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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Christmast Light 2013 By: Chuck Witmer, AIA

Materials: LEDBERG LED light

START has been designing an annual Christmas light fixture for over 5 years now. Each year we take everyday common construction materials and turn them into one of a kind modern light fixture. This past Christmas START used the LEDBERG LED light from IKEA as the main light source and put it into a raw steel and concrete combination.

See more of START’s Christmas light.

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A wood makeover for Lack coffee table By: Jules IKEAHacker

Things we need:

1) Ikea lack table (of course!) – I removed the bottom plank

2) Strong hold glue for wood

3) A Saw (to cut the planks exactly the size of the table top)

4) Wooden planks (I got these from Daiso for $2 each)

5) Hammer and some nails

6) Paints (I tried using acrylics, they worked great!)

7) Acrylic fixative (had one lying at home)

8) A medium to sand the wood planks

Instructions:

1) I started off by sanding the wood planks (the top and sides only);

2) Then I stained the wooden planks (they were the lightest shade of natural wood) with some acrylic paints (I had paints at home and mixed a few different colors to give different stains on every plank; no two planks have the exact same tone of color which is what I wanted). The planks dried up within a few minutes but I let them dry for 2-3 hours;

3) I cleaned the Ikea lack table top and sanded it lightly.

4) I laid out the planks on the top to see what works and used the saw to make any changes in sizes.

5) Then I glued the planks to the table top and put heavy books on it. Let it rest for the night (I was too impatient and only let it rest for 2 hours!)

6) I hammered nails randomly on the table top (I liked the whole industrial look so put the nails in haphazardly)

7) I wanted to give it a personal touch so ‘named’ the table “circa 1984″- wrote it by hand, no stencil, with soft pastels. Then I sprayed with an Acrylic fixative. Three months so far and very roughly used and shows no signs of damage/wear&tear to the color or the hand written name

8) Voila! A new table for the lounge!

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