Billy Bookcases DIY. Built-in Billy bookcases are certainly not a new concept, but I never felt like the directions were close enough to what I needed.
Enter my friend Kate. She gave some more details about the project, and I knew I was sold. While I loved the 15” depth of Ikea’s newer bookcase, I knew I wanted them to go all the way to the ceiling. The extenders are only available on the 11” depth, so the decision was made for me. Whew! After measuring the width of my wall, I knew I needed 4 bookcases. We found these strips at Lowes that would be the width we needed. Once these were attached with small nails and my nail gun, it really made the piece come to life. We didn’t put any wood underneath the shelves, but we did attach the shelves to the back wall with L-brackets from the top. Speaking of crown molding, that went up next. That is where my luck ran out. Finally, we installed the baseboard.
The finishing touches involved caulk and paint. Sorry about the night shot, but this shows the caulking. Spelling with Lerberg. Convert an IKEA Bath Container into a Stylish Charging Station. LackRack - Eth0Wiki. Note to short URL fanatics: this page is available as The first implementation: Red LackRack with Ethernet switch and table lamp First occurrence on eth0:2010 Winterlan, the LackRack is the ultimate, low-cost, high shininess solution for your modular datacenter-in-the-living-room. Featuring the LACK (side table) from Ikea, the LackRack is an easy-to-implement, exact-fit datacenter building block.
It's a little known fact that we have seen Google engineers tinker with Lack tables since way back in 2009. The LackRack will certainly make its appearance again this summer at eth0:2010 Summer. When temporarily not in use, multiple LackRacks can be stacked in a space-efficient way without disassembly, unlike competing 19" server racks. The LackRack was first seen on eth0:2010 Winterlan in the no-shoe Lounge area. You can find a howto on buying a LackRack on this page. Close-up of the LackRack, with a switch, in its natural habitat (the IKEA) Illustration of the LackRack's modularity That's all! Note. IKEA Hackers. Kitchen Island for small spaces. Effektiv Published on March 18th, 2012 | by Jules IKEAHacker Materials: Effectiv cabinets, Vika Amon table top, Rill locking casters Description: I live in a two room old farmhouse with very limited storage and absolutely not a single closet at all.
Thus I am always trying to find pieces that will hide my clutter. I have matching Effectiv floor cabinets and wall cabinets which I purchased second hand off Craigslist and I wanted to replace my kitchen table and chairs with an kitchen island that would house some food and dishware and take up less of a footprint in my open concept kitchen/dining room/living room/office. The problem is that most kitchen islands are very expensive and take up a lot more floor space than I have to spare. So I scoured Craigslist some more until I scored two of the 2-door Effectiv cabinets for $30.00 from someone who was moving back to Australia. We (Dad and I) stacked the cabinets one atop the other and lined them up via the doors.
. ~ Sheena, Vancouver BC Canada. Ikea Hack: DIY Nightchair - Urban Space — Urban Space. DIY Projects: 9 Easy(ish) IKEA Hacks. IKEA hacking. It sounds vaguely foreign, slightly illegal and even a little futuristic. In reality, it's something a lot of people do all the time. We buy an inexpensive piece of IKEA furniture, bring it home and doctor it up to our specifications. This can be as simple as a new coat of paint, or as complicated as wiring a coffee table to turn it into a receptacle for a TV. Either way, IKEA-hacking is a hot hobby - hot enough to have inspired a dedicated website (www.ikeahacker.blogspot.com) and lots of online discussion. My favorite IKEA hacks are the purely decorative (and relatively simple) ones, from dressing up a bedside table to repurposing plate racks as a storage container. Here are some fantastic, simple and relatively inexpensive ways to make IKEA work for you (click on the descriptions for links to instructions):
Ikea Hack DIY Projects. Bookshelf into Portable Workspace. Desktop Camera Jig. DIY Ikea Monitor Stand for $12. Adjustable DIY Mic Stand Out of a Lamp. Speaker Mounts.