I am desperate to sort my son’s things out, to define spaces and bring some sort of order to the chaos, this is our family home. We’re short on space here and although my son has a double bedroom, he has to share his space with a large wardrobe full of his Dad’s clothes. It’s not ideal, and once you’ve added my son’s bed, a bedside table and a chest of drawers, there isn’t much space for anything else. I really wanted somewhere to put all of his chapter books in one place. Somewhere he’d walk past all the time, somewhere where he could pull a book out and maybe, just maybe, start reading more independently. I’ve been getting organised with Songmics and their 4 tier wooden bookcase. It’s a perfect storage solution for our needs.
I knew that I wanted some sort of bookcase to store my son’s books, but Songmics have a whole range of products available on Amazon, whether you’re looking for kitchen, garden or bathroom ideas. We have an area at the top of our stairs on the landing that’s been a dead space for ages. I’ve thought for ages that a bookcase would be a great idea, and something that my son could call his own, rather than sharing my bookcase in the spare room.
So I looked through the options that Songmics had available, measured the space that I had to use and decided that their 4 tier bookcase (affiliate link) in white would be perfect for our needs. My order was placed through Amazon and delivery was swift. I received the unit flat packed and well packaged, with clear instructions and no missing pieces (always a relief).
Each piece of the bookcase and each bag of components were clearly labelled and although it recommended the item as a two person build, I thought I’d try to put it together by myself. Daddy P is rarely at home, and I was impatient to crack on.
The build was easy and, although it might have been slightly easier in places to have had another person around, I still got it assembled really quickly.
Getting organised with Songmics was going to be easier than I’d expected and I was really impressed with the finish to the book-case, for £22.99 it’s a bargain to my mind.
The finished 4 tier bookcase measures 42.5cm wide x 107cm high x 29.5cm deep. Each fixed shelf space is approx 25 cms, making the shelves perfect for my son’s collection of chapter books.
The unit does come complete with fixings to secure it to the wall, so we’ll need to get the drill out for this, but otherwise you just need a cross head screwdriver to build the book-case.
I now feel like I’m getting organised with Songmics and my son has already sat on the landing reading a few of his books with me, so it’s a win win situation here.
disclosure: we were sent the item mentioned in exchange for an honest review.
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I think I would be keeping the bookcase for myself, I have piles of books with no home at the moment! As to what sort of books…..they’re an eclectic mix!
I will put this bookcase in the kids playroom as they have lots and lots of books that need a permanent place to sit!
I would keep it for myself. I have so many books. I love it!
I would give it to my son he has white furniture in his bedroom so would go lovely! It would be filled with his Roald Dahl and his David Walliams books to name a few!
This sounds awful lol but I’d keep it for myself as I have sooo many books it would be a massive help I have all genres of books from fantasy to crime etc. Looks really easy to build! And sturdy too
I will share it with my children top shelves will some of my books and the lower shelves my children books. I will have it on our living room. I will have my book collection of Agatha Christie and Robert Harris .
My husband will get this so he can remove the pile of books in the corner of our bedroom off the floor
I would use it myself have so many books and not enough space
I would give it to our youngest as she is doing really well with her reading and received a whole set of Roald Dahl books for her birthday which would be the first books to go in the unit.
I would give it to my son to fill with books and board games x
I would give keep it and put lillie pops bedtime books in it
My niece would have this for her Roald Dahl collection x
I would love to win this for my son, he has all sorts of books to store in in, mostly David Walliams and Roald Dahl.
My daughter, she would put a variety of books in it.
great for my boys’ room, full of football stories and pirate adventures 🙂
My son Max for his books – just moved on from picture books , or I could use to tidy up all my crime novels
It would be for my daughter’s room 🙂
Would be perfect for my son as he has lots of books that need a proper home for them all. He likes the David Walliam books at the mo
I’d love for my nephews
They are getting books from me for their birthdays
I’ve got Winnie the pooh and Enid blyton so far – hopefully a few more too
I would give to my nephew and he could put his David Walliams books on it.
I would keep this bookcase for myself as I have loads of books from thrillers to mysteries in boxes.
I would give it to my son, he would probably put his space book collection in it.
My collection of books is already using various overflows, so I’ll keep it myself. Most of my books are sporting related.
My kids for all their books
perfect for my nephews, star wars books
I may keep it for myself or if not, donate it to charity to go to Romania for a school
we always need book storage and I would give it to my son so he has some more room for his books
my son who has just got the roald dahl collection
Tthis would go in my son’s room and be filled with all his books.
very nice book shelf, I would store it in my daughter Heidi’s bedroom, She would put her Beatrix Potter books on it and her Roald Dahl collection.
Would go lovely in my daughter’s room for her growing book collection!
my son for his football books
I’d give it to my partner for all of his language and history books to go onto
I would put in my daughters room and but all her books on it
I would give it to my daughter – it would be full of books about animals and fairies.
My grandchildren could fill this with the books they keep at Granny’s House and keep them all tidy and neat!
My sons and their adventure books x
I would give it to my daughter, she has got many disney books.
I`ll be keeping it for myself on this occasion to put all our travel-related books in
I will be giving it to my daughter, we are in the middle of changing bedrooms and this would be perfect 🙂 thanks for the chance xx
my grandaughter who is a avid reader and who has a massive collection of books, 2 sets that will go on are narnia and horrible histories
my daughter for her Jaqueline Wilson and harry potter books
I would love this for my sons nursery. 🙂
I will give it to my daughter who would use it for her huge collection of crafting books
My daughter would love this in her room to make room for all her books, especially at christmas
I would give this to my daughter so she could put her Harry Potter books in it, thanks.
If I were lucky enough to win, it would go in my son’s room and be filled with dinosaur books.
I would love to win for my five year old daughter, she has lots of educational, rhyme, character and story books so this would be perfect, thank you very much for the chance xXx
This would be perfect for my daughters room, she has recently began collecting Roald Dahl books
To my daughter for her picture books
This will be perfect for my daughter’s bedroom. The house is overflowing with her books right now, so will be great to have somewhere to store them! 😀
My youngest son who is mad on dinosaurs, he has a lot of dinosaur books
I would keep it for myself I have lots of books and it would go perfect with my furniture
My son who has 3 boxes of fiction books – adventure.
I would keep it for our grandchildren’s toy and book corner (well the toy and book one wall, lol) a mix of my little pony books and magazines, Peppa Pig books and anything to do with art.
It’ll be for my grandchildren to store all there story and activity books at Nanny’s house
I would have this in our conservatory as we use it as a play room x
I would give it to my Grandson for his collection of Horrid Henry books
My son also for his chapter books
My wife and she’d fill it with her accounting text books …. I hope !
My daughter. She is having her first child in November and being an avid book reader herself, the baby already has a sizeable collection.
My daughter’s bedroom as her books are all over the place!
I would give this to my daughter and she would put in all her fiction and non fiction books and her collection of roald dahl books
This bookcase would be perfect for my son’s bedroom and i’m sure he would put his set of How to Train Your Dragon books that he got for his birthday, all in order in it.
to my love daughter who loves her books
i would love to give this to my son who would most likely put dinosaurs and star wars books in 🙂
This would be perfect for my daughter’s room with all her lovely books, thank you
I would give this to my nephew. He loves anything to do with space
To my daughter, it would look lovely in her nursery with all her books on 🙂
Maybe in the twins room or the spare room to store their books and “treasures”
Who will you give this bookcase to and what books are they likely to put on it? . . . . my grandsons . . . . they will put all their lovely reading books on it
I’d be selfish and keep it for myself x
KEEP IT FOR MYSELF – IDEAL FOR STORING SHOES
For my gorgeous grandaughter and all her books and toys x
to my gf – all her cooking books
I would gift it to my nephew as me and my sister are doing a book advent calendar for him this year and this would be perfect to store those on!
my daughtee, she has a lot of physics and science books x
i would give this to my 9 year old as he has tons of books and this would tidy everything nicely xx
I would give this to my daughter, she will fill it with all kinds of books, she reads anything
My wife, for her low-carb and diabetic-friendly cookbooks
I would keep it for myself, got a ton of books in my cupboard (mostly Horror and Sci-fi). Would love to give them a better home.
It would go in my son’s bedroom and he would put his bedtime story books and his learning to read books in it x
I would give it to my daughter, and she would use it for her books and toys.
This would be just perfect for all those picture books piling up in my little boy’s bedroom. x
I’ll put it in my daughters room, she’s got tons of books she could fill it with 🙂
I’d probably keep it for myself. It would be useful for storing my colouring book collection in.
I’d give it to my nephew, he put the kids books on it they have loads! 🙂
My daughter for her many many childrens books 🙂 xxx
My two children who love their books. They are big Julia Donaldson fans 🙂
I would leave it on the landing so we could all use it. My youngest has box set of Roald Dahl & Horrible Histories that won’t fit on the shelves in her room as they are full so they would be first. Myself and my husband would put fantasy and war books on it
I would put it in my daughters room for her books!
I will use it in my sons room for all his picture books as it’s hard to fit them all on a small shelf
This would be perfect for my sons room and his big collection of Peppa & Spot the Dog books
My son is 4 and is just starting to love books so this would be perfect for his growing collection x
I’d give this to my niece. She’d have it filled in a heartbeat with Jacqueline Wilson!
my sister – romance novels
I’d love to keep this for myself! Would be great for all my chick lit holiday reads
It would be for my children’s books, they love Julia Donaldson books so they would go on!
I would give it to my son for his university books as it is small and compact perfect for halls of residence
My daughter, she has so many books we could open a library
This would be perfect for my son and daughter to put their books on!
I would give this to my sister so she can keep her uni textbooks 🙂
I would give this to my sister to keep all of her daughter’s books on
My little lady for all her books
I would give it to my 11 year old son who has recently started secondary school. It would give him a place to keep his many exercise books organised, with room to spare for his favorite reading books.
This would work perfectly in my white craftroom, to display my craft books and items.
fantastic for my daughter’s room. She currently doesn’t have a bookcase and her tiny table os covered in books.
being a family of 7 we have a lot of books, I would put it on the landing to store all our books x
Same as you – for my daughter to store her books! We’re moving on to chapter books too and this would be great for her.
I’d give it to my boyfriend, for all his history books!
I would keep it to store some of the many books I call Nan’s library. They have been collected over many years (starting with my own childhood) and I love to share them with my grandchildren
My little niece for her big collection of children’s book she’d love it
I would keep it for myself as I like the style of it and it would be perfect on my landing.
Go to my daughter who’d put her jaquline wilson book’s on
I would give it to my daughter for her goosebumps books
My self and my books to downsize from my big bookcase which I would give to my sister
i would put the bookcase in my office to house lots of spare books – very handy
my sister for all her reading books for school
I’d put it in my little boys room there’ll be plenty fireman and fire engine books on it.
I would keep this bookcase for myself. I have an extensive collection of books and have run out of bookcase space. I currently have 3 large piles of books on my bedside table so I need some more storage space!
This would be ideal for organising my two year old’s books! He loves reading and Grandma is a librarian, so we have a few…
i think id give it to my 16 yr old son who is doing exams at the moment so has loads of study books and school work so i feel it would be used for this or comic books of which my son is a huge fan and has a huge collection of. thanks for the chance at a great giveaway.
Middle man and probably diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tom Gates
my son for all his Tom Gates and Diary of a wimpy kid books
My nephew, to put his Mr Men books in
i would give this to my daughter for her many many books, she collects Horrid Henty Books, and My little pony, and Barbie books
I will keep the bookcase for myself and put all my positive thinking books on it. Thankyou for the competition x
I would give it to Amelia for her books on photography.
This would be perfect as I just cleared my daughter’s room and found 100 books under her bed, she’s put all her David Wallaims books and so many more in it x
I would definitely keep it for us to put my kids books in. We have loads stuffed in a box and in bags so this would come in handy
For my nephews to fill up with their Mr. Men and Roald Dahl collection.
My son needs a bookcase, his favourite book at the moment is charlie and the chocolate factory!
i would give to my daughter Grace she would definitely put her favourite Jacqueline Wilson books on this
This would go in our spare bedroom to use for our grandchildrens books for when they stay
The kids bedroom for their books. They are currently everywhere.
I’d love this for my hallway for my grandchildren to keep their books on, they could have a shelf each.
This really would be perfect for my living room where my books are stacked here there and everywhere at the moment. Would be lovely to re-home them all together 🙂 x
For my 2 boys in their room, they’d fill it with mr men, julia donaldson etc
My mum to put the children’s book she has for foster children so probably books like David walliams and Harry Potter etc
i would use it in my daughters room for books and with some baskets to house her dolls accessories in.
I would give it to my youngest and starting growing his book collection
I’d give it to my daughters and I’m sure the first book on it would be Hairy McLarey 😀
my 11 year old daughter phoenix, she has a lovely collection of books but sadly no where nice to show them off. her collections include maze runner series, hunger games series, harry potter, david walliams and jackaline wilson
This would be perfect for my little bookworm’s room! My daughter would fill it with her Roald Dahl collection and her kids travel books.
I would give this bookcase to my children for their bedroom as they have hundreds of books and I find it hard to give books away x
my lad for his Beast Quest books
My son Leo he has a great collection of books and this would be perfect for his bedroom x
I have literally been looking for this bookcase!!! I would put it in my little boys bedroom, we have sooo many books but no shelf space left for loads of them so they’re piled up next to his bed, This would be perfect and look great in his room! Thank you for the chance to win!
I’d love to give it to my son so he can organise his books better. He has a wide range of books he’s kept since he was young, but the latest favourite is Cogheart.
Just the thing for a friends child that has loads of famous five and secret seven books
I would gift it to my niece, perfect for the nursery she has just prepared for her daughter, due Nov. Baby books and cute cuddly toys will look great on it.
i would give it to my daughter
The grandkids they adore books, we have a famous five lover, a Royal Dahl fan and a little pop up book fan. Soured we would fill it easily.
I think it would be great for me or my son! He is a huge book worm (as am i) he loves the alex rider series,jacqueline wilson and david walliams books so im sure hed fill it with his mounds of books!
I have loads so could easily fill it with my medical drama book obsession! x
I’d keep it for myself, I have so many cookery books that need a home!
I’d give this to my toddler who has books all over the house at the moment!!
My youngest grandson who is 5 loves books so I would let him have it for his bedroom
My children, we have some many books all over the house.
It would be for my son and all his books – he has a lot!
To my son and I’m sure he would put all his Star Wars books in it.
I would give this to my son so he could put his various books and games in it
I’ll give it to my two daughters for their room – my youngest will put her bedtime stories on it, and my eldest will have a couple of shelves for her Roald Dahl/Jaqueline Wilson/David Walliams novels x
My daughters bedroom to put all her road Dahl, David Walliams, horrible histories and horrid Henry books in.
I would give it to my son for his Roald Dahl, David Williams and Enid Blyton books.
I’d give this to my little niece for all of her children’s books & dvds!
I would put it in my daughters’ bedroom to keep their books.
I would give this to my partner lucy for all her childrens books she is collecting – for our future children
Me for my football programmes
This bookcase would go to my mum who would put her Open U course books on there. She is currently studying classical civilisation, so I’m sure there will be plenty of Euripides on there (as she stole my copies!)
I’d probs give this to mum, to help store the crime novels she LOVES
For grandsons David Walliams books, would also use it for his DVDs
It would go to my grandchildren for their books.
I would store all my husband’s books in it. He has some very old books like Nevil Shute and books about Lawrence of Arabia (T E Lawrence) etc.
I’d put it in my sons room who was a large collection of marvel graphic novels that are just in a box under his bed! And I reckon I’ll be able to put that up myself!
I would put my hubbys books on it which are all Ruth Rendell and Agatha Christie
My nephew for his new bedroom. He’d put his Roald Dahl collection and his school reading books in.
Our bedroom bookshelves just fell down. So i would give it to me for my bedroom.
such a smart looking bookcase would keep it for myslf I have lots of books that would be great in there
I would give it to my grand daughters for their numerous books
My son who would display his impressive collection of Peppa books!
the kids and mainly educational books
It’s mine and it would hold all my mysteries and biographies.
I would give to my son for his collection of Horrible Histories books
I’d give it to my daughter for all her ladybird books 🙂
I would give this to my daughter to keep all her lovely books in.
I would give this to my boyfriend to put all his steven king books in!
I’ll give this to my daughter for her room to store all her books and toiletries
Kelly Hirst
I would give to my Goddaughter to put all her books and magical creature figurines on! She is an avid reader.
I would probably use this for my new bedroom and put my many fiction books on it
my son all his anime book
This would be perfect to put on my landing
Would be perfect for my sons bedroom as his furniture white . We all love books in this family (three daughters) and so in building a nice collection for my two year old yet to save for a bookcase so thankyou for this chance !
l would give to my granddaughter brooke she would put all her jaqueline wilson books in it
at the risk of sounding incredibly selfish, I wouldn’t give it to anyone, it would do me all my crime fiction books
It would probably go in the kitchen to house my cookbooks
This would be put in the man cave for all him indoors car books, history books, horse racing books and (clean!) magazine collection
My children.
For my niece to keep her learning to read books on
I would give the bookcase to my daughter to put the millions of story books she has on!
I would be selfish for a change and give this bookcase to myself, as I love to read and have so many books but nowhere to store them except on top of my waldrobe. Thanks for the chance to win
sorry forgot to mention the books I would put on it are mostly true stories and biographies which I like best as they are often about strength over adversity and help me put my own troubles into perspective
I’d give it to my daughter for her expanding book collection! <3
I would keep it for the spare room which currently has piles of books everywhere
For my son for all his books about dinosaurs
I would be giving it to meeeee! Having recently moved I need storage for all my books, so this would be perfect 🙂
I’d give it to my sister. She would fill it with gardening books. She’s planning on planting lots of veg next year. So fingers crossed for an actual summer
to my little one, as they are growing their book collection to match mine
My children for their bedroom. They love horrid henry, horrible histories and anything by David Walliams
Bump and it will have all her baby books in plus night light
I would put it in my sons bedroom and put all his karate and football trophys on it as well as his encyclopedias
I’d give it to my little boy he has loads of books and no where to store them
This would be perfect for my son for all his home school books. He is always filling up all the shelves and bookcases bless him.
I would give this bookcase to my daughter. She has books on lots of different subjects which she can store in it.
I’d put this in my sons room as he has a million books all over the place. Hopefully it will help with all the clutter!
I would keep it would be extremely useful
I’d keep the bookcase and put all the books I’ve won on it which range from crime to romance.
I would give it to my son, and he’d put his book series on it, such as Harry Potter, and Gregor the Overlander.
i would love this for my girls room, they have a huge collection of books, their favourites are the disney collection
I ‘d give to my Niece who would likely put her Famous five novels on it!
I would give this to my brother who would put his Harry Potter books in it.
I’d use it for mine and my sisters books as my bookcase is on its last legs
My little boy and all his that’s not my…..usborne books
I would give this to my daughter. It would be perfect for all her books.
I would give this to my daughter for her to put her art books on
This would be perfect for my niece to keep all her Harry Potter and David Walliams books
Plus her school books in one place
This would go in my little girl’s bedroom. She loves being read to and we’ve got stacks of books!
I would love this fabulous bookcase for my daughter’s bedroom. She loves books and reading, and I think she would keep all her fantasy themed books on this bookcase, with her decorations like Unicorns, Funko Pop figures and dragons!
i would to win this for my niece as she loves books and finds it hard to find the one shes looking for
I would put this in my son’s room to put all his Lego and pokemon books in it
My son would have it to put all of his quiz books on – he is obsessed with quizzes
I would put it in the back bedroom and organise my books.
I’d love to give it to my niece so she can put her book collection on there xx
My Goddaughter who would put the books from her first birthday and Christening on there.
i’d give it to my daughter who’d properly put her Roald Dahl books on it
I would keep it for myself. I have a lot of books, romance, thrillers, chick lit, that need to find a new home!
I would give it to my son because he has just moved into his own place he reads mainly horror books
I would give it to my husband as he has so many books and nowhere to put them! It would most likely be biography books that will be kept in it.
This would be perfect for my bedroom for my books, my son already has a massive bookcase full of his books but all mine are in a box.
My goddaughter. Story books.
This will go perfect in my boys room for all there childrens books.
to my daughter she has loads of books on her windowsill x
It would be perfect for my daughter’s books
I would give this to my 3 year old Grandson who loves books and hasn’t got much storage space – perfect
Would go in my living room and have mostly fiction books on
I’d give it to my 5 year old granddaughter. She loves books and they’re always stacked up on the bedroom floor so a bookcase would be great
Now that is just what I was thinking about today. I would put it in our office, so the printer can go on top and use the bottom for books and other storage. It is great.
my daughters to use in their bedroom for all their childrens books
This will go in Reuben’s room to make his books more accessible for him. He will put lots of Julia Donaldson books on the shelves, Superworm, the Gruffalo, Stick Man, the list goes on and on but he does love his books!
I would keep the bookcase and put it on my landing like you have. I am a huge bookworm and have recently started collecting books that I loved from my childhood. So aswell as my sons books, I would also put the ones I have collected so far. Have managed to pick up some really old copies and the kids are fascinated with the cloth bound books.
I’d give it to my sister, she’d put Goosebumps, Stephen King and Harry potter books on it.
i would give it to my daughter she is a big reader of mystery and crime fiction book
My daughter so she can put all her storybooks in it 🙂
to my little boy for all his kids books.
I’d keep this for me – would be great for the landing and I’d put on some of my crafting and pet care books
I’d give it to my son so he can keep his art stuff in
I would give this to my son Lewis, he would fill it with his encyclopaedias and other fact books and also his diary of a wimpy kid collection x
my youngest son would use it for his goosebumps collection