Hacking a Pax wardrobe to fit a tight spot By: Samantha Kennedy

I don’t have a great history of buying the correct sized IKEA wardrobes. In our last flat I bought them too tall. This time too wide.

The alcove on the left of our bedroom is frustratingly not the same size as the space on the right by about 10 centimetres. Rough measures which didn’t take into account the unevenness of the walls (still getting used to an old building) led to us finding out that the gap on the left was about two centimetres too narrow for the 100 centimetre wide wardrobe.

We only realised this once we had all the packaging opened and pieces ready to assemble in the room. I know, I should have learnt my lesson last time.

But having spent a lot of time browsing IKEA Hackers we weren’t going to be beaten by a measly two centimetres!

After a lot of manoeuvring, removing a Victorian skirting board and many re-measuring attempts we stumbled on a solution. By placing the sides of the wardrobe on top of the base instead of either side of it we saved the two centimetres. We did the same at the top, placing the top on top of the sides rather than between them.

This just left the issue of the doors – 50 centimetres wide each.

This is the part of our solution I’m most proud of. Look back at the before/ after pic – doors look normal right? Two 50 centimetre doors with metal handles? Wrong. Here’s the inside of the doors on our hacked wardrobe…

More info available on my blog.

via IKEA Hackers http://ift.tt/1n6oiUq From Samantha Kennedy

Hacked Expedit storage headboard By: Samantha Kennedy

I used:

Two IKEA Expedit 5 x 1 shelving units in black brown

Four IKEA Expedit draw units in gloss grey

2 bits of MDF – one shelf for the top and one for the actual headboard

4 metres of fabric

51 self-cover buttons

Strong thread

One saw

A power drill

Staple gun and a million staples

Four hinges

First we sawed down the 5 x 1 shelves to make them into 3 x 1 units a better height for the room.

Then we tidied up the tops of both units and attached the MDF shelf (covered in the fabric) using hinges at the back so that we can still reach into the gap between the shelving units once it’s all assembled.

Finally, I used this tutorial to create a diamond tufted headboard and screwed it onto the front of the structure to complete the headboard.

More info is available on my blog.

via IKEA Hackers http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Ikeahacker/~3/xQFVQIJ1WoA/hacked-expedit-storage-headboard.html From Samantha Kennedy