On 17 May 2005 00:20:05 -0700, wrote:


chris French wrote:
Ok, jokes aside thankyou :-)

New house has a requirement for some book shelves, as most of the
ones
in the old house were built in, and the ones we have are/were pretty
crappy MFI or somesuch.

Nothing fancy, just some simple but sturdy, reasonably priced, free
standing bookcases. Now I first thought was to procure some Ikea
Billy
bookcases. We have couple already have they have given good service,
one
of their better products IMO. However the nearest Ikea is 70 miles
away,
I'm not that keen.

So any other suggestions for so an item.

And yes I could make my own, but demands on time are such that it
ain't
gonna happen anytime soon (or even later)
--
Chris French, Leeds

How deep? Adjustable shelves?

I quite like the (stop laughing at the back) Homebase value pine
bookcases. They're not very deep and not adjustable but they are dirt
cheap and you can stain/varnish/paint/whatever to suit your taste.

Nothing wrong with them either. Also, Argos do a wide range of cheap
bookcases and I've got one of them, too. Not as good quality as IKEA,
though. But quite a bit cheaper. B&Q also do the "Form" range of
bookcases (maple or beech effect), which are identical (as far as I
can tell) to the Argos ones, but cheaper still. I bought one from B&Q
80cm x 202cm x 26cm deep for around £25 a couple of months ago. But
ring before you travel, as they may not have any in stock. Rare as
hen's teeth (probably because they get snapped up because of the good
price).

MM