{"id":57655,"date":"2022-11-04T07:19:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T14:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=57655"},"modified":"2022-11-01T07:56:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T14:56:21","slug":"bookcases-sad-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/bookcases-sad-face\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookcases Sad Face"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am disappointed in the IKEA bookcases I bought<\/a>. The Billy bookcases are very popular with a lot of people. I liked the options, look and feel.<\/p>\n

\"Billy<\/a>
Billy bookcase damage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What I found, however, is that the 66 lbs each shelf is supposed to hold isn’t true. The shelf holders are very substandard and have damaged the inside of my bookcase sides.<\/p>\n

The shelves involved are the ones I can easily access. Those are the shelves I use for my block dictionaries, class related references and color books. I use these particular volumes all the time.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/a>
New fir shelves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My DH looked at it and had a plan to fix it. He is really busy, though, so I called my handyman. After taking a look, he brought some new L brackets and some new Fir shelves to try. I installed them. They look ok. Not bright white like I wanted, though we will paint them if we decide they are the ones.<\/p>\n

\"Shelves<\/a>
Shelves refilled<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

They work ok and the bowing of the outside pieces has stopped, but I lose and inch or two that I need, so I can’t fit the books on one whole shelf. I put the books sideways, but that doesn’t help me much since I can’t see the spines.<\/p>\n

DH checked Home Despot for other shelf holders and we have a few options. I am really annoyed that these shelves have only lasted for one year. Yes, I have filled them full, but each shelf is right around the max weight, so they should work fine.<\/p>\n

One option I have is to get bookshelves built out of wood rather than particle board. My handyman told me about a place in the City that will make custom shelves. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I am disappointed in the IKEA bookcases I bought. The Billy bookcases are very popular with a lot of people. I liked the options, look and feel. What I found, however, is that the 66 lbs each shelf is supposed to hold isn’t true. The shelf holders are very substandard and have damaged the inside … Continue reading “Bookcases Sad Face”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[506],"tags":[329,363],"class_list":["post-57655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-506","tag-organization","tag-workroom"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57655"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57700,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57655\/revisions\/57700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}