Hide your electronic devices behind the TV
I wanted to get rid of the devices around my TV (decoder, router, hard drive, Android box, and of course cables!); so my TV stand (or the furniture I’m using for it) would seem to be more clean....
View ArticleBESTÅ living room storage goes custom width
Right after I finished installing 3D decorative panels on my living room’s TV wall I went on a hunt for a piece of furniture that would fit into both pillars. Some slick, modern and that offered plenty...
View ArticleLight from PRYDLIG pen holders
I used TIVED ceiling lamp… … and orange PRYDLIG pen holders. Gray and green not so bright. I detached LED ends of lamp and drilled hole in bottom of pen holders. Then insert end in drilled hole and...
View Article‘Dahl Vader’ Home Theatre Gaming Workstation Boss Chair
What You Need: 2x Glivarp extendable glass tables 1x Timsfors swivel recliner 1x PS2012 dropleaf table OR 1x Besta Burs shelf 1m 1 1/4″ (32mm) steel channel 4 castor wheels 1x truckload of bolts and...
View ArticleWhen LILLÅNGEN mirror gets magic
IKEA items used: LILLÅNGEN medicine cabinet Turn your medicine cabinet into a MagicMirror that displays the time, weather forecast, your personal calendar and the news, with my IKEA Hack: This is my...
View ArticleUpcycled Brusali shoe cabinet
IKEA items used: Brusali After having my Brusali shoe cabinet a few months I felt it looked a little plain and I wanted to make it looked a bit more interesting. I went to my local reclamation yard...
View ArticleA video projector stand that won’t screw up your wall
IKEA items used: KALLAX 1×4 shelving unit (could probably work with EXPEDIT too, but they had stopped selling it by the time we made our hack) 6 brackets – I am not sure which ones we used, I think...
View ArticleFloor to Ceiling Kids Playhouse under IKEA Loft Bed
IKEA items used: IKEA Tromso Loft Bed, IKEA Trofast Storage Stair shaped frame We started with a Tromso loft bed because it was the tallest I could find at 64 5/8” from floor to bottom of bed. (I’m...
View ArticleIntegrated, paneled kitchen appliances
This space was designed using the older line of cabinets, but the overall concept can be achieved with the new line of SEKTION cabinets. When designing the wall of high cabinets for the pantry and...
View ArticleKALLAX Platform bed
I made this bed for my daughter after she had been begging me for bunk beds and I totally knew she would out grow them way too fast. She loved this bed and it was super easy to make! Materials: (2)...
View ArticleKVARTAL light rails
I made this hack from 3 pieces of rails. 1 Tramrail slice of 2 cm thick. 1 Trainrail slice of 2 cm thick. AND 1 KVARTAL curtainrail from IKEA 120 cm long. The idea was to put 3 pieces of rails...
View ArticleHappy striped Tote bag
IKEA items used: SIGNE rug As soon as I saw Signe rugs in IKEA, it lit a lamp in my head, this would make a cool and happy tote bag! I remembered I had old bamboo handles that I could use, so I bought...
View ArticleThe ALGOT Radiator Cover
Ikea items used: EKBY LERBERG 11” shelf bracket (1) ALGOT shelf 23” x 15” (2) BRANÄS Basket Ikea CD drawers (discontinued) I recently moved into a cozy apartment in Brooklyn, which like most pre-war...
View ArticleLack Hifi Rack
Built with: 3x Lack tables, 8x Ekby Stödis bracket, 4x Rill casters, Fixa screws, (still to come: cable management with “fixa cable management set”. 1) Assemble two Lack tables. 2) Stack them and glue...
View ArticleEasy to Clean Stuva Bench Litter Box
I’ve been perusing your site for a good way to disguise my litter box but nothing quite fit what I wanted. I was wandering through IKEA and noticed the Stuva bench/cabinet. So starting with the Stuva...
View ArticleSpace saving corner DJ/Music production unit
IKEA items used: Kallax x 2 6 x Legs 1 x Corner shelf 2 x Table tops 1 x Shelf 1 x Hook The Kallax unit has been utilised a number of times in hacks for storing of 12” records so lends itself well, I...
View ArticleMid-century SÖDERHAMN
IKEA Items used: SÖDERHAMN chaise Wanting to match a chaise to our existing sofa, we purchased the SÖDERHAMN chaise, but not the upholstery covers. There would be three parts to this hack: a) replace...
View ArticleIKEA ALGOT as pixel art frame
Whilst browsing in IKEA one day, it occurred to me that the Algot shelves with holes in might be re-purposed to create pixel art. So I decided to try that. I decided on a Pacman theme, so I used the...
View ArticleEasy Peasy Spice Drawer
IKEA items used: (4) BEKVÄM ($3.99 each) (5) RAJTAN ($3.99 for four) (Total $36.00) Tools needed: Nail gun Permanent marker Nail brads, 1″ Measuring tape Wood glue Tape Begin by removing your drawer...
View ArticleNimbus Luminous
It’s a cloud. It’s pendant light. It is Nimbus Luminous! I made this after my wife stared enviously at the cloud light in a dessert restaurant. =) It is an easy, fun sized, and affordable project for...
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