It will hold the weight of the television, especially if you affix the bookcase to the wall with a bracket as having just done some unscientific tests on my own billy bookcases, yes, it will, at least in the short term.
Ikea Billy Bookcase Measurements. Easy to assemble, although not happy with plastic cams—broke one and had to go to hardware store to replace love the bookcasesmichellei purchased 3 billy bookcases for my garage to store books. With its seamless customization options that make it the perfect addition to rooms of any size, it's no wonder ikea's billy bookcase series has.
BILLY Bookcase - black-brown - IKEA from www.ikea.com
This unit can be modified as you see fit. Assembly is pretty straight forward however double check if. Want to know how to build your own library wall?
Pretty impressive considering ikea launched billy in 1979.
I looked up many billy bookcase hacks, like here, here and my favorite was the one here, but i could not find any tutorials where the shelves were built around the fireplace. The billy bookcase is perhaps the archetypal ikea product. Ok ok that's made up, but it's probably true. Launched in 1979, the billy bookcase system is one of our iconic products.
