ᐅ IKEA Besta DIY: How to Build a Combination with Different Shelf Heights?

One more practical tip: If you want different shelf heights, you can have the shelves cut to custom dimensions. It’s best to do this onsite at a hardware store with prior arrangement to ensure clean edges. The IKEA holes can then either be redrilled or concealed supports can be used. This way, you can achieve maximum flexibility.

This topic is also close to me because I recently gave my Besta shelving unit different shelf heights, and it was quite frustrating at first. I found it particularly challenging to maintain stability without making things overly complicated. Many people have found it helpful to stay pragmatic and add extra vertical supports when dealing with significantly varying shelf heights. I understand that this can be somewhat annoying, as it moves away from the plug-and-play principle, but in the end, the effort really shows in the result. Choosing to strengthen the back panel also made my shelving unit stand more solidly.

Elias schrieb:
I can understand that it’s a bit annoying because it deviates from the plug-and-play principle, but in the end, the effort shows in the result.

That sums it up well. I was exactly worried that I would have to make a lot of adjustments and reinforcements myself in the end, which wasn’t really what I had in mind, since IKEA is supposed to stand out for its easy assembly. Still, it seems sensible not to use just the standard parts. Thanks for all your input! I’ll start working on a sketch and look into possible brackets.