Personalized vanity with bowl basin By: Jules Yap

Materials: HEMNES wash-stand 60 cm



Description: Assemble wash-stand according to instructions.

Use pine wood board for stand top. If you want an overhang on the other side of the stand, choose 10 cm wider board than the width of the stand (here board is 50x70 cm, stand 47x60 cm).

Measure the opening needed for the basin bottom and water tab and cut them onto the board.

Paint board with sauna wax to create a water resistant surface.

Attach board to the stand with assembly glue and seal seams with silicone.

Attach basin and water tab to the board following the manufacturers' instructions.



See more of the Hemnes personalized vanity.



~ johanna / maxandmoses.blogspot.com, Finland

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Thor's Sliding Doors By: Jules Yap

Materials: Malm Occasional Table, Ingamaj Panel, Kvartal Triple Rails x2, Kvartal Top and Bottom hangers x3, KVARTAL Miter Box and Saw, Scotch Heavy Duty Fasteners x 2



Description: Fairly simple hack.



I cut both triple frames down to size and left roughly 1/2 inch space on either side. I put the caps on the rough edges so the seam in the middle would be crisp and clean.



I tried to use the Kvartal ceiling hangers but the underside of the Malm wouldn't hold a screw. I happened to have two sets of Scotch wall fasteners so I gave them a try and am quite happy with the result.

The ceiling hangers would have dropped everything down an inch and created an odd gap. One point of warning - these fasteners are not kidding around, they are very strong.



I cut the panels to measure after the rails were up and tried to line up the check pattern as best I could. The top and bottom hangers come with connectors that allow the panels to slide back and forth together - I didn't use them. I did use the stoppers so the panels will not slide too far, creating gaps in the middle.



This hack is version 2.0. The previous version was using plastic lattice and hooks to keep it in place. The previous version was more secure and harder to jailbreak. However, we only use it for sleeping and our guy is older now and quite happy to go to bed and sleep in.



~ Sarie

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EXPEDIT double-decker cat snug/scratch post By: Jules Yap

Materials: Expedit single shelving unit, sisal rope, cushions I had already, velcro



Description: This is really not a very difficult hack, but I thought it may be useful to the many cat-owned IKEA hackers out there. Plus I just couldn't resist showing off my beautiful furry boys :-)



Like many others, I think cat accessories almost invariably look dreadful, with much brown carpet and awful shapes. So I was trying to find a nice looking solution.



I found this good idea online but..hello, $604?! Besides I'm in London, UK and my furniture is gloss white in the dining area where I wanted to put the scratch post/snug. EXPEDIT was just the ideal solution! If you want something bigger, LACK can do also, minus the castors unless they lock.



I put the LACK together, then got the sisal rope (20 mt, from Homebase), fixed it to the cube with a U-shaped nail, then wrapped it VERY tight around the side, put another nail at the end, and two more nails at the top and bottom on the 'scratch side' so the ropes don' slide up and down when the cats go at it with gusto (they're two big boys!). I put some adhesive Velcro to keep the cube in place onto the floor, but so I can also move it around to clean etc.



Then I put two small cushions I had already, fixing the top one to the shelf with some Velcro so it does not fall off.



As you can see, it was a success right away :-) (Byron at the top, Pushkin at the bottom)



~ Laura, London, UK

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Torsby into a Standing Desk By: Jules Yap

Materials: Torsby Table, Aluminum Jacks, Spray Paint,Spray Primer, PVC Pipes(2"dia), Washers, 3/4" nuts, sharpie, sandpaper, hack saw, gloves, face mask, monitor mounts(optional), tarp or box.



Description: Start out with a set up Torsby desk/table already set up. (I have the largest sized one.)



Then mark your PVC pipe and cut 4 - 4" long pieces with the hack saw. We wanted to make sure that my desk couldn't be pushed off of the stands which is why we used the PVC pipe portion.



Sand off all of the raw pieces, and put them in a box or on a tarp so you can prime and spray paint them according to the directions on the can wearing gloves and a face mask if you are into that. (I used Kyrlon's Metallic Brilliant in Silver and a Krylon white Primer)

We placed the extra washers on top of each jack and put them in place where we wanted them. Then placed the spray painted PVC portions on top of that.



This way they will keep my desk legs from being pushed off of the small circle.



Clean off your desk and unplug the craziness of wires and cables.



Move desk over and place on the Jacks with the PVC pipe portions, then adjust to whichever height you want.



We then mounted two of my monitors and raised the desk to the height that felt best.



Then place the 4 extra 3/4" nuts on the bottom portion of the screws to really secure it all once it is where you like it.



It cost us a total of $50 for all of the supplies which included the Aluminum jacks, spray paint, primer, washers, and PVC pipe. We had all of the other supplies but still way cheaper than most of the other ideas we could find.



See more of the standing desk for $50.



~ Jessica W, Huntsville, AL

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Ikea PS hack for American diner living room By: Jules Yap

Materials: 4 Ikea PS red



Description: So I'm crazy about American Diners and wanted to change my living room/open kitchen into one.



Tables,chairs and decoration are easy to find. A closet, well that's something you won't see in a real diner. I needed the storage space so I came up with this idea with a good friend of mine. He's very handy luckily.

We just cut of the legs of 4 red Ikea PS closets and put them together 2 by 2. Really simple. We attached the closets together by using some metal end screws at the back. (sorry no pics, buts it's not complicated) Et voila my closet was ready. on top I used a diamond plate to disguise the small gap between the two top closets. To finish I added some decoration and done !



Hope you like the idea, I know I do.



~ Patrick, Belgium

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Night Lamp on a MALM bed By: Jules Yap

Materials: KVARNA, two switches, double side sticking tape and some cable



Description: Make the stand from 50mm wide aluminum sheet. Drill a hole of 30mm diameter at the end and pass the bulb socket through it. You have to drill a small hole on the socket, just about 5mm above the stand and put the power cable in, then get another piece of cable and make the appropriate connections to connect the switch (that cable goes through the original cable hole in the socket).

Apply two stripes of the sticking tape and you are done.



~ Plamen Todorov, Sofia, Bulgaria

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Hacking a sad white EXPEDIT with PALLETS! By: Jules Yap

Materials: EXPEDIT and DIODER



Description: Hey guys! Here's my latest work, the base is (again) a sad white IKEA's Expedit cabinet hacked with pallets.



I've suspended it, drilled and cut in different points to hide wires and added a colored IKEA's LED stripe to get an even cooler look!



Due to its irregular surface to keep it clean I've topped it with a 6 mm thick laser cut PVC cover sheet that works just fine for what I had in my mind, it shows perfectly what's below it and add value to its shades.

I've had so much fun with this project beside the boring part of dismantling and cleaning the pallets from which it's made of ;-)



HAVE FUN!



Riccardo Tamiazzo from Italy



~ Riccardo Tamiazzo, Padova, Italy

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