This is a design idea sent to the site. What do you think of it? I doubt that the watering cans can hold any weight and may potentially break and poke you in the behind. So please do NOT sit on this! As a plant pot holder, it may work. ~ Jules
I tool 2 IKEA PS 2002 watering cans.
Glued a piece of synthetic grass.
Screwed it on metal legs frame
I just realized that I had my own IKEA hack, but hadn’t really thought about it since I made it years ago. When I saw all of these sea creatures in the kids section at IKEA I knew they’d make for a fun picture with the help of a little craft felt.
Materials:
Small Stuffed Sea Creatures
Craft Felt: Light Beige, Dark Beige, Light Green, Dark Green, Light Blue, Grey
Dark Blue Plastic Backing
(you can also use clear and adhere blue paper to the back of it, or even use glass if you are good with cutting glass, I just happened to find dark blue polycarbonate at my hardware store)
Tools:
Hot Glue
Black Marker
Scissors
A cutter for your backing (my piece was the right size when I bought it)
Construction:
1. Cut your backing to size. I managed to find a piece that was just about the size I wanted, but you might not be so lucky. I also found a piece that was just about the right color, although I have no idea why Home Depot had an 18″ square piece of blue polycarbonate, I’ll just assume that the craft gods were with me that day.
2. Cut out the felt shapes. I used light blue felt for the bubbles, greens for the seaweed and beige for the sand. I didn’t use any templates, just sort of free handed it. By overlapping some light and dark colors you can add a little depth. For the castle I doodled it onto a grey felt first with a marker then cut it out.
3. Hot Glue! I just threw this together for fun, so I used hot glue to stick everything to the board. It’s been hanging in my bathroom for five years and hasn’t fallen apart so the hot glue is doing pretty well, but you can certainly use something more archival if you are worried about it lasting.
Materials: RAST chest
We purchased two RAST dressers to convert to bedside tables. My husband added trim to the drawer fronts, added a beefier top to them, and trimmed a more substantial base at the bottom. We stained the tops, painted the rest, and added LANSA hardware in place of the knobs they come with.
You can see more of the hack at www.lifeinyellow.com.
Photo: IKEA.com
Hiya,
I’ve just bought my wife a Jansjo lamp, and am wanting to extend the lead from the switch to the lamp.
But, IKEA say ‘The external flexible cable or cord cannot be replaced – If so the lamp will be destroyed’
Is this correct? – Has anybody tried it?
Looking forward to hearing from anybody.
Happy New Year!
Materials: Besta Shelves, Besta TV unit, Besta Vassbo
Inspired by Big Besta Built-ins and Papa Was a… Besta’ Stone!.
I first created a base using 2×4 and some foam (for protection) for the Besta to sit on so I could use floor trim later.
I then built a false wall to put the stone (Oxide Ledgestone and modified polymer motor from Lowes), the TV wall mount, and cables. I used 2×4′s and 5/16″ OSB.
This false wall allowed me to ‘push’ the top and bottom centre pieces to add some depth.
Leaving the one end open gives the room a more open feel when you walk in from the kitchen.
I finished the top with some crown moulding. To install it, I used 1×2 and glued/nailed to the top of the Besta units.
Misc stuff: In one of the drawers, I drilled a hole so I could place my game controllers and charge in the drawer; drilled a hole to run power and network for the printer in the bottom right cupboard; I matched the paint at Home Depot after bringing the door in and it worked great.
Used a PAX Wardrobe, BRIMNES Dresser and an Old BILLY Book Case to built a custom built-in wardrobe/dresser for a nursery. This plus a custom floating desk I did for my office was my first attempted reno project so it didn’t turn out perfect but I am happy with the final result. IkeaHackers sure did offer a lot of inspiration and helped motivate me to do this.
I basically tried to find two IKEA units that would fit the area I was working with that worked that had the same style. I built a based, frame and then pop the units in. I then added some trim and baseboards and that’s it.
I used an old BILLY bookcase to do the shelves to fill in the triangle space. Took me a while since I never had done something like this before but had fun doing it!
I wanted a cat litter box that combined the best of:
- Top entry to prevent litter escaping
- Forcing the cat to walk over a mat to prevent tracking
- Hinged door to reduce smell
My solution was a multi-storey cat litter box which has a cat flap at the top, a shelf, and a mat.
Materials:
- BESTA Cupboard (60cm tall)
- RILL Casters
- Staywell Cat Flap
- Cat litter box
- Cat litter mat
Construction:
1) Cut a u-shaped hole at the top of the side panel of your BESTA cupboard to fit the cat flap. A jigsaw is useful, but I was able to do this with just a drill and tenon saw.
2) Install your cat flap.
3) Cut another u-shaped hole in the BESTA shelf, about half way, being careful to leave enough room around the holes that mount the shelf.
4) Put together your BESTA cupboard.
5) Add casters if you want it to be able to move it around.
6) Double sided tape down a cat litter mat on the shelf to prevent tracking, and put in your cat litter box.
Materials: Old IKEA uplight from the 1990s (we have 2 of those couldn’t find their name)
1. STRUCTURE:
made of reed, jute string and white paper tape
- attach a loop of string around the neck of the uplight, with already 4 long strings (floor length) attached to it
- create hoops of reed directly around the base of the tree. tape each with paper tape.make as many as you wish. start with the smallest one and increase size each time, leaving a space of 3 inches from the previous hoop.
- start from the smallest hoop: bring it to the top, and attach it with the strings with knots spaced by quarters. do the same thing for all the hoops in order of size, attaching them lower everytime by about 5 inches.
- add extra strings in between if you feel that your hoops are not stable enough.
2. ORNAMENTS:
made mostly of draft paper and used giftwraps (tissue paper, cardboard & ribbons) that we have been keeping over the years; the ties are made with cotton thread from our sewing kit.
any technique you wish: origami, celtic knots, cut-out shapes, garlands, etc.
3. POLE:
tape some white draft paper around the base of the pole.
find a large ribbon, tape it to the base, and wrap around upwards until the look pleases you, and tape at the top with paper tape (I stopped below the knob).
Happy Holidays ! ! !
