Rast Dollhouse By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: RAST Nightstand and HUSET Doll furniture

Description: I made a quick hack to house the HUSET living room by flipping the RAST nightstand upside down and angling the top. This required a pencil, a drill, a 1/4″ bit, and a saw. I began by putting the nightstand together as per usual but only screwing in the middle screws on the bottom shelf (now the roof of the house). Then I angled the shelf to the point I wanted and traced the line of the angle on the two sides with a pencil.

Then I took the whole thing apart again, drilled the other two holes on either side of the center hole just beneath the newly drawn line and sawed each side along that line. Finally I put it back toge ther and arranged the HUSET doll furniture inside. I wasn’t thrilled with the two holes that still showed on the sides so I put a balsa wood “beam” through them, but this is purely decorative. Voila, Ikea dollhouse.

~ Grace Lewis

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Spicy wooden shoes By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: BETYDLIG curtain rod holder, HUGAD curtain rod, woodenshoes, spraypaint

Description: In the absence of a windowsill in our kitchen, I found another way to keep fresh herbs in the kitchen window I bought some wooden shoes, and spray painted them it some refreshing colors, and made a wire to hang them. I added a BETYDLIG and a HUGAD halfway in the kitchen window and now I have delicious fresh herbs in the kitchen.

See more of the wooden shoe herb garden for window.

~ Lynn ruisendaal-bosch, Nederland

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Aged in an Hour By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: Ordning Utensil Caddy, Modern Masters “Metal Effects” paint and patina

Description: My old stereo speakers were a lil’ too silver for me, so I decided to “age” them a bit for that “Vintage Industrial” look.

Since I had the paints out (Modern Masters “Metal Effects” reactive paint and patina solution) I decided to make a candle holder out of my old ORDNING Utensil Caddy.

I put bumpons on some cardboard so the caddy could resting above the work area.

I used a combination of the Iron, Bronze, and Copper reactive paints. I brushed them on, and went over again with a sponge.

I waited the few minutes the instructions said and than sprayed on the rust activator, than the blue patina activator.

I then sprayed on a matte finish sealer.

Add candle and . . . (O:

~ Michael McCleary, Myersville,MD

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IKEA hacks in 182 sq ft Seattle micro apartment By: Jules IKEAHacker

Take a peek at Steve Sauer’s amazing DIY-crafted Seattle micro apartment. He found room for 8 different spaces in 182 sq ft of space.

His hacked IKEA projects include: cut-up shelves and tabletop serve as the frame for kitchen drawers; bed slats are both floor for the guest bed and a countertop has become floor to his cafe level; and in the kitchen, “Ikea hardwood shelving for drawer boxes, a table-top for drawer fronts, countertop planks for framing, and heavy duty drawer glides.

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Hacking the Lack into an upholstered ottoman By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: Lack Coffee Table

Description: I had an old Lack coffee table but I really wanted an upholstered ottoman. Since it was the right size, I just decided to see if I could turn what I had into what I wanted. I knew I wanted mine to be thick, so I waited until the 5″ foam batting was on sale at JoAnns. If I remember correctly it was about 75 dollars a yard, and I needed two yards. I got it for 50% off, so for my two yards it was about 75 dollars. I already had the upholstery fabric on hand, so I just needed to pick up a little quilt batting, an upholstery needle, upholstery thread, and some buttons I could cover with the fabric.

I unscrewed the legs and then cut my foam, fabric and quilt batting to size. (The foam needs to be the exact same dimensions as the top of the table, but the fabric and batting need to be big enough to cover the top of the table, the sides of the foam and table and still attach under the table by at least an inch.

I just laid it all down on the floor and eyeballed it. After cutting the foam to the right size (using a serrated knife) I used spray adhesive to attach it to the top of the Lack. Then I laid my fabric down on the floor with the quilt batting on top of it, and then laid my table top (with foam attached)upside down on the quilt batting. From here I used a drill bit to drill holes where I wanted my tufting buttons to go…be sure your drill goes at least all the way through both the top and bottom of the Lack tabletop.

Next I used my staple gun, I pulled the fabric taught and stapled it on all sides, folding the corners like you would a bed sheet. Now comes the hard part: using upholstery thread you have to thread the needle up through both holes you made with the drill (the top and bottom of the tabletop of the Lack) and up through the foam and fabric. I used a 12″ upholstery needle to get all the way through all the pieces. It was challenging getting the needle back down through the same holes, but trial and error got it done! To keep the thread from going back through the hole, I attached a small rolled up piece of fabric through the thread and then pulled it taught on the bottom side to make the button more ‘tufted’.

After that I took the legs out to the garage to cut them down a bit (the 5″ foam batting made the ottoman too tall for my couch!) and then reattached them to finish off my hack!

See more of the Lack ottoman.

~ Marynell Jones, United States

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Elegant and Timeless Girly Bedroom Makover From House of Smiths

Today's Inspiration comes from guest blogger House of Smiths Be sure to check out their blog!

I've got a horrible habit of showing small projects and corners of spaces, but not entire rooms once they're finished, so I'm trying to get better at that :)

Well, Aubrielle's elegant, girly bedroom is totally complete, and I'm so thrilled to finally share it in it's entirety!

Rug - DownEast Home, from Pottery Barn

Aubrielle loves all things pink and princess-like, so I wanted to make sure that the colors were light, airy and happy in her space, without going full-on character princess... if that makes sense. I love decor and design that can last and grow WITH us, so finding ways to incorporate the things my kids love, but in a timeless, classy way is always the challenge for me.

Dresser - thrifted for $120 and refinished

A while ago I picked out this dresser from my friend Sausha, who worked her magic and helped me take it from outdated, to shabby chic, with light, powder-blue paint, a little distressing and crystal knobs.

Tall Arrows - Fletcher and Fox

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What Class Do You Want? From Jackie

Today's Inspiration comes from guest blogger Jackie Be sure to check out their blog!

I am planning new e-courses for 2014 and I want your input! Please take this quick poll and let me know which class you think I should launch next. Whatever class wins will be the next new class to launch!

After you make a choice below, you will be able to click a link (labeled “see previous responses”) to see current results of the poll. I will keep the poll open for one week, through Nov. 8th.

Have other class ideas? Please feel free to comment and share your ideas below. I can’t wait to hear what you want to learn more about.

Instant colored wainscoating in 10 mins. No paint needed. By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: Sanela Panel, staple gun.

Description: I wanted to cover up the boring white wall under chair rail molding in a rented apt. Could have painted it but didn’t have the time to paint.

Got two IKEA Sanela Panels in grey. I hadn’t measured or anything. Thought it would be a good experiment.

They fit perfectly without any cutting.They had just the right stiffness and good texture like a grass cloth. I just got my staple gun and put them in position. 10 minutes later the room looked warmer, cozier and I was done!

~ Kathy Yaude, LA, CA area

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Stranne Jellyfish Lamp By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: STRANNE, BLANDA BLANK, some cables, luster terminals, pliers, screwdrivers, wire strap

Description: I was bored of looking at my STRANNE floor lamp. It looked great at IKEA, but I could never find a decent place in any of my rooms – so I decided to dissemble it.

Since those wired LED tubes are like tentacles I grabbed a BLANDA BLANK bowl to make it look like a jellyfish. I was only fooling around, but it turned out to look great!

I made a hole in each bowl, pulled through a cable and used luster terminals and wire strap to fix the tubes/tentacles underneath the bowl. Et voilà! My new STRANNE Jellyfish ceiling-lamp was born.

~ Gerrit Fries, Ruhrort, Germany

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Kura bed with reclaimed wood By: Jules IKEAHacker

Materials: Kura bed, white paint, reclaimed wood wall coverage

Description: We’ve painted the Kura bed wood white.

Then we covered the panels with a reclaimed wood wall coverage.

~ Simone Jacobs

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