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Materials: 1 Lack side table + 1 Poang footstool cushion + glue Description: Our little flat is almost 100% Ikea furnished (you know, budget issues!). Recently we adopted a dog and we liked the idea of extending the Ikea-style also to his doghouse. Unfortunately, there is no pet furniture in the Ikea catalog, so we created this easy-but-handy Ikea Hack! Material: – 1 LACK side table – 1 POANG footstool cushion – vinyl glue Procedure: 1) Flip the table’s top upside down, so that you can work on the lower face. 2) Spread some glue (we used vinyl glue) on the legs’ sides 3) Place the legs sideways in the centre of the top creating a square (see picture) 4) Turn the table and place the cushion on it: your doggy-futon is ready to be enjoyed! ~ Arianna and Giampaolo, Italy

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Doggy Futon

Materials: Lobbo shades, Hemma cord set, metal electrical conduit Description: I saw a floor lamp at my apartment’s model furniture sale that extended out that I really liked and wanted to make something similar without spending a lot of money. Naturally, I took a trip to my local IKEA! Materials: 1 x Lobbo lamp shade 6″ 1 x Lobbo lamp shade 12″ 1 x Hemma Cord set, white 1 x 1/2″ x 10ft Electric Conduit (metal pipe) 1 x Levitan 15 amp plug 1 x Old Ikea floor lamp weighted base with part of the lamp pole I assembled both Lobbos then put the 12″ Lobbo over the 6″ Lobbo. Then, I fed the Hemma cord through both and fastened the light bulb end to the 6″ Lobbo.

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Lobbo Floor Lamp

Materials: Rationell Variera Pot Lid Organizer (only required item) Description: We looked at the Rationell Variera Pot Lid Organizer at IKEA and really fell in love with the steel pegs. My fiancee had been thinking about her not remembering every necklace, bracelet, set of earrings, etc that she has, so she decided it would be great if we could use those pegs to make a display for her jewelry. Since we’re always browsing the “as-is” section of the store for different items (I built a wonderful office table for two out of a headboard from there – maybe a future Ikea hack article?) we got a wonderful piece of wood there for $1 (I think it was a shelf or something like that). We went to Lowes and bought 14 screws that fit the pegs and were about 2 – 3 inches long (just make sure it goes completely through the thick part of the wood with more than enough for the pegs to grab onto on the other side and provide adequate support for whatever it is you are going to be displaying) and a drill bit that was a tad bit bigger than the screw (that way the screw will just fall into place, not actually screw into the wood)

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Modern, Customizable Jewelry/Item Display/Organizer

Materials: Edland nightstand, gray Description: We love the mirrored look of furniture, and we also love the style of the Edland series at Ikea – hence, why our china cabinet is also within the same series. We bought the nightstands from Ikea as well.

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Ikea hack Edland night stand: Mirrored look

Materials: Expedit, plywood sheathing, acrylic paint, acrylic protector, handles, hinges, screws Description: In my case I bought the Expedit to use as an extension of the kitchen cabinet since we didn’t have a lot of storage space for dinnerware. The problem was that the dust was covering all the plates and glasses so I decided we need to cover some of the shelves. I went to a hardware store and bought small pieces of plywood sheathing (the small leftovers are really cheap) and I asked them to cut them about an inch bigger than the holes of the furniture. I also picked a bunch of regular hinges, in my case the darker the better so they don’t stand out too much, and four different handles just for fun. I sanded the 4 pieces of plywood sheathing very well and then applied 2 thick coats of acrylic white paint.

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Expedit with stripped-painted finish doors

Materials: Ikea chair Description: Ikea has funny names for their furniture and I purchased these chairs so long ago I don’t remember the name of them. They came with stretch fabric on them and when the fabric fell apart I had the frames only; which I kept because I knew I could do something with them eventually.

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Blue Deck Chairs

Materials: Ekby Laiva shelves, Circular Saw, drill, screws and wood glue Description: By cutting Ekby Laiva shelves in two lengthways, I managed to create a slimline shelving solution for shoes which when assembled looks like a piece of designer furniture (for a fraction of the price!) The shelving was assembled on the back of a second hallway door which we don’t use, although it does still open if required. Built from the bottom up, initially a cut shelf piece is screwed into the wood flat to provide the first ‘bracket’ backing. Then the first shelf is attached on top of this piece using plenty of wood glue and two screws through it downwards (the holes for which were pre-drilled to prevent splitting). The next ‘bracket’ is then screwed into the door directly above this shelf which helps sandwich it in place

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Unique shoe storage/display solution

Materials: Rast, wood, white paint Description: I needed a lot of drawers and the Ikea Rast was the only piece of furniture I could find with the right depth to fit my wall. Then I simply assembled 4 Ikea Rast all together. Placed 2 normally and 2 bottom-up. (reversing it is the hardest part of all, you have to make new holes to put the drawers’ guides…) Put real wood on the back and in the drawers to make them less “cheap”. Painted all in white.

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Rast 4 x 4

Materials : Svansbo table, bit of wood, 2 x raw plugs and screws, “liquid nails”, jigsaw, wall drill, paint. Description : What I love about Ikea is that their furniture is not so precious that you won’t touch it, and practical enough to be given a second chance, through reclaiming and reinvention. I had two old Svansbo coffee tables and one of them had become redundant in the flat. I don’t think Ikea makes them anymore, but if you have one and don’t know what to do with it, you can turn it into a smaller bedside table and small shelf, like I did.

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From coffee table to side table and shelf

Materials: MALM Dressing Table, Cabinet Hinges, MDF, 35mm drill bit, Wood Filler Description: I wanted to submit a project of mine which consisted of converting a $150 MALM dressing table into a desk. I looked for a long time to find an elegant slim-line desk that would fit my small apartment, but couldn’t seem to find anything that I liked that would also store away my modem, keyboard and mouse, etc. Plus all desks seem to give you a good 3ft.+ of depth and I just wanted something slim to hold my monitor and speaker system, i didn’t need a large work area…the only desk Ikea had like that was the BESTA BURS, and it was far too long (and pricey at $300) I also had a pretty small budget, and anything I did find seemed too expensive, even if i got the malm occasional table it only came in a nasty red colour and it was $80 for the top and two legs, three pieces of wood! I decided to adapt the drawer on the dressing table to be a hidden keyboard tray with a fold down front. This required a couple of hefty cabinet 180 degree hinges (so that the weight of my arms when typing didnt break it off), a 35mm drill bit to make the holes for it, some finishing nails, and a custom cut piece of mdf (Home depot cut it for free) that matched the birch tone of the rest of the desk to use as the ‘drawer’ bottom (the original drawer bottom was cheap 1/8″ thin bendy fibreboard that wouldn’t support much). I also bought a putty pencil to fill in the visible dowel/screw holes.

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Dressing Table to hidden keyboard tray desk