Materials: Besta parts, drill, saw
Description: My wife and I live in a studio apartment in NYC and I was looking for a solution where I could have all of my music gear readily available, while not also having it on display.
Materials used
1 - Besta 50" height Shelf Unit
2 - Besta Tofta doors
6 - sliding drawers without fronts (used for rails only)
5 - additional sliding shelves
1 - Inreda Drawer
2 - Besta Legs
2 - hinges from Home Depot
2 - magnetic fasteners to hold doors closed (home depot)
1 - 2 1/2" drill hole bit (to run cables through)
1 - hand saw to cut shelves to size
This is basically all from the Ikea Besta Line, I drilled 2 1/2" holes into the back piece to run all of the cables through , the bottom left has a drawer in it to hold spare cables etc... I purchased drawers without fronts for the rails and sawed the shelves to fit (that was surprisingly easy). The hard part was the doors. I had to buy hinges from Home Depot to make this work and it was very difficult to hang them evenly. The hinges they sell at IKEA don't work because shelves can't slide out when the doors are open.
~ Torrey, New York City
Nice collection of compact gear (gotta love that cute DSI Mopho Keyboard.) and a creative space-saving solution.
ReplyDeleteHowever, you might want to come up with a better arrangement for your speakers, putting them into such tight spaces made of wood is bound to cause lots of resonance in the shelf and probably overemphasize the lower frequencies. At the very least buy some acoustic isolation pads (e.g. Auralex MoPAD) and put them under the speakers to decouple them from the shelf.
@Fractal Dimension - Thanks for the comment I agree with studio is already on the way, thanks for the tip!
ReplyDeletei like this and i wouldnt mind doing this for my guitar rig. how much did the setup cost you? dont really wanna spend a lot but the shelf is about $130
ReplyDeletethis is a great idea! Might take inspiration from it... only problem, my Blofeld keyboard might not fit into it... but maybe I'll just sell it and get a Mopho! :)
ReplyDeleteNice work!
ReplyDeleteThey have different hinges for the big Faktum cabinets. These ones place the door outside the cabinet, allowing drawers to slide out.
http://www.ikea.com/pt/pt/catalog/products/50105863
IKEA INTEGRAL 153º ;)
ableton ftw
ReplyDeleteYou are a genius. I wanted a slide out shelf concept for my recording studio but was too stupid to figure out what IKEA pieces to hack. You made my life easy man. I love you both.
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