DIY IKEA BILLY BOOKCASE LIBRARY WALL: Styling my Built-In Bookshelves with

[@lauramoore7078]

It’s gorgeous! I’m cracking up because I watched part 1 because I actually need more bookshelves for books so coming to this was funny. It looks lovely, though. I just wanted to see it filled with books! 😍

[@PeonyandHoney]

Hey babe yea that is the plan but i just moved into his home from an 1100 sq ft home so i didn’t have space for many books there - I’m building my collection over time because i want a lot of vintage copies of classics

[@meliB32]

Just bought a house with a loft i plan on turning into my library so this is perfect timing! Thanks for the inspiration ♡

[@PeonyandHoney]

Aww yay happy to help

[@reneeshindore45]

Swooning over this entire project. So gorgeous and the styling is on point! Love it!

[@LaRoseMary17]

It’s gorgeous and I love how much life and movement the plants bring to the space. It really adds the finishing touch 🤌🏼

[@PeonyandHoney]

Aww thanks so much hun

[@ianistvan85]

I love what you've done with this project. It really looks amazing in person! FANTASTIC work

[@PeonyandHoney]

Thanks bub

[@lauraquigley6403]

Most beautiful bookcases I have ever seen on utube! Good for you Erica!🙏🙏🙏Blessing’s Thank you for moving the vase over and removing the basket!😊

[@PeonyandHoney]

Aww thank you that’s so kind Laura

[@lauraquigley6403]

@@PeonyandHoney just being honest! You have real style & that is a gift! I love how original you are you don’t do what other people are doing! Keep up the wonderful ideas!

[@TheFabFarmer]

It looks great! I’m talking my husband i to built-ins in our dining room. This video has sold me on painting them matte black and using them as an accent wall!

[@laughlovelangella]

They turned out so gorgeous! Never doubted it anyways but great great job! 👏

[@PeonyandHoney]

Aww thank you so much hun

[@susanhumphrey3632]

It's very nice, but needs lots more books.

[@PeonyandHoney]

They’re coming - takes a long time to collect books they’re so pricey

[@WorthTheRisk572]

you are a saint for linking everything omg

[@PeonyandHoney]

Trying to help 💕

[@apeters1045]

The artwork with that paint color 🤌🏼

[@PeonyandHoney]

Yasssss

[@yvonelisha3877]

Love, love, love it ❤

[@terrychancellor4593]

LOL!!!! I was literally about to comment to switch the candelabra with the white two-handled vase and remove the white bust!!!! Glad to see that you saw that, too!!! Looks great!!

[@Diy.sadaff]

Love the way it turned out 😍

[@PeonyandHoney]

Thank you so much

[@AmelieArmadale]

A brass ladder could be a nice final touch.

[@jimgardner5129]

Hey. I watched part 1 and loved it so of course I had to watch part 2. :) With your large collection, I can see why you needed the built-ins. Your choice of trim is so simple and clean, and very masculine in my eyes. I love it! I'm drooling over how well this turned out. It's just downright impressive. A real showcase. The colour choice is bangin'. Makes everything on display just pop. BTW, I cringed when you drilled to hang the picture but the gold frame looks great against the dark backdrop. Well done.

[@misswarmsoul09]

So beautiful!!!!

[@fegrace_1]

I just came across your channel and newly subscribed) and I look forward to doing a similar Billy bookcase hack. Also, the birds on the birdbath are so adorable. I was able to find one online and I can’t wait for it to arrive. In the meantime, I just learned that there is a specific way that alabaster must be cleaned. Thanks for sharing this video. By the way I loved ForTheHome videos, I hope she will consider making more YT videos. She is very talented.

[@Nicholas_Paul]

Stunning😍🖤

[@PeonyandHoney]

Thank you so so much!

[@Nicholas_Paul]

Really random question haha I know you used the paint color “Railings” by FB for this project. Have you ever used the Sherwin Williams color match to it called “inkwell” before? If so, is it a good enough match?

[@PeonyandHoney]

@@Nicholas_Paul have not yet!

[@Saltygardening]

I think it is gorgeous!!! I love how you styled it. For the life of me, I don’t get why people feel compelled to make such rude and ridiculous comments online, much less to a complete stranger, other than that they are so miserable with their sad little lives that they feel they must project it everywhere else. Ignore the stupid haters and keep on doing what you love!

[@MamaLlama007]

Beautiful shelves! If I had a wall shelf unit, it would have way more books!

[@SamSmithVev0]

The picture just is OTT!

[@vida2515]

Picture too much makes it look cluttered and won’t it block the ladder,?? The picture needs to go…sorry otherwise love the rest

[@susiestulz3822]

I need shelves like this for all of my books.

[@tine442]

I think, I have too many books to fit in this "library" 😁

[@PeonyandHoney]

Still working on my collection - we came from a very small home with no room for lots of books so it’s taking me some time to fill it

[@BusWill2006]

Same 😂

[@Arcenia13]

Beautiful!!

[@PeonyandHoney]

Thanks so much babe

[@pocmarana_ctenarka]

So sad to not have any books on it..

[@dwankers]

Nice workkkk❤

[@settimiophelia]

I’m just wondering where you got your hanging light fixture from?

[@grzegorzcaputa]

Super!

[@PeonyandHoney]

Thank you so very much

[@zonalena112]

I really like Your tips, and enthusiasm even if I am a minimalistic person and like the boring idea of having mostly books on my bookshelf. I watched a video about making these shelves, and I can't understand the ladder system in the middle of the shelf. Wish You the best!

[@woosterek]

You know what else would look great on those shelves? Books.

[@frankfotofilm]

Bummer! This really has potential to be an incredible book shelf... instead you filled it with loads of yunk. Hangig that picture in front of it was the nail in the coffin lol^^ What exactly is the use of the sliding stairs, if you never need to go up there to grab a book?

[@PeonyandHoney]

I love it. Thanks for weighing in!

[@frankfotofilm]

@@PeonyandHoney obviously not trying to be a downer here^^ as long as you enjoy your home, it's all good ;)

[@brittjh7]

paint the old outlet cover and screw it over the outlet! will look so finished and accessible!

[@Coco-zu9ob]

That picture hanging between the shelves and not even with one or the other 😵‍💫

[@caraarslan]

Regarding the skinny candles. You can buy beeswax sheets and roll them to the desired thickness. 😉😉

[@martianboy]

I'm so pleased you moved that wicker basket thing because it just didn't work there.

[@CutieMoli]

I need one of these but not for decor, i actually have more than a 1000 books and i need more shelves

[@PeonyandHoney]

Yasss I’m hoping to eventually have the whole thing filled with mostly books - i want vintage copies of classics so it’s taking me some time to collect

[@FridayStranger]

The paint color, please?

[@PeonyandHoney]

Farrow and ball railings

[@iceWaterProductions1]

Is it a bookshelf or a rack for a bunch of decorations? I have over 1000 biographies and 2000+ Guitar Player magazines.

[@traciegordon1843]

LIBRARY

[@AdrianCecil-u3v]

This is cool but seeing the way the book are only used for decoration and being so mishandled is sad. But are meant to be read and loved. The actual cases are amazing though so well done on those.

[@PeonyandHoney]

The books are not only used for decoration. I have read almost every single one of them. I plan to collect even more but books are expensive and i want some vintage copies of classics which are hard to find. Mishandled? they’re all in perfect condition?!

[@chillandrelax348]

You should have added wheels with stoppers to the ladder. I like the ladder color, but white would look so beautiful & different (or maybe a deep brown for a more classic look). Anyways great vid ❤️! ✝️Christ is Lord!

[@nmbr6kid]

You need a repeat of that pop of blue, in an odd number; either 3 or 5. That single blue piece is throwing it off.

[@mourgos1234]

I think its a waste of space to woodfill all these bookcase holes as if you ll never need to adjust the height or these decorations will stay there for eternity

[@PeonyandHoney]

Worked out great for em

[@badboyv360]

Damn Christine is cute.

[@LoreCastInc]

Beautiful work but the big painting nailed to the bookshelf looks horrible. Maybe replace with a small one smaller than the board.

[@LampWaters]

My library is full and my husband says no more books and no more bookshelves.... so I'm convincing him to move

[@ajablonska82]

There are hardly any books in there and I top of that you put candles or ornaments on some of them. I will never understand this nonsense. Books are for reading, they are not trays or stands for other things. And that picture attached to the frame. Come on.

[@PeonyandHoney]

My design style is not for everyone. We recently just moved into this home after having a very small home for seven years and I couldn’t afford to nor did I have the space to house a ton of books. I am collecting overtime and it’s taking time because I want to collect books that I’m actually going to read so that’s why you’re not seeing 1000 books on the wall yet

[@freedomofreligion3248]

You really don't have to explain NUTHIN TO NO ONE. I realize you are wise enough to know that, just wanted my can of cold water to be poured on the hair of the Meanish Commenter, too.

[@freedomofreligion3248]

Nonsense is a silly, and subjective, word. Do you have nothing better to do? I gather not. Are you a Maga? Is that where the unhappiness springs from?

[@Littlebit1031]

I agree, I’d fill this with books and I would have a couple of pieces of art mixed in but damn all that space and just a vase or a bust here and there…

[@Intz51]

Wow, calm your horses matey. That’s pretty rude statement and ignorant.

[@penneyburgess5431]

For me it would be books. Just books.

[@PeonyandHoney]

I’m still working on my book collection - they are very expensive and i had no place to store a huge collection in our last home

[@DrunkenKnight71]

looks good apart from that painting; imho it just does not belong there but of course as long as you like it, it's all that matters

[@YoureMyBlueSky2022]

I'm sorry but I'm dumbfounded by all the comments gushing over this. Imo you did an amazing job to build this piece which elevated the home and looked expensive, only to fill it with crap. It looks like Home Goods vomited all over it. The purpose for a LIBRARY is, um, BOOKS -- how about putting books there? I am not saying you shouldn't have an occasional vase or other piece, but this is a hideosity. And ruining the millwork to hang a picture ON THE FRAME OF THE BOOKSHELF has got to be the ugliest, dumbest "design" idea I've ever heard of. I honestly want to get a giant trashbag and throw out everything on those shelves. This is not style, it's a giant curio cabinet of junk. Get rid of it. Use it as it was intended.

[@garywycuff1948]

You still don't have an outlet cover....lol

[@PeonyandHoney]

The 6 month update…i have an outlet cover lol

[@m0n0deferia]

"bookshelves"

[@ladycharlotte8693]

Beautiful bookcases, but -YIKES-too much stuff, you need more books! Just a little tip for anyone doing this look, style with lots of books first, staggering the pattern of book placement first, ie: books to the left of shelf, then flat laydowns, next shelf down books to right of shelf and laydowns in front of those to the left, next shelf down -- books in middle of shelf with bookends to hold in place,…….fill in book shelves with books and a few bookends, step back and see where a focal piece should be, or where you can prop up books where the cover is gorgeous to show off………and have sections of a similar subject grouped together……you can even use decorative boxes full of photos or hidden toys on lower shelves…..you will see how your eyes feel comfortable scanning the books and where a little item here and there will add interest. If you don’t have lots of books buy the door and add to bottom of each shelf, then you can use that storage for anything.

[@liliumcasablanca]

Lovely built-in bookcase… but where are the rest of the books?

[@PeonyandHoney]

Do you want to buy me some more they’re expensive lol takes me time to collect

[@Coco-zu9ob]

​@@PeonyandHoney actually collecting books is not that expensive. Almost every library I know of has sales all the time and usually books for free as well. You can get a lot of classic literature this way. Same with antique or thrift shops for old books, if that's your thing. Yes new best seller hard covers are expensive. I would think you'd already have a lot of books if you built a unit like that. 😊

[@phookaziz3]

I'm sure it was a lot of work, for you and all your crew (including dad and other helpers), and you should feel proud of completing a project together. I know this will be seen as undue criticism by others, but it was published for public consumption and comment. This just doesn't make sense to me. After spending 2K plus on lumber, trim, and moulding, would it really have been that much more to just scratch build the shelves and secure directly to the studs of the wall? If I'm seeing the previous video correctly you've also left at least one electrical outlet behind the MDF backing boards with no way to access it. Depending on where you're building this could be a violation of local building/fire codes and a very real fire hazard. In a previous comment you replied that at the time of recording you did not have the need for this storage as you didn't have the books to use the space and thus the need to "style" it as a library. From my personal experience this is a library look that is much more based on film and tv notions than an over abundance of time delving into the stacks. That said, if you're going this far and using the shelves more as a display space, why not go the full nine yards and finish the shelves with in shelf lighting (DIY LED strips and wiring the circuits or premade lighting units) and glass doors that mitigate the dust accumulation on your various tchotchkes and books.

[@PeonyandHoney]

Firstly, we priced out building from scratch vs IKEA as our basic framing and it would have cost over $700 more building from scratch. The other factor in play is that my dad and friend were only able to come out for a few days so this project had to be executed in a very quick timeline. I was able to prep all the bookcases ahead of time which saved us hours of work when we started. We had one of the outlets fully removed to code and the other we pulled forward so we have access to it. I plan on collecting books for many years to come in this forever home, so it will evolve over time. The real message here is it’s in my home and I love it. Don’t like it? No biggie, don’t put it in your home.

[@phookaziz3]

@@PeonyandHoney thank you for your reply. I appreciate the update about the electrical concerns. Have no doubts I learn from every project video I watch some things I like, some things I don’t. Either way I hope the shelves serve you well.

[@Lunzium]

Have to admit I'm disappointed that you hardly have any books in your.. you know.. library bookshelves. What a shame.

[@PeonyandHoney]

Awww well don’t worry I’ve already added about 200 books to it. As you may know, one doesn’t just acquire 1000 books overnight.

[@Lunzium]

@@PeonyandHoney That sounds lovely. No very true, just thought you made the library because you already had the books.

[@deannaruff6625]

I watched the “how-to” video for the build. You said you’d link the library ladder/kit. Can’t find it. Do you have a link??

[@TheoryOfAll]

The shelf is really nice, but the deco is too cramped.