Billy Book Case

So months ago I mentioned I was going to turn my dining room into a dining/office space and after seeing my friend Winnie's (check out previous post), it gave me motivation to get a move on this project. So I did what I did best; create a disaster zone in my dining room. It used to be the "man" dining room filled with various exotic beer bottles and collected beer glasses from our European travels along with other alcoholic paraphernalia you can imagine. With the the poor lighting it reminded me of a few dingy traditional German bars I vividly remember going to while stationed there but seldom remember how we left. Needless to say I didn't want my daughter eating in a room that reminded me of my SLOSH days. Of course I have a strict budget to stick to and naturally I started looking into Ikea furniture. I love shelves and it would be a perfect fit to store the large and heavy stacks of books that are randomly placed throughout my house. The best book case with the best price and most importantly..best LOOK is non other than the Billy Book Case. I was also thinking about the Expedit but with our high ceilings I figured it would be best to have higher bookshelves and take advantage of the space.

Here are the different styles of Billy bookcases

Out of the two book cases with doors I am still trying to figure out which one I want; I want something to hide my clutter.

This is the design I am going for. Since everything is so earthy I want something to pop and am thinking about getting a funky and bold patterned wall paper or fabric to place on the backing of the book cases to spruce up the shelves and give it somewhat of a custom look. Here are few examples..Although its all white shelves but you get the idea..

via savvydesignwest.com

 via sfair.blogspot.com

via u-createcrafts.com

via lushlee.com

Now this is a bit too much for me but it sure is a bold statement in a room. 

I'm hoping to get this project moving and completely finished by the end of June so stay tuned.