Built-in Home Bar Cabinet with IKEA BILLY

ContributorFebruary 11, 2019

I wanted to create a place to house all the wires and components of a home theatre. And I wanted to create a home bar cabinet to store wine glasses, etc....

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Stunning Cherry Wood Closet with Secret Passage to Walk-in

ContributorFebruary 8, 2019

This is our hack of a cherry wood closet, with PAX frames at its core. What's surprising is it has a secret passage leading to a hidden existing walk-in closet....

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IKEA Shoe Shelf for Big Feet and Big Collection

ContributorFebruary 7, 2019

My partner and I both have big feet and lots of shoes. We live in a relatively small apartment together, and needed an efficient way to store our shoes. I sp...

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Hackers Help: Seeking discontinued IKEA fabric

ContributorFebruary 6, 2019

Dear Ikea Hackers community, For several years, I have been trying to find a few meters or yards of a discontinued IKEA fabric that was sold here in the US s...

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How to make a West Elm inspired upholstered headboard

ContributorFebruary 5, 2019

So, I was searching for a new bed and came across this fabulous one from West Elm, with an oatmeal linen upholstered headboard. Source: Modern Bed - Linen W...

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How to use LACK shelves to create valance lighting

ContributorFebruary 4, 2019

I did another small and simple hack. Using the IKEA LACK shelves, I created valance lighting for the bathroom. I used the IKEA LACK wall shelves as the base ...

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Big but minimalist bathroom mirror with lights

ContributorJanuary 28, 2019

I wanted a minimalist bathroom mirror with lights without a cabinet. So, I found the HOVET mirror to be a perfect candidate for an IKEA hack. On top of t...

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Rustic kitchen island: This is how I hacked HEMNES

ContributorJanuary 25, 2019

Here's my IKEA hack of a rustic kitchen island made from an IKEA HEMNES dresser. I recently moved to a condo and I had a HEMNES dresser. Either, I was going ...

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No doubt about it. BILLY is made for built-in bookshelves

ContributorJanuary 24, 2019

The goal behind the IKEA hack was to create a useful division in the basement. We had a really long wall that needed something to separate the games area fro...

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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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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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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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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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