The front pieces that make the whole project look like a built in would not match if everything were not painted with the same paint. It was also probably used in the rest of the room, thus creating a unified finish. You wouldn't get that otherwise.
ikea has white ones, too :) you just have to paint the back part and add front pieces. But at the end, it is not look like built-in. Just an ordinary wide bookshelf, when with side and upper blanks...
Tip for future videos, try sound of any kind and shorten the paint scenes, just speeding them up does not stop them being long boring parts of the video. Good idea and a nice result though.
WoW man I really like what you did and i admire your effort but i wonder... with all the work you put into this did you really have to buy ikea furniture instead of wood? xD
1. Buying white shelves and cheaper than the wood ones. 2. Paint the back walls in desired colors. 3. Build up ONE shelf and decide which holes to block. 4. Cover unused holes in the side panels of all Billys. 5. Paint all INSIDE walls in desired color now that everything is reachable. 6. Build up all Billys and arrange them from wall to window. 7. Add the "build in" parts and secure The whole thing at the wall. Done. Saved you min. 4 more steps.
i agree about blocking the window. thats a pet peeve of mine. it ruins the whole flow of the room for me & then you also know its not an original built in & it looks all crowded in. you could have used the one narrow bookcase on the connecting wall. ive seen that done & it still looks all connected & your window wouldnt be blocked. i dont even like tvs placed in front of windows, part of a dresser, etc...lol.
This is helpful. I now know not to buy something at Ikea and casually say 'I can make it look built in" - because I 1) wont get the width I need to fill the entire wall, thus leaving a gap that makes anyone realize its not built in 2) I'd paint the veneer the color of the wall, and see it chip off later 3) the $150 more I'd spend on clear pine and maple would have smelled, finished, fit better and saved me a week to go setup a lemonade stand and make enough money to pay for the difference.
He didn't buy the white billy because he would have had to paint them white anyway because he patched the extra shelf holes. It's easier to paint the pine ones verses the white ones because of the material the colored ones are made from : )
KlewieLewie Doubtful to that. I bet you will pick up reading books later in life. Life before video games, 24hr entertainment, porn, and the internet one line news stories have made readers of books a rare experience in most houses, let alone poor empty bookcases.
Stumbled across this which is fantastic, absolute class. Oddly I used a similar background blue (using Word lol) for a little drawing I made of BILLY to show an add-on I made (Space Drawer).
Can someone explain why he made this flush left blocking some of the window versus flush right with the wall? At some point in time cleaning the window, switching out the blinds, adding curtains will be hindered by this set up...it doesn't appear they had any special use for that little bit of wall...TIA
Oh I must have gotten here by mistake. I was searching for assembly instructions for humans without super powers. Clearly this video was made for The Flash and really fast deaf people.
+ShiningStar77 Matching a wood veneer with some wood parts you add is simpler than matching your new parts to the white surface ikea creates. For white furniture ikea uses either no wood veneer.
i do not get the fast videos with no instruction- Is this a ____ thing? who can put it up the fastest? is it some kind of compitition- online looking for instruction and none of these videos have it - just people going super fast- ok - what??
Nice as they look I cant believe I allowed myself to waste 6 mins of my life (had to fast forward) watching this. Bet the unborn baby was a year old by the time he put that paint brush away. Nice but too over complicated process
cannot believe how boring this video is. how about skipping the long boring parts like painting. i am surprised you didnt make us watch you mow your grass along with it. this video should be titled, man joins 5 book cases together and makes a 4 year movie about it
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Super Dad!!!!!! Your kids will look back at this and love it.
I'm really impressed with your glass pool gate. I've never seen anything like it.
That looks amazing!
Next time, buy the white Billy. ;-)
Yes exactly! What was the point of all this painting just to make it plain white?.
The front pieces that make the whole project look like a built in would not match if everything were not painted with the same paint. It was also probably used in the rest of the room, thus creating a unified finish. You wouldn't get that otherwise.
How's about this hack - save 90% of time and buy white Billys at the beginning...
ikea has white ones, too :) you just have to paint the back part and add front pieces. But at the end, it is not look like built-in. Just an ordinary wide bookshelf, when with side and upper blanks...
Tip for future videos, try sound of any kind and shorten the paint scenes, just speeding them up does not stop them being long boring parts of the video. Good idea and a nice result though.
Tip for the future: Skip to the end of videos that bore you.
Why so many negative comments? So rude guys, if you don't like it it's fine but saying rude things is just mean....
fantastic....u have a great talent
thumbs up if u tried to put up the volume 'cause u thought it was muted
Yep i done that
Two Thumbs Up!!!! Great idea and it looks very nice!!!!!! :-)
WoW man I really like what you did and i admire your effort but i wonder... with all the work you put into this did you really have to buy ikea furniture instead of wood? xD
That's great, bravo!!
like the finish but i wouldnt necessarily call using a bookshelf as a bookshelf an ikea hack
+Ian salter The hack was to make it look like it was a built in bookshelf and not separate ones :)
Lol
Ummmmmm......? Huge gap on the right.....and part of the window is obstructed.
Gawd Almighty. This boy loves a drop of paint! I'm all painted out...and only half way through the vid!
Wanna see the finished product......
why didnt you just buy white billy's?
kudos on a great job tho =)
antiall Yeah, now they have colored backs too. But another thing I wouldn't have done is butt it up against the window and block it.
1. Buying white shelves and cheaper than the wood ones.
2. Paint the back walls in desired colors.
3. Build up ONE shelf and decide which holes to block.
4. Cover unused holes in the side panels of all Billys.
5. Paint all INSIDE walls in desired color now that everything is reachable.
6. Build up all Billys and arrange them from wall to window.
7. Add the "build in" parts and secure The whole thing at the wall.
Done. Saved you min. 4 more steps.
i agree about blocking the window. thats a pet peeve of mine. it ruins the whole flow of the room for me & then you also know its not an original built in & it looks all crowded in. you could have used the one narrow bookcase on the connecting wall. ive seen that done & it still looks all connected & your window wouldnt be blocked. i dont even like tvs placed in front of windows, part of a dresser, etc...lol.
This is helpful. I now know not to buy something at Ikea and casually say 'I can make it look built in" - because I 1) wont get the width I need to fill the entire wall, thus leaving a gap that makes anyone realize its not built in 2) I'd paint the veneer the color of the wall, and see it chip off later 3) the $150 more I'd spend on clear pine and maple would have smelled, finished, fit better and saved me a week to go setup a lemonade stand and make enough money to pay for the difference.
I like the pop of blue against the White.
Amazing hack!
He didn't buy the white billy because he would have had to paint them white anyway because he patched the extra shelf holes. It's easier to paint the pine ones verses the white ones because of the material the colored ones are made from : )
It still looks great :)
All that was missing was a crown on the top so it matched the bottom.
T. Price I
Wow looks cool
Great job!
I love it, great job!!
Post an update please when the shelves are sagged under the weight of the books. Billy!
If you leave no gap between those shelfs, you can put an extra 40cm billy shelf... Saves much time and get more space.
With all those books in the house, you and your wife will raise great, engaging kids :)
larkatmic my mum and dad owned loads of books, real smart people they were, not me I'm dumb as shit
KlewieLewie Doubtful to that. I bet you will pick up reading books later in life. Life before video games, 24hr entertainment, porn, and the internet one line news stories have made readers of books a rare experience in most houses, let alone poor empty bookcases.
Stumbled across this which is fantastic, absolute class. Oddly I used a similar background blue (using Word lol) for a little drawing I made of BILLY to show an add-on I made (Space Drawer).
Nice work! ;)
Cute and pink 🩷
Wow a lot of work went into this.
man thats great ....respect
I have no idea why u2b brought me here.
P.S. You made it look so easy. :-)
Looks great, wondering why you didnt buy white
Good attempt. Well done on the project.....Lets hope you don't have to change the window blinds!
semplicemente favoloso.
Can someone explain why he made this flush left blocking some of the window versus flush right with the wall? At some point in time cleaning the window, switching out the blinds, adding curtains will be hindered by this set up...it doesn't appear they had any special use for that little bit of wall...TIA
It works
Love the hack and the work you put into it, but there are no comments or audio of any sorts making watching this a bit painful to watch..
Oh I must have gotten here by mistake. I was searching for assembly instructions for humans without super powers. Clearly this video was made for The Flash and really fast deaf people.
Yeah........this guy made a lot more work than necessary.
This is not, how you IKEA!
This is what people like carpenters do.
What paint did you use? I have black ones and want then white too.
Why not just buy white Billy shelves?
+ShiningStar77 Matching a wood veneer with some wood parts you add is simpler than matching your new parts to the white surface ikea creates. For white furniture ikea uses either no wood veneer.
Daniel Roeske ahh I was wondering the same but that makes sense, thanks
Why is it. I centers against the wall? That really bothers me
how many coats of paint was that? I lost count. Billy bookcases come in white too. well done!
Billy what size is the bed?
how many hours did this take
Buy the white billy no?
All that for books?
So... where's tha hack? Book shelf is too cluttered.
i do not get the fast videos with no instruction- Is this a ____ thing? who can put it up the fastest? is it some kind of compitition- online looking for instruction and none of these videos have it - just people going super fast- ok - what??
Brilliant job ,but an iPad would get shut of all them books
Earthquake and BOOM on the GROUND
Nice goin', but it's still Billy.
Nice as they look I cant believe I allowed myself to waste 6 mins of my life (had to fast forward) watching this. Bet the unborn baby was a year old by the time he put that paint brush away. Nice but too over complicated process
+1960gal and to think he could've just bought white billy's
just like watching mute movies.
you move faster then the speed of light lol
You could have had that whole process done in less than 3 hours, if ya woulda just gotten them in white. But why do it the easy way I guess🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦
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For the amount of time wasted. You could had built real wood bookcases.
It's crooked.
Lol
"Hack"???? Apologies but this is a pointless video - not a hack in the slightest.
bücher sind doof
BORING BORING BORING
CHEATER!
cannot believe how boring this video is. how about skipping the long boring parts like painting. i am surprised you didnt make us watch you mow your grass along with it. this video should be titled, man joins 5 book cases together and makes a 4 year movie about it
semplicemente favoloso.