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BILLY Bookcase, black oak effect, 80x28x202 cm
Price $ 149
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WARNING! TIPPING HAZARD
Children have died from furniture tipping over. ALWAYS anchor your furniture to the wall with an anti-tip device. NEVER place a TV on any furniture other than a media/TV bench intended for this purpose. ALWAYS secure your TV by using an anchoring device. NEVER allow children to stand, climb, or hang on drawers, doors or shelves. NEVER open more than one drawer at the time. ALWAYS place heaviest items in the lowest drawers.
BILLY
406.165.48BILLY bookcase is a beloved icon that never goes out of style. Thanks to its versatility you can use it in many different ways at home – regardless of whether you store books or everyday items in it.
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BILLY Bookcase, black oak effect, 80x28x202 cm
BILLY is a versatile bookcase that works just as good as a storage unit and is suitable to use in many different ways at home.
The shallow and adjustable shelves help you customise your BILLY and allow you to use it as you like – for storing everyday items, memorabilia or other things you collect.
BILLY has a simple and timeless design that is easy to personalise by adding boxes, lighting and your favourite items.
Make it even more personal by adding doors, allowing you to both hide and display things. In this way your BILLY can get new functions and a new look as your style and living situation changes.
Reviews
Buying this Billy isn't Silly.MarcWe've 6 Billy's in our library come dining room, brilliant sturdy item, that adjusts to allow different sized books to be in the same set up.
Cheap WrappingAmandaI used to love the BILLY bookcases and already owned several black ones, so I recently bought more to match. Unfortunately, the quality has noticeably declined.
My older bookcases have a durable laminate finish over particle board and have lasted for years. The new ones have a thin wrap that scuffs and marks incredibly easily. Two shelves even arrived with the wrapping already damaged inside the packaging.
They've also added a "permanent" sticker that ruins the clean look. It's extremely difficult to remove without damaging the fragile surface, so you're left with either an ugly sticker or damaged furniture.
They're still easy to assemble, but that's about the only positive. The price has increased, yet the quality has gone backwards. I spent almost $400 and expected furniture made to last, not something that arrives damaged and scratches so easily. Very disappointing.
Great productRosalieBilly bookcases are strong and neat
Cheap nasty shelf plugsFayBookcase is fine except for the cheap and nasty brittle and fiddley metal shelf plugs. The old plugs that used to be supplied were plastic with a secure metal plug and held firmly in place against the sides so shelves sat securely. Bring them back. Metal ones pop out easily, snap and are much harder to seat securely. Bring back the good quality originals.
It's fineIanSturdy shelves, though its stupid that one colour cost more than another.
Great buyJennieBilly bookcases are the best. So versatile!!
ALL BILLY ITEMS HAVE PERMANENT WARNING STICKERS THAT CANNOT BE REMOVED BUT NOT SHOWNJamieBeware. Product has PERMANENT warning stickers. Whilst part of Australian Product Standard now, this was not disclosed at purchase either by images, in this product listing or in instruction manuals. IKEA have known for months and refuse to disclose this to consumers and expect us to return them having built and anchoring them. I expect a reply to this review asking to reach out to Customer Support (which I have). Also, there are pages within IKEA that advise how to remove the stickers, which in fact, have caused damage. Have advised that I will be taking to ACCC for deceptive behaviour - noting that their display units instore will have a strategically place item hiding it. Whilst I do not deny the purpose for which there is now an Australian Standard for toppling furniture and injures/deaths that have been sustained, they cannot keep selling a product and deceiving customers at the point of purchase. Next is QCAT.
Billy white bookcasesSuzanneThey look amazing and were easy to assemble. I bought 3 of the 5 shelf cases to have side by side. Price was also great and IKEA were able to arrange delivery at a reasonable cost. So I’m very happy!
Poor finishing for price of productTaylorWe recently purchased 5 Billy bookshelves in the Black/brown colour. We had them delivered which we knew was at risk of being damage in transit, but thankfully only one shelf was damaged due to delivery. We were able to build it and hide the damage.
All of the shelves had scuffs or scratches on the parts. Most of it we were able to hide whilst building them by turning it over and choosing the best side. Some scratches that were on the outer sides of the shelf we were lucky enough to be able to hide by pushing them up against another shelf. However there are some on the interior that are still visible. Once again, we can hide with books, so although not noticeable, we know they are there and if we choose to rearrange the objects in our shelves the scratches would be visible again.
I feel like the finishing details of the furniture were overlooked. Not happy considering the price you pay for them. Otherwise a sturdy shelf.
The Billy BookcaseDannyThe bookcase was, as described. My biggest concern was the time and effort of putting it together. This was not anything to worry about the instructions and shelves were easy to read, understand and build. It took around 40 minutes as project with my daughter. IKEA you rule!!!
Fantastic bookcasePaulaBookcase is awesome, it holds heaps of books
Safety sticker cant be removed and is IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BOOKCASEHaileyI have been waiting years to get my own Billy bookcase, and I was so excited to get one this year. It feels like a really decent quality, the veneer is wrap around so there is no exposed material. BUT be warned, the safety sticker is not removable. Not in a cute "ill just get a solution and a razor blade and remove it" kind of way, in a IT WILL NOT BE REMOVED kind of way.
I totally understand the safety concerns (which I followed, and bolted it to the wall accordingly), but now I am stuck with the ugliest warning sticker on a black oak bookshelf. It means even after adjusting the shelves where I can, and strategically stacking books, I can still see it.
On top of all of this, the sticker isnt in any of the product photos, so you dont even know its going to be there until its too late.
Honestly the most disappointing IKEA experience I have ever had.
Please please please keep this in mind! If i had known, I wouldn't have bought this bookshelf.
Beautiful walnut shelfCandySuper easy to build, and I’m just I love with it especially the shelf in walnut so beautiful definelty plan on buying more wish I could share pictures
Classic BookcaseMartinBought the corner unit for a new study area. 2x80cmv & 1x40cm looks perfect. Love IKEA basics.
Best bookcasesColinI have a house full of Billy bookcases from Ikea. They are easy to put together and provide excellent storage for a variety of items.
New stickers ruin unitShellyThe new warning stickers are not only impossible to remove (on purpose), but they're stuck in the most visible spots, impossible to cover with a book or a decorative object, essentially ruining the whole purpose of the bookshelf as a display unit. I understand why they're there, but they could at least be placed in the same spot on each unit to at least look consistent (we have five units, and all the stickers are at different heights, which is very annoying). If I had known this was the case, I would have bought a different product elsewhere.
Great option to store LEGOSarahWe added doors and have stored our Lego collection in it
Billy Bookcase ReviewLawrenceLove this bookcase. Great look, keeps dust off the books with the glass doors. Well worth the cost
Annoying ugly stickerViniciusWould be an amazing-looking bookcase if it wasn't for the ugly sticker which is impossible to remove without damaging the wood
It has the right size for meGladysPrice is reasonable and the bookcase fits perfectly for my home
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4.6Average rating
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