Things are finally coming along! Over the past couple weeks I’ve been slowly but surely getting our place together, starting with the bedroom. I want this room to function as a cozy retreat, a place to read and hang out, and an office, which is a lot to squeeze into one room! My biggest project so far (I have my boyfriend to credit here for the original idea) is a pair of near-ceiling-height bookshelves constructed of 8 galvanized steel IKEA Hyllis shelving units. At only $15 (we snagged ours on sale for $9), these shelves are so useful and provide lots of possibilities for customization.However, at under 5 feet tall, they weren’t nearly tall enough for the look we wanted. Plus we have a LOT of books. Each unit is made up of 4 L-shaped shelving supports and 4 shelves, which fasten together with screws. All of the holes are pre-drilled (love IKEA), so it’s pretty easy to connect multiple units together side-by-side by just matching up the holes and putting the screws all the …