My girlfriend needed a new lamp for her new flat so I built her one out of some Ikea ORDNING cutlery caddies…
While making the lamp I didn’t have in mind to make an instructable out of it, but the lamp came out very well, so made some pics while putting it in place. But I [...]
Ikeahacker had a bountiful year in 2008 and I received some really fabulous hacks. Continuing with tradition, I’ll shortlist 20 of my favourite hacks of the year. You guys can then vote for the one you think deserves to be called the hack of 2008.
Pinot and Dita’s fabric wall art
It’s only little cut outs of [...]
Happy 2009! Made any resolutions? Broken them yet? Let’s start the year with this super cool Malm bed with lots of storage.
Andrew says, “We had an idea to somehow add under-bed shelving to a Malm king bed using the Lack shelving unit. The original thought was to add legs to the Malm and [...]
Now that all the feasting is done, I have a couple of post Christmas hacks.
Christmas chalice
Tara says, “I made a Rattvik white wine glass into the Ye Olde Pimp Chalice! I used a Rattvik white wine glass, faux gold leaf, decoupaged images I made using digital collage of copyright-free clip art, resin and [...]
Laura turns a spare room into a walk-in closet with parts from the Hopen/Komplement range. The results look pretty good too.
She says, “Recently my hubby and I moved into the downstairs part of this house and we decided to create something new in an old little room. So we decided to do awalk in [...]
Hey you, Merry Christmas! My folks, sisters and their families are converging in Kuala Lumpur to celebrate. Turkey is on the menu (we cheated, we ordered one from the deli!), a shrimp version of Nigella Lawson’s Christmas menu, bruschetta, baked potatoes and more stuff my more domestic sisters will whip up. Yummy. Hope you’ll be [...]
Kex gift tags
Sarah has a super easy and quick hack that is great for this gift-giving season.
She says, “After eating the Kex letter biscuits I decided to use the box for another purpose. The Kex package is great; a bright design and with a background of red cloth. After breaking the box down, simply trace [...]
This is a very simple instructable about how to convert an Expedit to a small sideboard. All you need is an old Expedit, the socket wrench that is delivered with it and a saw.
A friend of us was about to throw his old shelf out so I took it and thought about a way to [...]
This is a revised version of my crib modification Instructable. It includes more details on how to do some of the more complex steps, a complete list of tool/equipment requirements, and some additional changes I’ve had to make since publishing the original. I hope people find the extra information useful.
Parents with disabilities face [...]
Barb’s bedroom came together from bits and pieces. Who would have known! Very shabby chic.
She says, “The bed started with two Ikea TV benches from a few years back (sorry, don’t know the name) and grew from there - a sheet of MDF on top, an old door for the footboard and a couple [...]