Repost: How to Make IKEA Bookcases not IKEA

While stalking Pinterest I came across this " How to Make IKEA Bookcases not IKEA" post by Claire Brody of Clair Brody Designs her style is amazing and I am a sucker for a good IKEA hack. 

She used the IKEA Billy Bookcases and turned them into that beauty pictured above. The neat thing about IKEA furniture it is some in a such a basic form that with a little creativity it came literally be turned into anything. 

Check out the awesome pics of her IKEA Bookcase transformation and the steps she's listed I will list below. 

* This is an complete repost of Claire's Blog post, I do not own of the pictures in this post*

How To Make IKEA Bookcases Look Not IKEA:

Materials:

• (2) IKEA Billy Bookcases (15″ wide)
• (1) IKEA Billy Bookcase (31″ wide)
• (2) 4.25″ x 74″ standard moulding (this joins the 3 shelves)
• (2) 5.25″ x 74″ standard moulding (one horizontal on the top and one on the bottom)
• (4) 5.25″ x 11″ standard moulding (sides of top and bottom)
• (1) 2″ x 74″ crown moulding (for top)
• (2) 2″ x 12″ crown moulding (for top)
• liquid nails
• caulk

*We had our moulding pieces pre-cut at Home Depot.

Steps:

1. Measure how wide you want the bookcases, so you can figure out how wide the vertical pieces need to be.  You can leave as much or as little space between each bookcase depending on how wide you want the overall piece to be.  (You will need to alter the width of your vertical moulding if you decide to go wider than 4.25″.)
2. Once the width is set, place the bookcases where you want them to go and start with one horizontal piece at the bottom.  We built it from the bottom up because Parker thought that would keep it all stable and easier to glue together as each piece was added.
3. Allow about 30 minutes between each addition to allow the liquid nails to set.  Using clamps throughout the process will ensure for cleaner lines throughout the structure.
4. Now place the two vertical pieces to conjoin each of the bookcases on the sides.  It’s important to make sure that when you place them, the edges are as flush as you can get them – allowing a little more drying time here because you will probably have to keep an eye on the edges to make sure they’re in alignment as it dries
5. After 45 minutes to an hour you can go ahead and add the top molding in the same fashion as the bottom, making it as flush with the vertical pieces as possible.   (Let this piece dry for an hour before adding the crown molding on top of it)
6. Once the top horizontal molding has dried enough that it’s stable, add the crown molding piece in the same fashion (clamps really are a necessity for this step to keep it level).  I used the molding to overlap a bit and cover the creases between my vertical and horizontal slats.
7. Once the project is dry and to your liking (wait a few hours), you will want to make sure you’ve anchored it to the wall if you haven’t already.  The IKEA shelves we used came with one anchor each and they have simple assembly into the wall once you’ve decided on its final resting place.
8. After all of the shelves are installed you can go through and use a generic caulk to fill all of the remaining peg holes so that it’s not too obvious the shelves came from IKEA. 
9. Style, style and restyle.  Then style again.  This step isn’t necessary, but will probably happen.  Another post coming soon on this.