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Materials: Ikea Carrying Bag Description: Toddybur is a Teddy bear made of an Ikea Bag. It’s filled with wrapping material from Ikea Furniture. Ognev Vlaminck designs these bears in order to maximalise the waste produced by wrapping materials and damaged carrying. ~ Ognev Vlaminck , Belgium

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Teddy’s Bag vs Ikea Bear!

Materials: Besta Description: It’s a simple Besta living with some little improvements. My wife and I wanted a furniture with a simple and clean design where we put a flat TV, a Wii and a PS2 console with all their games and accessories (Wii Balance board, controller), a DVD reader (with our DVD collection) and an Hi-Fi: the project was aimed at creating a piece of furniture with these quality.

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Besta hack

Materials: Two 12″ Lobbo lamp shades, wire wreath frame, existing three-light chandelier Description: I was looking for a modern upgrade to the three-light chandelier over our kitchen table but didn’t have the budget for the one in the pretty furniture catalog. I also preferred not to mess with electrical wiring. Inspiration struck when I noticed the interlocking puzzle-pieces that make up the Lobbo shades

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Giant drum shade pendant for 13 bucks

Materials: Vinyl Description: Update: 31 Oct 2010. Gert of Mykea sent me an update to what was published (previously submitted by an enthusiastic student) to tell us a bit more about their vinyls especially designed for Ikea furniture. ~ Jules Furniture by IKEA is good priced and well designed. But we don’t like the fact that we see the same Ikea interior everywhere around us.

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Mykea – updated

Materials: Vika Leif trestle, 1 Nexus cabinet door from As-Is section, Stefan chair and some IKEA fabric Description: On my most recent trip to IKEA, I wanted to get a frugally-priced laptop/writing desk and chair for my bedroom. The one I was thinking about getting was the Laiva, which was only $20. It matched my existing furniture and was small enough to fit in the space I wanted to put it. Well, unfortunately it looked like it only cost $20. My next try was the Micke at $49

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Multi-hack Bedroom Desk and Chair

Materials: Gorm Shelving, wood trim, hook latches, hinges, staples, furniture tacks, steel mesh, galvanized wire Description: After adopting our new English Lop, my husband decided to take on making a cage that would be functional with our space and give her as much room as possible. We used The Gorm shelving system: 2 longer shelves (Width: 30 3/8 “Depth: 20 1/8 “) 3 shorter shelves (Width: 19 5/8 “Depth: 20 1/8 “) 3 corner shelves (Width: 29 7/8 ” Depth: 20 1/8 “) 9 Posts (Height: 43 1/4 “) We assembled the shelving, and then attached steel mesh to wood frames using industrial staples and furniture tacks. He then drilled these frames into the Gorm in sections

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Super Rabbit Condo

Materials: Utensil holder used as lampshade, reclaimed tree stump Description: My friend Nick Lombardo and I have started a company called Evolving Habitat. Our philosophy is “Reclaim. Reuse. Relive” designing and creating furniture and housewares made from reclaimed goods,wood and found treasures. Right now we are working on our ” Elements of Nature” collection, where our main ingredient is reclaimed trees

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Dream tree night light

In order to ascertain that you will create the perfect relaxation promoting room, special attention needs to be paid to the furniture selections you make. Great thought should be given to choosing between modern furniture and contemporary furniture. A great deal of your free time is spent in the home, with this being said, you really want to spend some time picking out the right home furniture for you and your family. The home plays a vital role to our well being and ability to unwind after a long day. This process however need not be overly expensive. ModernfurnitureNY.com bedroom and living room furniture store offer quality discount furniture that is just as appealing as the costly items.

The most important aspects to keep in mind is comfort, durability, and over all functionality. You will however want to give special attention to the structure and soundness when selecting your dining furniture. A well built dining room set that MFNY sells should last for many years to come. The same can be said when dealing with sofas, try to pay close attention to the dimensions and color of the product before committing to the purchase.

Materials: 3 x VIKA AMON tabletop – 78″, 3 x EXPEDIT shelves – 2×4, flat braces, drawer pull, 10×1 board, white paint Description: Our spare bedroom serves so many purposes – home office, sewing/knitting/craft room, guest room – too many to name. And until recently, it was also a catch-all for furniture that didn’t fit anywhere else in the house. When we chose to reorganize this space, we knew we wanted lots of desk space and sufficient storage for odds and ends, without losing the floorspace we need for the pull-out bed.

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Workspace Plus Storage

Materials: OMAR shelves, wine rack, basket Description: We need a raised feeding station for our younger cat’s food to be separated from the older cat’s food. With little extra space in the kitchen, I thought that it would be nice to have the furniture serve more than one purpose. That’s when I got the idea to stack the OMAR wine shelves over a set of plain shelves

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Kitty Food and Bar