Archive for July, 2008

Cooking for kids

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

I received toy kitchen set hacks that are absolutely adorable.

Jenny’s play oven
Jenny and husband, Per, turned an item from the as-is department into a play oven for her 2-year old daughter.
She says, “We found a small, laminated and hinged cabinet, which was probably a ‘Vattern’ bathroom cabinet (33×35×37cm). We then bought two extra flat laminated [...]

Cooking for kids

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

I received toy kitchen set hacks that are absolutely adorable.

Jenny’s play oven
Jenny and husband, Per, turned an item from the as-is department into a play oven for her 2-year old daughter.
She says, “We found a small, laminated and hinged cabinet, which was probably a ‘Vattern’ bathroom cabinet (33×35×37cm). We then bought two extra flat laminated [...]

Cooking for kids

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Light feast #3

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Birch table lamp
Adam picked up the Basisk table lamp recently and incorporated it into a nice piece of birch he found. I love it!
He says, “All I did was saw the birch level with a miter saw, drill a 12mm hole through the middle and inserted the light fixture. I also sanded the [...]

Ikea Hack: STRIPA Shoe Rack

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Make a simple but elegant shoe rack from Ikea shelves. Shoes float out from the wall, and their own weight keeps them in the minimal looking rack.

I really like the J-Me metal shoe rack that works in the same way as this one, but I want a few of these and the J-Me ones cost [...]

Light feast #3

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Birch table lamp
Adam picked up the Basisk table lamp recently and incorporated it into a nice piece of birch he found. I love it!
He says, “All I did was saw the birch level with a miter saw, drill a 12mm hole through the middle and inserted the light fixture. I also sanded the [...]

The light feast #2

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

A Rimfrost chandelier
Jim’s hack was to make a more substantial chandelier.
He says, “I originally bought only one and it looked really sparse so I decided to increase it. This involves three Rimfrost pendant lamp shades.

I stared with a wooden disk, and tin material that I got from the hardware store. The tin comes in [...]

The light feast #2

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

A Rimfrost chandelier
Jim’s hack was to make a more substantial chandelier.
He says, “I originally bought only one and it looked really sparse so I decided to increase it. This involves three Rimfrost pendant lamp shades.

I stared with a wooden disk, and tin material that I got from the hardware store. The tin comes in [...]

The light feast #1

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

I’ll be posting a series of lighting and lamp hacks today and the next two days. Here are the first few.
A movable pendant light

A hacker who prefers to be anonymous sends me this fantastic movable pendant lamp.
“We have transformed a cheap ceiling lamp (Melodi) into a work lamp. We only needed a longer cable [...]

The light feast #1

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

I’ll be posting a series of lighting and lamp hacks today and the next two days. Here are the first few.
A movable pendant light

A hacker who prefers to be anonymous sends me this fantastic movable pendant lamp.
“We have transformed a cheap ceiling lamp (Melodi) into a work lamp. We only needed a longer cable [...]