I was standing in a rental kitchen in Hackney when the penny dropped. Two scuffed IKEA Billy bookcases were slouched under a ...

The ever-popular BILLY bookcase made its debut in IKEA showrooms in 1979. In 2022, IKEA relaunched their fan-favorite ...

If you’ve been wanting to add more storage and workspace to your kitchen with a new island, then you’ve probably gotten sticker shock from how pricey those freestanding pieces can be. Luckily, it ...

There are some IKEA furniture lines that just never go out of style — and one of those is the BILLY bookcase series. The classic bookcase comes in a variety of sizes and in six natural stains: white, ...

white floor-to-ceiling bookshelves in a home office - Aspects and Angles/Shutterstock Whether or not you're a voracious reader, investing in floor-to-ceiling bookshelves is a great idea, especially if ...

CHANCES are you’ve owned one of these Ikea products. There are 60 million of them out there. And they’ve helped change our economy. Tim Harford tells the extraordinary story of Ikea’s Billy bookcase ...

Tim Harford tells the extraordinary story of Ikea’s Billy bookcase in this extract from his new book Fifty Things That Made The Modern Economy. Denver Thornton hates the Billy bookcase. He runs a ...

This article may contain affiliate links that Yahoo and/or the publisher may receive a commission from if you buy a product or service through those links. If there’s a single item in IKEA’s catalog ...

Doom and gloom doubled last week when the Economist announced not just the death of books, but proved it by the death of bookcases. In particular Billy, a classic IKEA item of furniture that has been ...

Gillis Lundgren, who designed some of IKEA's most iconic products and was one of the furniture giant's first employees, has died at the age of 86. Lundgren, who passed away on 25 February 2016, was ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Home. Followed categories will be added to My News. Tim Harford tells the extraordinary story of Ikea’s Billy bookcase in this extract from his new book Fifty ...