When it comes to designing your home office, optimizing storage is the most important step to creating a space that is both functional and aesthetically pleasing. Despite their necessity, bulkier ...

There are some IKEA pieces that are taken above and beyond by DIYers and turned into unbelievable creations. Take the classic BILLY Bookcase. We’ve seen the IKEA staple completely transformed into ...

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

Most of us have some IKEA furniture in our home, loved for its low price point and simple, versatile design. And the BILLY bookcase is one of the Swedish brand’s all time bestsellers that can be found ...

Whenever you approach the blue and yellow beauty of an IKEA, it’s hard not to get a little bit excited (or a little bit nervous about how busy it will be). But, there’s some items in IKEA that are ...

DELFT, Netherlands — Ikea‘s Billy Bookcase has been one its best-selling and most popular products since it first launched in 1979. But now, more than 40 years later, it’s getting a major rework. The ...

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 ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Interiors. 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 ...

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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 ...

Return for a moment to the Ikea monkey, and what some wags rued was a missed chance for a great marketing tie-in by the Swedish furniture giant: “Even Darwin can assemble our Billy bookcase!” A staple ...