Thursday, August 13, 2009

A craft pod that hides a sewing machine

Liz hacks a craft pod with 2 Billy bookcases. Open to craft. Close to hide the clutter. Perfect.

She says, "I used two Billy bookcases, a piano hinge, two hinges for the sewing machine fold out shelf and 8 wheels also from Ikea. The piano hinge holds the two Billy bookcases together, and the sewing machine shelf has two 5.5cm hinges to hold the fold out shelf. I also screwed the sewing machine shelf on the sides to the bookcase for extra support. Not quite sure about the weight you can put on it but it's been holding on pretty strong and my sewing machine is pretty heavy."



See more of Liz's craft pod.

21 comments:

  1. Es genial! y tu blog también ;)
    saludos bloggeros

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  2. Genius. I guess it would have to be the kind of Billy that doesn't have the two panels for the back. Also, do you attach it to the wall?

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  3. That's utterly brilliant!

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  4. That is pretty flippin' awesome!

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  5. Cool use of space. Way to hisde the clutter!

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  6. I have serious lust in my heart for that awesome hack. Great job!

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  7. a famous german kitchen brand, classy, high standard and really expensive (bau sth, i dont remember), has one double closet like that for the kitchen. i was thinking how to hack some ikea to have one in my kitchen too, without spending thounsands of euros. you have been faster than me ;))

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  8. This gets my vote. Being a crafter I woud love this in my little apartment I could close it up when someone came. I could make this with out any help.
    (senior citzen)

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  9. gotta get me one!

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  10. this is wonderful! I keep eyeballing that $3000 steamtrunk closet on Restoration Hardware, and could do this and mod it like mad, using two Billy's I already own! Merci!

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  11. This isn't mzde from Billy's. They are Flarke bookcase(now discontinued). They are much lighter. It would be much heavier and less sturdy on the castors if you used a Billy.

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  12. Great looking dresser, where did you buy it?

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  13. I wonder if you could do this with a lack shelf. Just add some kind of back panel to stiffen it.

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  14. Genius...I really like your ideas....

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  15. +1 on Flarke.

    Billy panels are much thicker with bottom skirt, also much deeper.

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  16. too little space for serious sewing

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  17. Sewing machine is very useful, but we must admit it takes a lot of space. This is a really neat idea of solving the problem!

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