Got 2 free Kallax units and here’s what happened
I wanted a challenge to see if I could make the KALLAX units unique after we received them for free. Plus they fit the bill perfectly as home office furniture. The post Got 2 free Kallax units and...
View ArticleAlert! You’ll want to hack IKEA drawers after this
Mike shows us how to make custom fronts for IKEA drawers, which in his case, is the 4-drawer NORDLI dresser. His plan was to use his NORDLI hack as a combination dresser/ media center in his bedroom...
View ArticleLook at this mudroom! Here’s how to hack it in a day
Jessica recently took an under-utilized closet, added some IKEA pieces (BESTÅ and BILLY) for storage and made them into beautiful mudroom furniture for her home. This is how it was before: And AFTER!...
View ArticleKudos to the moody makeover of this popular IKEA TV cabinet
Our white IKEA TV cabinet, the BESTÅ, was the perfect size for holding our Sky box, sound bar, DVD player and hiding an assortment of junk in the drawers. It had served us well for many years in our...
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A discreet subwoofer cabinet in a KALLAX unit
I used a black horizontal KALLAX shelving unit for hifi set-up with a subwoofer cabinet. I had to remove an interior floor to place the subwoofer while retaining the original KALLAX design. With the...
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How to save by building your own custom built-in closet
I turned the IKEA PAX Wardrobe into a custom built-in closet. I purchased a 1980’s condo which hasn’t been touched since it was built. Among a complete refresher to the unit was the master closet. Here...
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Easiest fish tank stand ever and DIY room separator
I was wondering how to better separate the entrance (taking into account a fish tank stand with a large aquarium, 120L) from the other areas. Fish tank stand – before: Related: There’s something fishy...
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Triple POÄNG – The astonishing cat resistant sofa
The missing link in IKEA’s range. Why? We inherited a cat that shredded our furniture, apart from a 20-year-old IKEA POÄNG armchair, with no cat resistant seating products on the market, we decided to...
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25 things on the “IKEA bring back” wish list. What’s on yours?
For their 75th Anniversary, IKEA brought back some of their old favourites in the GRATULERA series. But wait, those are not the only discontinued IKEA products we wish the yellow and blue mothership...
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The best DIY dog raincoat. With reflectors and only $4.50!
My sister and I found an easy way to make a dog raincoat from an IKEA shopping bag. It only takes around two hours of work and costs 4 Euro in total. IKEA items used: KNALLA shopping bag Other...
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See the beautiful transformation of this wardrobe space
My daughter’s bedroom had a built-in wardrobe with an airing cupboard next to it. We changed the boiler to a combi a while ago, so we no longer needed the airing cupboard. In its place, we wanted an...
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Transform your TV dinners with this uplifting hack
When I started to live on my own I bought the MELLTORP square table. First it was a dining table. Later, when I could afford more space, I got another dining table and I changed the MELLTORP into a...
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4 years later: How I re-hacked this IKEA children’s bunk bed
Having successfully built the “MYDAL kids loft bed with play area” hack in 2014 for my two sons it was time to rebuild the children’s bunk beds into something less bulky and with more storage space....
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This is what they did to max out space in their small house
We were building a holiday small house, with emphasis on putting as much of the space as possible into the living areas, where we spend our time. We are happy having fairly small bedrooms where we...
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This is how I made a waterbed frame from IKEA KALLAX
This waterbed frame hack is very similar to the “A full-sized bed built from KALLAX shelves + a DIY headboard“, but was build to support a full-sized waterbed. This construction must be much more...
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No space for a kitchen clock? How about this!
The problem with an uncluttered kitchen was finding a place for a kitchen clock. Two years later I had a eureka moment for a place for this ‘3D LED’ clock, powered by a regular USB charger. A glue gun...
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10 IKEA Christmas decoration ideas for the unexpected sparkle
Running out of Christmas decoration ideas? Fret not. Take a look around at the IKEA items you may already have. With a little ingenuity and hacking, it’s possible to turn them into unusual festive...
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How to hack a store-like vinyl record storage cabinet
I collect vinyl records and I use the IKEA KALLAX as a vinyl record storage cabinet. They are inexpensive, look and work great but they have a limitation. I like the way record stores display their...
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Brighten up: A reading lamp the book lover will love
We already had a MAGNARP table lamp in the living room, but we were missing a reading lamp next to our couch. For a standing MAGNARP floor lamp, we didn’t have space. And the available other IKEA lamps...
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Mind the gap: Fit IKEA MALM over a tall baseboard
I forgot one thing when I ordered the MALM dresser: The baseboards in my apartment are very tall and very wide. So, when I installed it, I had a 4 cm gap between the wall and the back of the cabinet...
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