How To Securely Attach Two Bookcases Together - Ikea Billy Bookcase

It is estimated that every five seconds, one BILLY bookcase is sold somewhere in the world. Pretty impressive considering we launched BILLY in 1979. It’s the booklovers choice that never goes out of style. In this video you'll see how to securely attach two dis-by-side bookcases together so they are safer, sturdy, and more visually pleasing.

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[sarra]

god bless the dads of the world putting out videos like this.

[melly]

My husband is in the military, so I really wanted something like this, but easy to take back down when we have to move again. I really appreciate this video 😊

[TheLovelyMissBeans]

Thanks for the video! Great idea, as i also hate when my bookcase sticks out weird when they sit next to each other! For a nice finish, add some trim all around and it will look like one custom unit!

[justinaylee]

Fantastic thanks heaps - I followed this, and got a great result! One additional tip from me is that to protect a veneer finish when drilling the holes, I drilled until I could just see the bit coming out the other side, then removed the bit and drilled a little from the other side. I found that if you go all the way from one side you can push away larger shards of the veneer and it detracts from the finished job. But thanks heaps!

[jamesabroomeiii]

Add a washer to the barrel side to pull it a little tighter always go with metric washers if you want them to be a small as possible standard washers normally cover more space

[skyrocketcoast]

Thanks ! Great way to attach those Billy bookcases! .I have 4 in a row - short ones.

[evelynmiller]

Extension cord is just brilliant. Thanks!!

[CreativeChapo]

Thank you for this! I’m having these anchored to our living room walls this week and wondered how to go about attach to each other. Got the screws you mentioned on Amazon. Thanks!

[Wildflower]

Thanks for the video! I ordered the barrel screws you recommended from amazon and a 5/16 bit and it worked great!

[chrislynn]

Thank you for this video, got the barrel screws from Amazon, used for the Target bookshelves in the closet. Looks fantastic with all the shelves lining up together.

[diegoestabridis]

Lighning fast shipping. Excellent product very pleased

[eaglesgirl]

Needed this video. Just ordered the Amazon screws. Thank you 😊

[embla]

Hey there. I'm swedish so obviously we got a lot of IKEA furniture in our home, of course some Billys. Did you secure the bookshelves in the wall as well? If not, I recommend you do so. Did you know that a swede would pronounce IKEA with the I as in India? IKEA is an acronym from the founder Ingvar Kamprad and the farm Elmtaryd in the village Agunnaryd.

[gerald]

Thank you so much, this video helped me a ton with my new shelves! I hope you put some cool grimoires and other neat books on your shelves.

[rockyreed]

Thanks for the tip, I used it on my short billy bookcase (3 units) and it worked perfectly! Awesome hack, thanks for posting this video!

[FelixGaunt]

Just an FYI, the new Billy have MUCH smaller holes so you'll need smaller (diameter) barrel screws for this.

[TheBrod]

This is exactly what I was looking for thank you

[mathildeborde]

Thank you so much for this, I learned just what I needed and you’re explaining so well.

[naimahq]

This is fantastic! Can’t wait. Now I just need to figure out how I’m organizing my books!

[genebooher]

Plus you should make sure the floor is level before locking together