen, maybe a smaller tv on the left of the console table
The bookcase came out really nice.