IKEA Billy/Oxberg bookcases

[CrotchetQuaverMinim]

Has anyone got the Billy bookcases with the glass Oxberg doors on? have you found magazine files and box files that will still fit on the shelves even with the doors? I had just about decided that that is what I wanted to get, when I read somewhere that box files etc protrude by 0.5cm and the doors don't close! But I am not sure that they are always standard dimensions, and some of the files and boxes online say 25 or 26cm, which should be OK.

The depth of the bookcases are 28cm, the shelves are 26cm and I have read that with the doors on, there is only about 26.5cm of space.

I have loads of box files, magazine files, and lever arch files to put in them, and I wanted the glass doors to keep them dust free. I don't have room for any wider shelves, so this is my best option. I don't mind buying some new boxes/files to put stuff in if needed, though would be more ideal not to replace everything at once. I need them to be quite heavy duty. A4 pages and books aren't as wide as 26cm, so you'd think there would be some files I could get.

Another thought for fitting enough shelves, desks etc in. There are slightly slanted wooden edges leading up to the doors/long windows etc, and furniture won't sit level on them, so I was going to pull stuff out further into the room, and/or not go right to the edge. But I've now seen these that might be a good way of adjusting desk legs etc. Might even work for shelves and tip them back slightly, too.

www.amazon.co.uk/furniture-rubber-adjustable-height-castor/dp/B00E3FJ18K/ref=sr_1_4?s=diy&srs=3950744031&ie=UTF8&qid=1483414856&sr=1-4

Not buying any of the furniture just yet, as I went through this all 18 months ago and it fell through at the last minute, so am waiting til it's absolutely certain, but it's good to know what I'm going to be needing as it will then have to be all done fairly quickly!

Those look a bit chunky for Billies, Crotchet (hard to tell from a photo, admittedly)

There might be slimmer ones though.

Good luck with the whole purchase thing anyway

yes maybe they are; I think they do come in different sizes though. I hadn't realised they even existed before! I think I can put them on desk legs at least and that will allow me to move things 15cm closer to the wall, which might mean another bookcase can fit in a gap somehwere else at least.

fingers crossed it all goes through this time. I'm torn between doing research about what to buy, and trying not to jinx anything!!