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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite
I quite liked those ones in birch - problem is I suspect I'd need about 4 of them which might get a little pricey - then again I suppose anything for a front room tends to cost that little bit extra. In a simple world I'd just build my own shelves but sadly my wife has seen my handiwork so she'd quickly veto that idea.
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I'm a carpenter and make a lot of built-in bookcases for folks who want that kind of 'look' (floor-to-ceiling, wrap-around skirting* and cornice* to match etc...) but I couldn't buy the timber needed to make anything like that Ikea 'Billy' bookcase shown above in a Birch veneer for the £55 that Ikea charges; in other words, they're very good value for money, and I'm writing this in a room full of them!
One caveat with the Ikea stuff; although they do have cut-outs for skirting at the back, they're nowhere near large enough for the skirting profiles we generally have in the (mostly) Victorian properties that make up London's housing stock. So maybe you'll just have to have something made after all, lol
Cheers, Pete.
* translation for Americans; skirting = baseboard, cornice = crown moulding.