Archive for May, 2010

DIY Platform Bed and Mattress Substitute - Out-Of-The-Box, Portable, Lightweight, Inexpensive

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Ever needed to lug a mattress, a box spring or a heavy, clunky wooden or
metal bed up or down a few flights of stairs or load it into a car or
van? Or worried about having to throw away an otherwise perfectly usable
and expensive mattress / box springs because of bedbugs? Your bed and
mattress (plu…By: sbansban
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DIY Platform Bed Substitute - Out-Of-The-Box, Portable, Lightweight & Inexpensive

Monday, May 31st, 2010

I wanted a portable, lightweight and inexpensive platform bed substitute
that I could put together and take apart at will and whose individual
pieces I could carry in my car when I move. I did find a few metal bed
frames that seemed at least somewhat portable -

Jewelry display tray

Monday, May 31st, 2010

Materials: Ribba Frame, Polarvide blanket
Description: My girlfriend keeps on leaving her jewelry on top of our new (and rather expensive :/ ) white lacked piece of furniture. It was time to build a solution to avoid scratches and display jewelry in style. My idea, her perfect execution!
TOTAL cost of the hack: 16 Eur
TIME [...]

IKEA joins Forest Legality Alliance to curb illegal logging - Lesprom Network

Monday, May 31st, 2010
IKEA joins Forest Legality Alliance to curb illegal logging
Lesprom Network
Swedish furniture giant IKEA is part of a just launched group named the Forest Legality Alliance that will support private sector efforts to reduce illegal

Walk in closet from kitchen wall panels

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Materials: Ikea kitchen wall panels
Description: I didn’t want to have bypassing sliding doors for my bedroom closet and thought one door would save space. My house is old but didn’t have much in the way of good salvageable architectural details. I bought some Ikea kitchen cover panels (look for them in the damaged area, [...]

Converted fireplace built-in

Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Materials: White 3 shelf BILLY bookcase, 2 x LIDINGO Glass panel doors, DIODER Lighting pack, 2 pack TYDA Handles, MDF for frame, TV antenna socket, Power socket, PVC piping, Jigsaw, Drill, Liquid nails
Description: Due to the small size of our living room I converted our already closed up fireplace into a lit book cabinet [...]

Freeloader alert: Giveaways at Starbucks, Ikea - Seattle Times

Friday, May 28th, 2010

CultureMob (blog)
Freeloader alert: Giveaways at Starbucks, Ikea
Seattle Times
Also: Free breakfast at Ikea over Memorial Day weekend. By Seattle Times staff Starbucks is doling out freebies on Fridays in Seattle through June 18.
CHS Essays: What you learn about Capitol Hill and film in line at SIFF CHS Capitol Hill Seattle
Seattle International Film Festival: A Beginner’s Guide to SIFF CultureMob (blog)
Get free tickets to SIFF at Starbucks this afternoon Queen Anne View (blog)
Fremont Universe (blog)
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A vintage suitcase laptop table

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Materials: Dave laptop table
Description: This is my second luggage project. I love to upcycle old luggage into tables, so it seems. This guy was given to me in his original pre-loved state by a wonderful man I work with during the holidays when he heard I was into ‘the luggage’. He had used it and [...]

Say hello to my little (speaker) stands!

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Materials: Ikea Shoe Rack (Lustifik)
Description: First and foremost I have to qualify/justify why I made these speaker stands (before the audiophiles out there cry blasphemy and take me for a fool not understanding the need for a $300 USD stand with zero resonance and spikes/cones for legs)
1) I needed to space out the speakers [...]

Rusty room divider

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Materials: Expedit 2×4, Expedit 4×4
Description: It all started with placing two Expedit units on top of each other; I ended up with something very colourful. There are way too many stages in this project to explain it all in 5 pictures. If you’d like to see more, go here.
1. As I wanted to separate my [...]