IKEA’s BILLY bookcase is among the Swedish retailer’s bestselling furnishings items, liked for its reasonably priced worth level and easy, versatile design. So it’s no shock that the model likes to launch a brand new tackle the long-lasting bookcase occasionally. The newest is the IKEA BILLY bookcase with a foldable desk, good for small areas.
IKEA’s furnishings makes for the proper clean canvas for a lot of well-liked IKEA hacks – and the BILLY bookcase is among the many hottest targets of those hacks. However the IKEA BILLY bookcase with foldable desk appears to be like and looks like an already accomplished intelligent IKEA BILLY hack.
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BILLY Bookcase with foldable desk
The underside a part of the bookcase is supplied with castor wheels so that you could easily transfer it again and value, whereas the tabletop seamlessly folds behind the underside two cabinets of the bookcase when folded away.
Despite the fact that it’s solely newly launched, prospects are already falling head over heels for this genius design that mixes a low bookcase with a desk that may be both folded out or easily folded away.
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One present buyer wrote on the web site, ‘Omg! If you’re artful in any method this bookcase is for you. Purchased it for stitching on as I’ve a scarcity of area and what an absolute life saver!!! Pulls out a very good work area, smartest thing I’ve purchased all yr. WORD OF WARNING the again panel is folded in half and the directions don’t specify that. Thought i had a flawed/lacking half!’
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In the meantime, one other wrote, ‘I’ve a tiny room and this bookcase modified the sport. It’s 200% easy to drag and put away. It takes no area when it is folded and the desk is massive when it unfolded however nonetheless doesn’t make the area really feel cramped. The construct was simple sufficient however requires 2 folks. And the highest shelf is an ideal top.’
In comparison with the fundamental BILLY bookcases with costs beginning at £35, this new type is a little more expensive, promoting for £150, which is probably going because of the progressive, two-in-one design.
among the options, it’s tough to discover a design like this for any cheaper than IKEA’s worth level. However you would possibly discover one which’s extra fashionable and fewer simplistic, like these three choices.
House-saving options
La Redoute
Marcela Bookcase with Hideaway Desk
I would say this La Redoute bookcase with built-in foldaway desk is probably the most just like the IKEA BILLY one, solely extra aesthetically pleasing with the arched design and oak end.
Out there in three totally different colourways, this cupboard combines storage and a hideaway dwelling workplace in an elegant method. It is also the closest in worth to the IKEA BILLY design.
La Redoute
Mathéo Wall Desk
La Redoute has a expertise for at making small space-friendly furnishings that additionally appears to be like genuinely good. This wall desk with rattan inserts that additionally folds away is the proper instance.
I’m very impressed with this new model of the BILLY bookcase which has managed to mix space-saving design with storage, and it really works very seamlessly and easily. Simply watch out to not overdo it with too many of those intelligent designs in a single area.
‘Don’t overload with “space-saving” furnishings that folds, tucks, and hides,’ advises Chris Cooke, design mentor at King Residing. ‘If every little thing is in movement, nothing feels grounded.’
What do you consider this new design?
