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In honor of its 40th birthday, these are the best Billy bookcase hacks you can use to transform your home with one of IKEA's most iconic pieces. Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA is responsible for ...

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 ...

Those of us who live in tiny apartments have plenty of experience carving out a living room, dining room, kitchen, and bedroom from a 400-square-foot (or smaller) space. During these weeks of ...

It comes as no surprise that the BILLY bookcase is one of IKEA’s best-selling furniture pieces of all time. It’s easy to assemble, practical and timeless, and definitely one of the most versatile. So, ...

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 ...

The Billy bookcase is perhaps the archetypal Ikea product. It was dreamed up in 1978 by an Ikea designer called Gillis Lundgren who sketched it on the back of a napkin, worried that he would forget it ...