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14 Valentine’s Day Gift Ideas for IKEA lovers

Jules YapJanuary 23, 2019

You love each other. You love IKEA. In my books, that seems a good enough reason to get each other IKEA themed Valentine’s Day gifts. Right? I found some really cute (and funny) Valentine’s Day gift ideas on Etsy, bound to make your significant other’s heart flutter or melt, or both. Some of t...

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Hackers Help: Help me turn this built-in bed into reality

ContributorJanuary 23, 2019

Please please please, Do you have any idea how to set up this built-in bed with IKEA furniture? Source unknown I’m willing to do it if you could only gi...

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How-to: Make clean, precise cuts on IKEA LACK shelf

ContributorJanuary 22, 2019

I worked out a precise and clean way to cut the IKEA LACK shelf to the length I wanted. A few years ago, I built a bookshelf arrangement with a selection of ...

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An unusual take on the popular IKEA shoe storage cabinet

ContributorJanuary 21, 2019

This is my IKEA hack of a HEMNES shoe storage cabinet. I needed a shoe cabinet, but couldn't find one that I liked, so I decided to use the IKEA HEMNES to cr...

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Before you splurge, check out this $15 DIY pedalboard

ContributorJanuary 18, 2019

As a guitarist and dad, I was searching for an affordable way to keep my effect pedals all secured and easy to move as my toddler likes to rearrange them while ...

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Improved IKEA bed with easy DIY tufted headboard

ContributorJanuary 17, 2019

I am an interior designer and I love to do things by myself and very often I use IKEA products. This time, I made a tufted headboard for the bed in my son's ...

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Hackers Help: How to hack a Linnmon desk privacy panel?

ContributorJanuary 16, 2019

I'm using the LINNMON desk with the OLOV legs. The desk faces out to people, where they can see the person's legs, chair, and computer. LINNMON-OLOV | IKEA....

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Computer desk from GULLIVER crib. Old IKEA cot gets new life.

ContributorJanuary 15, 2019

I made a computer desk from my son's old IKEA GULLIVER crib (with IKEA mattress for that crib). IKEA items used: GULLIVER crib LINNMON table top GU...

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Create a delightful and cozy kid’s reading corner

ContributorJanuary 14, 2019

I wanted to make my boy a room that he would love and reflect his love of reading and my nostalgia. The seat in the reading corner was made so he could have a s...

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Dad does it! Hacks the most amazing princess castle bed

ContributorJanuary 11, 2019

When my son was 4 years old, my wife and I needed to move him out of his convertible toddler bed to a "big kid bed" so that our daughter could begin to use the ...

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Need a study table for kids? Here are 10 of the brightest ideas

Jules YapJanuary 10, 2019

The school term begins yet again and soon, there will be piles of homework and books, strewn all over the house. Wouldn't it be great to have a dedicated study ...

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Hackers Help: Do you know this metal + glass IKEA table?

ContributorJanuary 9, 2019

This is a metal and glass IKEA table my parents bought, for sure, in IKEA Duiven in the Netherlands somewhere in the 80's. I have it since 2001 and have been...

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Had enough? Get school bags organized with this easy IKEA hack

ContributorJanuary 8, 2019

School's in. And to make life easier, make a convenient catch-all space for school bag storage, keys, hangers for coats and hats. This even has little pigeonhol...

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See it. Or not? How to make a BILLY bookcase secret door

ContributorJanuary 7, 2019

We wanted to achieve two goals with one project: Find a clever, affordable, and easy-to-install (and break down) secret door in our rental home (we've always...

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IKEA PAX hack: Hands down the most stunning walk-in closet

ContributorJanuary 4, 2019

After getting stuck on an image of a blue, custom walk-in closet on Jenny's Wolf's site, I decided I was going to figure out a way to get a similar look in my o...

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This clever white TV stand hides a heap. So practical!

ContributorJanuary 3, 2019

I decided to update my TV stand, I asked myself: ... shall we buy a ready and durable combination or ... shall we try a cheap but functional DIY version? ...

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Hackers Help: Match IKEA pine wood finish?

ContributorJanuary 2, 2019

Happy 2019, peeps! I hope you had a wonderful time welcoming the new year. It was a quiet one for me, spent setting in motion plans for the year. Now, aft...

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Billy Built In with Windowseat

Jules YapMay 31, 2012

Materials: 2 Billy book shelves, plywood (1side finished), trim, crown molding, miter saw, jig saw, table saw, drill, screws, upholstery f...

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Play fridge to match the DUKTIG play kitchen

ContributorMarch 9, 2018

My daughter loves her DUKTIG play kitchen, and was always asking for a fridge, which IKEA doesn’t sell. Figuring out how to hack a play frid...

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MALM meets NUMERAR Kitchen Island

Jules YapDecember 13, 2012

Materials: MALM, NUMERAR, AKURUM Description: My wife and I recently bought our first house. Yay! As you can imagine, living in L.A. me...

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How to upgrade old hinges with new dampers

dobobJanuary 16, 2015

We have several older IKEA cabinets with door hinges that are not compatible with the new dampers for kitchen cabinet doors. And we found a ...

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Faktum & Pax turned into an office

JulesDecember 11, 2013

As we have a really small office of only 9m2 and it had to have the function of two workplaces + wardrobe (as there is no space to hang ...

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DIY foot rest on IKEA Antilop high chair

EreidAugust 7, 2017

I wanted a foot support on the IKEA Antilop high chair, so I Googled and found this. Using this as inspiration I made a sturdier one. ...

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Bathroom tiles for House 17: Finding the right combo

Jules YapMay 5, 2018

I have a confession. I've never ever bought bathroom tiles before this. And I did not know that buying tiles could be such a mind-boggling p...

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House 17: Renovation Plan and Progress

Jules YapMarch 10, 2018

Since the last Renovation Diary update, things have progressed rapidly. Dismantling the old kitchens and hacking the walls took more than a ...

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Renovation Diary: Signed and sealed. Now what?

Jules YapFebruary 3, 2018

10 months! I’ve kept it under wraps for that long. But no more. As an apartment dweller for the last 18 years, I never imagined myself...

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IKEA food hack: 6 no-fail finger food recipes. Easy peasy!

Jules YapDecember 18, 2018

The story of the tragic photographer and his lonely Amsterdam

Jules YapNovember 22, 2018