Banquette and Breakfast Table By: Veronica Martin

Materials: AKURUM refrigerator cabinets, NUMERAR countertop

We had an awkward nook in our kitchen, but it had potential to be a great breakfast spot with a little customizing. Like most people we were working on a budget and to get a millworker to custom a banquette and table was not in our cards.

We used the Akurum top refrigerator cabinets as the base for our banquette. The overall height of this cabinet is 15″ and it was perfect with a 3″ upholstered top to give us a total seat height of 18″. There’s no way we could have achieved this for the cost of a couple cabinets and custom cushion.

We searched high and low for the perfect oval table, but after months online and visiting local stores we decided to make it ourselves. We purchased an oak Numerar countertop and cut it down to approx 32″x40″. We purchased a table base from a local restaurant furniture supplier and voilà, the perfect table for our awkward nook!

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Greek Key Golden Vittsjo By: Katherine G

Materials: VITTSJO shelves, METRIK kitchen handles

1. Brave ‘All You Can Eat Comes Off Your Total Bill Day’ at Ikea

2. Purchase 1-39 3/8″ wide and 2- 20 1/8″ wide Vittsjo shelves

3. Purchase 24 2-pck Metrik kitchen handle packs (total of 48 handles needed)

4. Purchase Dioder 4-pck of lights

5. Purchase 10-15 cans of Rust-Oleum Gold spray paint (metallic series is my favorite)

6. Spray paint all metal surfaces of the Vittsjo shelves including screws, brackets, etc.

7. Spray paint the black top and bottom shelves (optional)

8. Spray paint silver rims of Dioder lights (light portion pops out easily so no need to tape)

9. Spray paint each Metrik handle

10. Assemble shelves

11. Drill holes in the middle of each top shelf (2 evenly spaced holes in the wider shelf) so that you can feed the Dioder cords through the top and down the back of the shelves so they are hidden

12. Feed cords through newly drilled holes and mount each Dioder light.

13. Superglue each Metrik handle to the outer corners of each shelf in a Greek Key like pattern

14. DECORATE and ENJOY!!!

Optional: If you would like to fit a TV in the center of the middle shelf as I have, the middle shelf bar is easily sawed off with a hack saw.

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BESTA storage footstool By: Tilda

Since our couch was always covered with not-so-fancy fleece blankets and several cushions, we were in need of some extra storage.

With the kids growing we could also use a footstool to be able to sit comfortably in the couch all together.

Finally I bought a BESTA cupboard, put 4 furniture wheels under it, and a chain to open the overthrown cupboard.

The sides where covered with 2 different patterns of adhesive foil and for the lid I crocheted a colourful cover.

Have a lovely day!

Tilda

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White desk top piece transformed into my bathroom vanity top! By: Jules IKEAHacker

The desk top piece was $4.99 with the discount. I was using an old dresser for my bathroom vanity but the top was too small. The desk top was just right to add to the top, believe it or not. But I decoupage floors and counter tops professionally, so this was a great surface just waiting to be decoupaged. I used photocopies of images I love, things that make me happy, and also added bits of tissue paper to look like confetti streamers across the surface.

My plumber just about had a heart attack when I showed him what I wanted to use! I didn’t realize the piece is hollow but with a top mount sink that wasn’t too heavy, it worked just fine. Even my skeptical plumber was pleased with the results, and so was I! Thanks to IKEA, I got a great surface to use for my bathroom vanity.

~ Lisa

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LACKing legs By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: Lack tables x 4; Grundtal spotlight set

I made a nice chunky piece of furniture to hold my deep set top box. I joined the Lack tables to make a cube with simple metal brackets – the chunky sides made it easy to get square.

I drilled some holes to put pegs in for shelves. I drilled holes with a saw drill piece to sink the Grundtal spotlights into and screwed a piece of hardboard underneath each to stop them falling all the way through.

One day I will replace the spots with LEDs and drill more holes for my growing collection of glass. It makes a nice feature in a dark corner.

~ Hazel

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Jära HUEge By: Jules IKEAHacker

Items: Jära, Hemma

Cut off the Hemmas (we just want the holder) and connect them using some textile cable.

Then put the Järas on and pimp them with some Philips HUEs … that’s it.

~ Lukas Klamm

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Reclaimed wood Billy By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: BILLY bookcase

I took the shorter Billy book shelf and using the materials made two 2-part cabinets.

I constructed the 16 drawers from reclaimed boards and glued cedar to the top of each cabinet to match the drawer fronts and to give it a nice top that would hide the particle board ends.

The 2 stands are also made using reclaimed wood.

~ Doug

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Teenage Dreams to Antique Reality By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: Noresund Queensized bed frame

The Noresund Bed frame was my first queen sized bed as a teenager. I loved the swirls and how it was almost antique looking. When I finally moved into my first house I was lusting after a real grownup bed and fell in love with the trend of brightly colored antique frames. I decided rather than buying an expensive new colored frame ($899 +) I would convert my Noresund.

Step 1. First I used a hacksaw to cut out the swirls in the head and foot board, leaving the arches at the top to create an antique look.

Step 2. I filed back the sharp edges and used QuickSteel putty to fill in the holes left by the hollow tubing.

Step 3. I sanded the filed and puttied edges, then lightly sanded the entire metal frame. In order to this this I took it completely apart.

Step 4. I hung the separate sections up and painted the entire frame with a grey rust converter undercoat,

Step 4. I went to the hardware and chose a matte mint green wall paint. I painted this in three coats over the entire frame. 1 300ml sample pot for $7.50 was enough (just) to paint the entire frame.

Step 5. I reassembled the frame in our new room! voila!

~ E.J Babbage

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