![]() ![]() This really made the IKEA bookcases look like they were true built-ins! We did some sanding on the bookcases before we painted, and a coat of B-I-N primer as well. We painted the walls, trim, baseboards, - everything but the ceiling - in Cinnamon Sugar. I chose the color Cinnamon Sugar by Magnolia, and decided to try a full monochrome look for the first time. He then nailed them to the wall, and we were ready for paint! Step Five: Paint Garret measured and made the cuts in our trim pieces, and I glued them together into boxes. The moulding was fairly inexpensive, at $3.78 per 8ft piece, but shipping cost us $170! In the end, it was around $250 for new trim that exactly matched our existing trim. This was definitely an unexpected expense! Luckily, we were able to find our exact match online. For the new moulding boxes, we wanted to match the bottom moulding exactly. We figured our local home builder would’ve used something from Lowes or Home Depot, but that wasn’t the case. Our house came with chair rail and box moulding in the front room, and I wanted to continue the box moulding on top of the chair rail to add interest to the walls without the built-ins. Garret nailed the arches to the bookcases, reattached the crown moulding at the top, and then applied filler and sanded to make everything smooth. To make the arches, he laid out the spacing on a sheet of MDF and cut two circles out using a router and a circle jig. Once the two holes were cut, he cut the MDF down the center to get a total of four arches. Looking back, he wishes he used a product that was easier to work with, like plywood, although it is double the price. The MDF tended to tear out instead of cut cleanly. Step Three: Creating the Archesįor the front face and arches, Garret used 1/2 inch MDF because it was so cheap ($20/sheet). To keep the spacing exactly the same in between bookcases, Garret used 2x4’s cut to the same size on a mitre saw. He used white trim screws to secure the bookcases to each 2x4 block in the existing spot for the shelf inserts for the bookcase. It took a day just to put all of these together! Garret also made an arch out of cardboard to show me what the arches would look like. For our 9 foot ceilings, we needed 2 height extensions per bookcase, so a total of four Billy bookcases, and eight height extensions. We had to figure out how many Billy bookcases and how many height extensions we would need for our space. We assembled one bookcase to test fit our spacing. This trim puller allowed us to take the crown off without any damage. We had to be extra careful with the crown moulding because we wanted to reuse it and not have to find a replacement piece. Step One: Demoįirst, we took off all of the moulding, crown, and baseboard from the wall that would get the built-ins. So let’s dive into how he transformed these IKEA Billy bookcases. Garret did such an amazing job making them look like custom built-ins, which would have cost a fortune. You’d never know it without me telling you.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |