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Made-to-measure bookcase

Configure your individual bookshelf in our online configurator or become inspired by selected designs.

11 solid wood types and
6 additional materials

Up to 6 metres wide
and 3 metres high

"Our bookcases provide the perfect showcase for your book collection. We produce one of kind products, according to your individual ideas."

Tim Ehling

Tim Ehling
Founder

Discover our prefabricated bookcase designs

Made-to-measure
Bookcase with doors
plus more options

Width: 180 cm | Height: 250 cm | Depth: 22 cm
Material: Premium decor White | Plywood edge

£ 1,811.92
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Made-to-measure bookcase
plus more options

Width: 160 cm | Height: 160 cm | Depth: 25 cm
Material: Beech Natural oiled

£ 1,368.40
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Made-to-measure library shelf
plus more options

Width: 267 cm | Height: 182 cm | Depth: 26 cm
Material: Premium decor White | Plywood edge

£ 1,522.40
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Wide bookcase
plus more options

Width: 170 cm | Height: 225 cm | Depth: 20 cm
Material: Coated MDF MDF White Matte

£ 999.68
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Modern bookcase made of solid wood
plus more options

Width: 230 cm | Height: 220 cm | Depth: 22 cm
Material: Oak Natural oiled

£ 3,893.12
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Request now: Shelving with depth offset
plus more options

Width: 344 cm | Height: 248 cm | Depth: 50 cm
Material: Oak Natural oiled

£ 7,721.12
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Small bookcase
plus more options

Width: 106 cm | Height: 140 cm | Depth: 25 cm
Material: Premium decor Black | Plywood edge

£ 804.32
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Spacious bookcase
plus more options

Width: 250 cm | Height: 260 cm | Depth: 25 cm
Material: Premium decor Black

£ 2,104.08
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Low shelf with doors
plus more options

Width: 160 cm | Height: 75 cm | Depth: 30 cm
Material: Premium decor Black | Plywood edge

£ 939.84
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Bespoke bookcase
plus more options

Width: 200 cm | Height: 154 cm | Depth: 30 cm
Material: Premium decor White | Plywood edge

£ 1,279.52
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Request now: Door conversion
plus more options

Width: 368 cm | Height: 275 cm | Depth: 35 cm
Material: Real wood veneer Oak (oiled)

£ 6,251.52
Made for you in 10-13 weeks
Made-to-measure
Narrow bookcase made of solid wood
plus more options

Width: 80 cm | Height: 149 cm | Depth: 40 cm
Material: Oak Natural oiled

£ 1,597.20
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
High bookcase with doors
plus more options

Width: 144 cm | Height: 255 cm | Depth: 36 cm
Material: Beech Natural oiled

£ 3,683.68
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Narrow made-to-made shelving unit
plus more options

Width: 50 cm | Height: 170 cm | Depth: 40 cm
Material: Oak Natural oiled

£ 1,054.24
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Bookcase with colourful doors
plus more options

Width: 207 cm | Height: 239 cm | Depth: 30 cm
Material: Coated MDF MDF White Matte

£ 2,513.28
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Modern bookcase
plus more options

Width: 107 cm | Height: 200 cm | Depth: 30 cm
Material: Coated MDF MDF White Matte

£ 1,370.16
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Tall bookcase
plus more options

Width: 225 cm | Height: 259 cm | Depth: 28 cm
Material: Premium decor White | Plywood edge

£ 2,621.52
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Modern bookcase with colourful doors
plus more options

Width: 250 cm | Height: 200 cm | Depth: 25 cm
Material: Beech Natural oiled

£ 2,991.12
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
White bookcase
plus more options

Width: 110 cm | Height: 165 cm | Depth: 25 cm
Material: Coated MDF MDF White Matte

£ 755.04
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Low bookcase
plus more options

Width: 265 cm | Height: 90 cm | Depth: 25 cm
Material: Premium decor White | Plywood edge

£ 1,028.72
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Bookcase with doors
plus more options

Width: 110 cm | Height: 159 cm | Depth: 28 cm
Material: Oak Natural oiled

£ 1,526.80
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Narrow custom-made oak bookcase
plus more options

Width: 45 cm | Height: 205 cm | Depth: 27 cm
Material: Oak Natural oiled

£ 1,057.76
Made for you in 11-14 weeks
Made-to-measure
Custom-made 40 cm wide narrow shelf
plus more options

Width: 30 cm | Height: 180 cm | Depth: 40 cm
Material: Coated MDF MDF White Matte

£ 477.84
Made for you in 9-12 weeks
Made-to-measure
Made-to-measure bookcase wall
plus more options

Width: 170 cm | Height: 180 cm | Depth: 25 cm
Material: Premium decor White | Plywood edge

£ 1,342.00
Made for you in 9-12 weeks

Enjoy the bookcases we have made for our customers' homes

Top ratings from more than 35.000 customers

At Pickawood UK, we place priority on our advisory services and our production processes. The result is high-quality products that have already delighted over 35,000 customers. This is reflected in our excellent ratings on various evaluation portals. Here you can read how our customers rate their furniture and in particular their bookcases.

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Special requests

We are offering bespoke solutions for (almost) every request

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Assembly options

Assemble yourself or have it conveniently assembled by our team.

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Upload a sketch

Upload an image of your design idea and receive a free quote

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Frequently asked questions

Find the answers to frequently asked questions here

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Shipping

Free two-man home delivery to your chosen assembly point.

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Order wood samples

Get an idea of our materials and quality.

Made-to-measure bookcases

Design your customised bookcase easily online at Pickawood UK. With our configurator, you can plan your shelving individually - from narrow bookshelves for niches to impressive libraries that extend over several floors. Choose between an elegant wall shelf with a bracket or a flexible room divider with a base on both sides - both can be customised in the configurator.

Our bookcases are stable and can easily support heavy loads. Height-adjustable shelves make it possible to optimally accommodate books of different sizes. You can add doors, glass doors and drawers to customise the functionality and appearance. Details such as plinths, back panels and skirting board cut-outs can also be customised.

If you have any special requests, such as integrated bookends or special dimensions, our carpenters will be happy to fulfil them. Pickawood UK attaches great importance to personal advice by e-mail, telephone or video in order to realise your ideas. Delivery is made to the living room, and we also offer an assembly service on request.

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Design your custom bookcase

The 3 easy steps

Select the measurements

Choose the exact dimensions of your bookcase. The width can be set to the centimetre between 30 cm and 600 cm, the height between 30 cm and 300 cm and the depth between 15 cm and 60 cm. This means the shelf fits perfectly into any niche or becomes an impressive library.

Choose the material

Choose from high-quality materials such as solid wood, multiplex, decors, MDF or veneer to give your shelf the style you want and the stability you need for heavier books.

Determine columns and division

Determine the number of columns and the arrangement of the shelves. For bookshelves, it is particularly important to design the shelf heights flexibly in order to optimally accommodate books of different sizes. Height-adjustable shelves are a must.

Add doors and drawers

Equip your bookcase with doors and drawers if required. You can integrate glass doors to protect valuable books, hinged doors or flap doors to extend the functionality and refine the look at the same time.

Our popular adjustable bookcase designs

Made-to-measure bookcases: the dream furniture piece to store your books

Do you love reading but have trouble accommodating all of your books? Then you need a customised bookcase that is designed according to your individual needs. This is exactly where we come in and with Pickawood UK, we offer you the possibility to create customised made-to-measure furniture. Our 3D shelving configurator, will allow you to determine the size of your individual bookcase, as well as allowing you to define a host of other specialist features. The couldn't be more simple. In the first step, you select the size of your bookcase and tell us how many compartments you need. Then you can choose additional features for your product. Even a built-in bookcase that lines your door frame or individual wishes such as glass doors or cable outlets are no problem for us. Finally, you can choose from our diverse range of premium materials for an eye-catching finish. You can also purchase one of our ready-made bookcases if you prefer not to take advtange of our dynamic configurators. With Pickawood UK, you will find a huge selection of optiona available to you, for example wooden and wall shelving systems, room divider shelving or a complete bookcase.

Our bookcases are unique and our experienced carpenters only use high-quality woods sourced from sustainable forestry, including, alder, ash and oak. You can also benefit from our free, in-depth advice. If you are not sure which bookcase fits best in your living room, we will be happy to advise you in detail with our free one-to-one consultations.

Convince yourself of the combination of design and functionality found in our custom-made bookcases. Your custom-made furniture piece is very versatile and will look fantastic in the hallway as well as in the living room or study. Our shelving options offer you extensive compartment space in which to comfortably store your books as well as other items. If a classic bookcase is too plain for you, perhaps you would like a tiered shelf for your books? For more flexibility with the shelves, you have the option of adding a mounting hole strip to your bookcase. This way, you can be flexible with your shelving and adjust it at a later date. And so that your new beautiful piece of made-to-measure furniture can also stand directly against the wall, we will be happy to integrate a skirting board cut-out on request. Contact us today to discuss your plans and we will assist you in bringing your vision to life.

How deep should a bookcase be?

A standard paperback book has a depth of 12 cm, a reference book is usually 17 cm deep and a DIN A4 book is 21 cm deep. Here at Pickawood UK, we recommend that you configure shelving for books an additional 2 cm deeper. If you want to configure your shelf with a back panel or doors, we recommend planning your shelving 2 cm deeper in each case.

When does a custom-made bookcase need to be fixed to the wall?

At Pickawood UK, we recommend that you always fix your shelf to the wall. We enclose the appropriate bracket fixtures with your order.

Which types of wood are particularly resilient?

Our solid wood types as well as our plywood are particularly resilient materials and are therefore especially suitable for your custom-made bookcase. You can also improve the stability and load-bearing capacity of a bookcase by planning the columns or shelves to be as narrow as possible. This also applies to wine racks, where the individual compartments also have to bear a lot of weight.

Is it possible to use a mix of materials?

A combination of materials is possible with a few exceptions, so you do not have to decide on one material for your bookcase. You can plan structures and fronts in the configurator in different materials according to your tastes. A popular combination of materials is, for example, is an oak structure and varnished drawers.

From what height and width does a bookcase have to be divided?

Top and bottom panels as well as side-panels have to be divided when the following dimensions are exceeded: MDF/ chipboard/ real wood veneer: 272 cm, plywood: 245 cm, solid wood: 300 cm. The division is based on the maximum panel dimensions available in the trade. Please discuss with us where your division should be. Otherwise we will make a division that is advantageous for the construction.

How do I decorate a bookcase?

There are various ways of arranging your books on your shelf. For example, you can sort the books by colour, this is soothing to the eye. If you prefer to keep your arrangement simple, you can place the books on your shelf with their backs to the wall. You can also divide the layout and order by placing some books vertically and horizontally in your bookcase. In addition to books, decorative elements such as figurines, vases or small plants can also be placed on a shelf. Our colour choices allow your bookcase to match your room.

What are pre-configured products?

These are configurations of shelves, cupboards and sideboards that you can either add to your shopping basket as shown and specified on our website or can be utilised as inspiration when planning your furniture. You have the option of adapting the products to your wishes in our user-friendly online configurator. If you have any questions about our pre-configured products, our team of specialist furniture consultants will be happy to help.

How long does it take to assemble a large bookcase?

For a small bookcase, assembly will usually only take an hour. However, if you have chosen a large bookcase, the assembly can take several hours. If you need assistance with the assembly, our clearly diagramed assembly guides are provided with your order and are also available on our website here.

How narrow can I plan a bookcase?

The smallest width in our configurator is 30 cm. If you are planning a narrow but high shelf, we strongly recommend that you fix the shelf to the wall.

In which colours can I order a bookcase from Pickawood UK?

The most frequently ordered colour for our bookcases is white. Therefore, we offer various white coatings and varnishes. However, you can of course choose from many other colours and solid wood types.

Can I mount a bookcase on the wall?

If you are planning a bookcase without a plinth, you can select the wall hanging option in the last step of our configurator. In this case, a wall bracket with a load-bearing capacity of 60 kg per panel will be embedded in each vertical panel. Please note the total load-bearing capacity and ensure that your shelf is fixed to a solid wall.

Any questions? Contact us.

Julia Roth

Julia Roth, Specialist Furniture Consultant

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