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I might have misread the brief, but your OP sounds like you want bookshelves over ~70% of one wall to house lots of books in a room that will almost only be used to work in.
Imo your initial plan of the Billy bookcase hack is the right one. Black twinslot with nice looking shelves is another (potentially) cheaper option - but the lack of a sides, back and proper top is less practical than the Billy idea.
If it was for your living room housing a mix of items then investing in Vitsoe might make sense. But if you're looking for shelves to store your books then you want bookshelves. Going any other way seems like form over function.
Sorry if I've missed something.
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Somehow also completely forgot that black twin slot with nice shelves is exactly what I did in the living room
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Yeh it’ll be mostly books, but also needs to hold my printer, and be able to house general clutter on the bottom shelves behind doors. We done the built in billy hack in the living room of our old place (pic attached*) and it was great (learned many lessons, better prepared to do it again**) but something with more depth would be great for printer/clutter etc.
The havsta units look like a good option as they have a nearly 50cm deep lower cabinet, and are pine as opposed to particleboard. That’ll probably end up being the route we take, if we don’t stick with the faithful old Billy.
*ignore gammy desk leg, was waiting for an Alex cabinet to arrive
**would build a proper plinth at the bottom and extend all the way to the ceiling
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Colm89
Wife has finally come to the realisation that I’m full time working from home and given the nod to turn our spare bedroom with a desk into a dedicated office, so before she could change her mind I dismantled the hatefully uncomfortable ikea hemnes day bed and stored it away in the loft til we get more rooms up there.
First on my agenda is to sort shelving for the wall opposite the desk as we currently have almost no storage space for books or otherwise in the house, meaning all our books are still in storage since we moved out of our previous house in July 2020! I’m totally paralysed with decisions!
I started out with a plan to do the old built in Billy bookcase hack, but that has quickly escalated to an enquiry with vitsoe on some 606 shelving (likely 3 bays to begin with, just shelves because budget won’t stretch to cabinets up front), but I’d love to hear from the masses on my options. Blank wall about 3.5m in width, 2.5m high, but I don’t want to use the full width as there’s a door on the perpendicular wall on one end, and want to keep it symmetrical on the opposite end.
House is a mid-90’s Irish seaside bungalow, so I’m a bit concerned that vitsoe might look wildly out of place.