We needed an easy way to expand our family room table top when we play board games with guests. We’d looked at different options for table tops, but the LINNMON price ($5.99) was irresistible, and about 1/5 the price of any of the other options.
To finish the hack, we took the unmodified table top, found the center on the bottom, and used the measurements of the depression in the chest that we use as our coffee table. By cutting a couple extra garden stakes into small sections with a 45 degree angle, we created two “corners” that we could glue to the underside of the LINNMON table top in the appropriate place.
Once the glue was dry, it’s as easy as flipping the table top over into the coffee table/chest depression. With the “corners” in place, the table top is centered and doesn’t move when bumped! Less than 30 minutes and problem solved – now we can entertain and not have to bring the kitchen table into the family room.
This hack could easily be modified for any of the IKEA table tops. As long as the top of your coffee table or chest has a small depression, just build the corners and glue (or nail) them in place in the center of the IKEA table top, and the corners will hold the table top steady when it’s flipped onto the coffee table.
via IKEA Hackers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ikeahacker/~3/75cFWDPsjnA/easy-boardgame-tabletop-from-linnmon.html From Dan R
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