Materials: Stenstorp Kitchen Trolley, Compressed Wood, Stainless Steel Rods, Drawer Slides, Ikea Drawer Handles & Paint
Description: We have been looking for a nice kitchen trolley for a long time, but they all basically were way too expensive!
We knew what kind of trolley we liked and when I came across the Stenstorp Trolley from Ikea I thought it was perfect for some simple adjustments.
The idea was to keep the trolley as is but add stainless steel 'safety' rails (so our stuff doesn't fall out) and a drawer.
I looked at one of the Ikea drawers I have in a cupboard and used that design for my custom sized drawers.
Luckily all the drawings panned out and the entire construction fitted on the first go.
I'm really happy with the end result. (It actually ended up looking like how I wanted it to look...which is something I wasn't counting on ;))
Click to download instructions pdf.
~ Patrick Kaneman, The Netherlands
Awesome job. One of the best I have seen on here.
ReplyDeletei want have one of those. but i already have a bekvam cart in my kitchen and i miss space....
ReplyDeletethis is the essence of Ikea Hacking!!! i love it
ReplyDeleteFabulous, I want the same one for me! Great job
ReplyDeleteYou could show this to Ikea, they could improve their own trolley ;-)
I did, but they replied they get so many ideas they don't even look at them any more!
DeleteThat's unfortunate. They are missing out on some gems, I am sure.
Deletethis site is giving me so many ideas but i'm still reading everyday, and more than once a day....
DeleteYou did a great job!!!
ReplyDeleteCould you please add your sketches(from: 3) plans & Sawed Boards) to the PDF? I think that would be in a lot of help.
Here are the 'Blue Prints' ;)
DeleteA truly impressive hack! Well done!
ReplyDeleteInsanely good!
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that the "blue prints" are really blue :)
ReplyDeleteNicely done!
Izzanice! You should do some official IKEA designing.
ReplyDeleteThis is absolutely beautiful! It's my first time on Ikea hackers (my roommate informed me about it last night because she told me about this specific project) so I am not sure how it works. Did all the extra parts also come from Ikea to "revamp" the old design? Do you have a list of those parts? I might not be able to tackle this project on my own!
ReplyDeleteGlad you like it! Not everything comes from ikea, it contains a lot of boards made of compressed wood (Which you can find in your local hardware store). And as you can see in the pictures, I used quite a lot. You need to create a flat surface for the drawers...and the drawers themselves are custom made. (I used the Ikea design for the drawers...but because I needed a specific size, I recreated them with supplies from a hardware store.) Also, you need to find the stainless steel bars somewhere (In my town I had to go to a special metal store) and cut them to the right size. The assembly and parts are mentioned in the blue prints I posted in the comments above.
DeleteGood luck!
going to make this one as my first hack! got the cart home put it together and now I like it but want more from it. Shouldn't be to hard for this sheet metal worker
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