Ikea Besta Living Room: Wall-mounted cabinets stacked on top of each other?

Hello everyone,

since we (unfortunately) have to move to a rental again, as no building land is in sight, we have planned the new living room with the Besta system. This raises a question for us regarding the wall mounting.

In the Besta system, there are cabinets with a height of 64cm and with a height of 38cm. We want to mount a longer sideboard on the wall. The 64cm variant is a bit too low for us, so we have planned with 2*38cm cabinets stacked on top of each other (--> total height 76cm). Now I am wondering: How do I properly attach this to the wall? I understand how to put the cabinets on top of each other according to the instructions. For the wall mounting, we will use the offered wall rail, but in this case, it is needed for both the upper and the lower cabinet.

So far everything is clear, but can I actually manage with the rails so that the cabinets hang on top of each other without a gap? If this is not possible in a reasonable way, then we might have to go for the 64cm variant after all.

Best regards
Malte

I also have them stacked. I first attached the lower ones. Then placed the upper ones on top and marked the mounting holes. I then aligned the rails accordingly.

It could surely be done more professionally. But it worked.

One can of course also decide from the beginning on a usable or decorative spacing.

Although I have methods on top of each other, I placed the rail at the bottom, put cabinets on it, and directly screwed the upper ones without a rail. A total of 3 rows.

And fixed each individual cabinet with screws.

Thank you very much for your feedback - that definitely helps.

Spontaneously, I would definitely do it the way ntsa did. Let’s see, unfortunately it seems that with the Wandschienensystem there is no possibility for precise alignment afterwards. So if the rail is not 100% in place (only slightly shifted when drilling...), then you end up with a gap anyway. Whether I have as much trust as tomtom in the Metod system that the lower rail carries both I have to see. The furniture will be delivered next week and then I will take a look on site.

Best regards Malte

Despite the rails, you have a little leeway to push and move. Of course, the holes in the wall must already be roughly in the right place for that. With 1cm off, nothing will work anymore. We also have living room and dining room Bestas stacked on top of each other, and there were no problems during assembly.