I know - thrilling challenge
Basically, we need two tall, shallowish (well standard I suppose - just not deep) bookcases for the living room.
They need to be a good match for the Strand set we bought from homebase. i.e. oak veneer (oak would be nice but out of our price range I think)
As you can see, the Strand stuff has curved edges, and it would be nice to find something similar, but not essential.
I dont want to buy another Strand bookcase, because its too deep (we'd only have paperbacks, not 'coffee table' books in these, and I don't want drawers - the bottom shelves will be hidden behind a sofa.
I was thinking along the ikea-Billy lines, but I'm wondering if they look a bit cheap? I don't know. I have ikea-expedit bookcases in the dining room, which look fine to me, not cheap at all ( they wouldnt be suitable for what we need now though) so maybe the Billy is fine.
I think up to £100 for one bookcase would be ok (I'm not sure what my husband meant when he said 'I don't want a cheap one - he might have meant don't spend more than £50 on each, but never mind!)