BEKVAM for toothbrushes By: Madam Rosmerta

Materials: BEKVÄM Spice Rack

We urgently needed something for our toothbrushes but I didn’t want to spend money. So I had the idea to take the plastic cups from the Ice Coffee I just drank and glue nice tissues on it. But this couldn’t be all I thought and so I got the idea to use the Bekväm spice rack which I still had leftover in the storage room. Then I decided to paint it white and brown that it will fit to rest of my bathroom furniture (my furniture in the bathroom are the mirror from Visdalen and the washing stand is the Bekväm kitchen island).

Additionally I took a leftover piece of wood, painted it blue and the spice rack was fixed on it after drilling 2 big holes for the cups so they wouldn’t fall over. Don’t forget to mention that I did the vintage look with sand paper on the blue colour (I love this old look).

You also can use the spice rack reversed, so you can hang towels or anything else on it. But there wasn’t enough space.

The pictures will show the single steps and I’m very satisfied with the result. Now I have to build another one for our 2 kids.

via IKEA Hackers http://ift.tt/1oVEMk4 From Madam Rosmerta

Staggered Molger shelves By: ChrisJScott

We needed some storage for our bathroom and liked the spa-like look of Ikea’s Molger shelves. However, we felt that have three side-by-side (which was the plan) looked pretty boring so we decided to stagger their height with some clever saw work. A few tips:

The safest way to do this is to lay the shelves on the floor, side-by side. Align them in the staggered way you want (with the top of the second-most shelf lined up with the second shelf of the tallest one and so on) and then pencil mark the legs of each “shorter” unit so that they line up with the bottom of the tallest shelf.

• Use a miter box when cutting the legs in order to keep your cuts “square.”


• When drilling the holes in the bottom of the “hacked” shelves, be sure to make the hole slightly smaller that the plastic, ribbed foot you’ll be inserting so that it fits snugly.

Making a mess:

Drilling holes for the feet:

Inserting the feet:

Testing the first, completed shelf (Lucy the chocolate lab is our QA inspector):

The final product:

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The KVISSLE adjustable coffee table: Don’t you wish IKEA really made this? By: Thomas Daugaard

FEATURES:

- Adjustable height

- Adjustable length

- 2 separate or 1 longer table

- Storage space

WHAT YOU NEED:

- KVISSLE magazine files, 4 pairs

- SVENERIK stools, 2 pieces

- Bolts, nuts and washers, 22 sets

- Extra washers, 10 pieces

- MDF boards, 2 pieces

- Carpet tape

- Screws, 8 pieces

HOW TO:

1. Unpack the magazine files and separate the outer one from the inner one (one pair consists of one small magazine file that just fits inside the bigger one).

2. Drill 4 holes holes in the bottom of each magazine holder (or enlarge the existing holes).

3. Drill 2 holes in the front of 6 of them (4 outer and 2 inner files).

4. Assemble the 4 outer files in the shape of a diamond using 12 pairs of Bolts, nuts and washers.

5. Assemble the inner files in the shape of a arrow using 10 pairs of bolts, nuts and washers with 5 extra washes between two of the fronts.

6. Cut a pieces of MDF in the diamond shape 4 cm from the bottom edge. The MDF piece should have a 60 degree edge.

7. Cut another piece of MDF 4 cm from the bottom edge at the apex and the sides and 15 cm from the back side.

8. Fasten the MDF pieces on the magazine holders using the carpet tape.

9. Unpack and assemble the two SVENERIK stools.

10. Cut a 90 degree 8 cm deep recess in the seat of one of the stools. It should have a 60 degree ankle opposed of the MDF piece (see picture 3).

11. From underneath screw the seat of the stools onto the MDF boards, that is fastened to the magazine holders (the one with the recess should be attached to the arrow shaped one with the recess following the shape).

- And there you go. An adjustable KVISSLE coffee table!

INSPIRATION:

“KNUFF transformable coffee table“

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Can a dog and a cat be bunk bed mates? Seems so! By: petbunkbedhack

Materials: DUKTIG doll bed x 2

I bolted two Duktig wooden doll beds together to make bunk beds for Lola Mae and George Murray, the adorable pug and cat I have in my 350 square foot NYC apartment. I found the vintage ceramic letters at a flea market and was delighted to be able to spell “bad” and “dog” with them.

The critters love their new bunk bed!

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DIY Papier Mache Cacti By: Grace Bonney

David Stark is the king of FUN. Whenever I want to feel inspired or get creative “outside of the box” ideas for my home or a get together, David’s site is the first place I look. From huge events that turn shoes into a tornado to parties that showcase colored pencils as centerpieces, David knows how to deliver a dose of humor and good fun with decorating and entertaining. Today he and his team are sharing a creative DIY Papier-Mâché Cacti project inspired by pieces that created for a recent event. They loved the stylized, hyper real quality and thought they would also double as great everyday dinner table decorations, entryway flowers or household plants that you’ll never (ever) have to water. Thanks so much to David, Chris and Corrie (who masterminded this project with David) for sharing this with us today! And good luck to the team as they plan the last gala that will take place in The Breuerr Building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan before the Whitney moves to its new home in the Meatpacking district- what a wonderful honor to work on such a special event. xo, grace

Click through for the full how-to after the jump!

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MOPPE turned into gift box for IKEA cognac glasses By: MaunuM

First Idea was give small cognac bottle as present. Then idea was developed and some special glasses were needed. Final product in picture below.

Materials: Ikea OPTIMAL (463.156.00) cognac glass was used (1.99 euro) and Ikea MOPPE (202.218.64) wood box 29*18*22cm (11 1/2*7*8 5/8″) (about 10 euro). Glass was carved with small stone head and drill/milling tool (8000-20000 rounds/minute). Wood Box was used as holder and also to protect glass when packed.

Below in picture is Ikea MOPPE wood box and drill used to modify the glass and small drill bits.

Below is more detailed picture about drill bits. There is two stone head bits (on left side of picture) and two diamond heads. Total cost of heads is about 20 euros. With Ikea OPTIMAL cognac glass, stone drill bits work very well but with diamonds heads two from four glasses were cracked. Diamond head make more detailed print but also deeper and because cognac glass is very thin it’s get easily broken. With thicker glass I prefer diamond head, but with Ikea OPTIMAL use stone head drill bit. Also OPTIMAL cognac glass thickness is little bit different in different side of the glass so it is better to choose the thickest side.

Ikea MOPPE wood box drawers were used as holder. Wood case hole (grip), where glass is hanging (picture below) was drilled bigger (normal wood drill) to connect glass better to wood case. Also Orange paper was glued to case background to make it look better (in final result picture).

Below is stone drilled/milled Ikea OPTIMAL glass. Because glass was carved with freehand some nongeometry is noticed. Course pads printed version (on paper) was back side of the glass while carving. Some details was left away from glass version because glass was so thin and diamond head bit could not be used.

via IKEA Hackers http://ift.tt/1xzQd1E From MaunuM