Archive for February, 2009

BANKRUPTCY WEEK AHEAD:Apex Silver To Ask Crt To Back Exit Plan - Wall Street Journal

Friday, February 27th, 2009

BANKRUPTCY WEEK AHEAD:Apex Silver To Ask Crt To Back Exit PlanWall Street JournalQuebecor, one of the two largest commercial printers in the US, prints major magazines such as Time, Cosmopolitan and Forbes and produces catalogs for William-Sonoma, IKEA…

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Thursday, February 26th, 2009

I had lots of fun revisiting some of the old hacks in this earlier post. So here is more. Scroll down the original post to view the new versions.
Bill’s Ordning ceiling lamp

Philip’s vinyl stopper

Scott’s Lack TV unit with sliding doors

Blund bear monogram

Decoupaged Fira chest

Alicia’s faux-apothecary Fira craft cabinet 

Ruby saves her old chair

Double workstation, reinforced!

Expedit wine [...]

Skylar to Cappiccinini

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

An accident and an old shell lamp turns out to be a Cappiccinini, a term Pinky coins for her new lamp.
The frame of the Skylar lamp (can’t find the link), after a gust of wind tears the paper lamp shade, is given a second chance at life with a shell lampshade.

The accident

The new lamp

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Ikea hacked studio space

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Volume Public Relations a Finalist for Business-to-Business … - PR Web (press release)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

PR Web (press release)Volume Public Relations a Finalist for Business-to-Business …PR Web (press release), WACompeting finalists are for campaigns from organizations such as Siemens, Toshiba and IKEA. "We are thrilled to be a finalist for t…

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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Skylar to Cappiccinini

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Making an Effektiv TV stand

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Sarah needed a TV unit in her bedroom and found the Effektiv wall cabs perfect for it.
She says, “My husband and I bought a Malm bedroom set, and needed something that would work as a TV stand since the bed is so low. We had really limited space (due to the layout of the [...]

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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

Aah, what’s life without the “New and Improved!” Over the months I’ve been receiving different takes on some hacks featured on this blog. Some are prettier, some just different ways of achieving the same results. I’ll be uploading a few throughout the week. Check out this first batch. Scroll down the original post to see [...]

Screen printing exposure unit with a Vika Artur leg

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

An Ikea trestle leg makes a useful tripod for Carolina’s home screen printing unit.
She says, “I wanted to do screen printing at home and needed an exposure unit. But since I am not very good at building things, I took an Ikea table leg (Vika Artur) and screwed two 500W lamps on it. The Ikea [...]