Pacman scrotum crusher – FROSTA stool By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: FROSTA stool

Description: I got the idea when I saw an interpretation of Valerie Solanas SCUM manifesto by the Swedish theater group “Turteatern”. The men had to sit on rather uncomfortable chairs while the women sat on comfortable cushions. The play is rather controversial (the actor had to live under police protection for a while since some men where unable to appreciate the satiric humor). I think it was rather funny. In any case – the “Pacman scrotum crusher” idea popped into my head after watching this play.

I don’t know if I have to explain how I did it, it seems rather obvious . Use a FROSTA stool. Just cut of a slice using a saw, then paint the edges and make an eye.

Link to video

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~ Michael Thudén, Sweden

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Transfer Candles By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: IKEA Tindra Candles, transfer paper, pen

Description: Transfer any design onto a plain IKEA candle with transfer paper. Cover IKEA candle with transfer paper then plain paper and either free-hand or trace your design directly onto the candle. Kids and adults can do this – it is simple and the design lasts!

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~ Camilla Fabbri, Evanston, IL

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Custom Chalkboard Knuff By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: Knuff Magazine Files, 1.5 tsp unsanded white tile grout, 1 fl oz acrylic paint, plastic cup, plastic spoon, paintbrush, and chalk

Description: **Note: This might be bordering on simply repainting an item, but it might be a worthwhile resource to some Ikea Hackers out there that they’re not limited to store-bought colors of chalkboard paint for their projects. Anyways…**

I gave my Knuff files a base layer of paint (white on the sides, teal on the visible sides). When the base layer was dry, I mixed up 1.5 tsp unsanded white tile grout and half a tube of acrylic craft paint and then painted the visible sides of the magazine files. After two or three coats of the custom chalkboard paint dried, I slated it with a piece of chalk and then rubbed the chalk residue off. At this point, my custom-color Knuff files were ready for use.

With custom chalkboard paint, I was able to make these Ikea Knuff magazine files match the teal accents that appear throughout my home.

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~ iris

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Herbie Lack table By: Theredone51

I’ve been trying to grow some herbs for cooking purposes but I ended up with too many kinds for the pot I had. Recently I had also upgraded some things in the living room which left me with two white Lack-tables I did not need anymore. And that’s where the ball started rolling!

What you’ll need for this hack:

• Two Lack tables


• Wood/plastic/Lack-legs as dividers


• A plastic dish (to capture the excess liquid that drips through the sand)


• Two rails (I used kitchendrawer rails)


• Some plastic foil


• A few screws


• Glue


• Soil


• Gardening pellets

Tools you’ll need:

• Saw


• Marker/pen/…


• Some kind of measurement device


• Exacto knife


• Drill

So to start off with, assemble one of the two Lack tabels, leave the other one unassembled. Then you take the plastic dish and take over the dimensions on the underside of the assembled table.

Next you take the plastic dish, place it on the table and then take the rails to position them.

As you can see the lip of the plastic dish fits nicely underneath the rails so that you can slide it out to remove the water. Next I drilled some holes in the underside to make it possible for the water to soak through.

Now on to the top side of the table! I decided on using the legs of the second table as dividers. Some herbs tend to otherwise take up all the place, killing the other ones. To have the least work in cutting up the legs I opted to make the “compartment” in the tables the same length and width as the legs (40cm).

Take out your marker and measurement device and transfer the desired dimensions to the top of the table.

Now, take your exacto knife and carefully trace over all the lines a first time. After the first pass apply some more pressure untill the knifes goes through the table and then, still applying pressure, hack through the whole table. After all cuts are made, pry off the top layer, revealing the honeycomb structure in the table.

Take out your exacto knife again and trace along the borders to cut the cardboard material. Then remove all excess material by pulling it out of the table.

Now take the second table and repeat the above steps, but now on both sides of the board.

Now, using your fingers, push back the core material in the top table part a few cm’s to make some room to apply glue to stick the plastic liner to the table.

And there you have it, the base frame. The next step is to make a plastic liner for the inside so that when watering the wood doesn’t soak everything up. To do this I first flipped over the top table piece to get the “ugly part” on the top side. Then I put some plastic (in my case a trashcan bag) in the hole, making sure to leave enough material to cover all corners.

Then, using one of the legs as a clamp/guide I cut down the excess material.

Now apply some glue to the ridge we just made in the top section of the table and glue the plastic bag to the inside. Afterwards, apply glue to the bottom piece of table and on the border between the two table sections and put everything together.

Almost there! Make sure to clamp the two table tops together while the glue is hardening and also to press the plastic down onto the bottom so that it remains nice and flat. This would also be a good moment to punch through the holes in the plastic so that moisture can sip through.

Now, making the “inside frame”. I started of with one whole leg in the middle of the bottom table and two other legs cut in half.

Then, on to the top part of the inside frame. Because the legs are almost the same height as the table tops it’s not clean to just place two legs on top of each other as that way the inside frame would protrude from the table. Therefore I cut off one of the sides to reduce the height.

This way, the legs line up perfectly with the top side of the table.

Repeat this step with the other pieces to finish of the inside frame.

Now on to the gardening part! I chose to use pellets as the bottom layer for the plants. These are great for water disposal and make it way easier to remain the right moisture levels in the “pots”.

Now place garden soil in the “pots”. I used a special kind ideally suited for herbs. Now put your seeds/plants/… in the soil, top off with more soil until satisfied and there you have it:

Your Herbie Lack table! Place in the sun, water when needed and enjoy fresh herbs while cooking!

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Fabian wall shelf becomes a custom shelving unit By: Daniel

After searching high and low for a shelving unit that would suit my needs, I decided on Ikea’s “Fabian” wall shelf. For $7.99 you get a solid pine shelf and brackets. I planned on utilizing these as bookshelves, and I wanted them to be more stable. I ended up going to a lumber store and found a beautiful piece of rift-cut oak (it has a clean, striped appearance). They were happy to cut it for me.

Since I was mounting it on the same wall as a mirror of approximately the same size I wanted for the shelf unit, I decided to use those exact dimensions. I then stained the pieces with minwax tintable stain (I had it mixed at a Sherwin Williams store). I used 3″ cabinet screws to mount the panel to the wall, directly into 2 studs (I used painters tape to mark the studs above the panel, and just measured for each screw , and it worked great.

For a clean look I placed the screws where the shelves would later go, so they would cover them up. The last step was mounting the shelves using 1″ wood screws. This whole project cost about $80, but I think the final product looks very polished and unique.

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