The Gorm is turning out to be ideal as pet cages. Here’s another one for rats from Robin.
“My husband and I made this 4-floor cage for our pet rat (who can be seen sleeping on the balcony in the pictures). It cost around $30 for the Gorm shelf unit (5 of the 20×20 [...]
Michele gave her boy a McQueen kitchen. It’s a fabulous alternative to the fairy tale play kitchens we’ve seen so far.
“I got the idea after seeing so many inspiring play kitchens on the Ikea hacker website. It sparked my creativity, and turned out to be a fun project to plan, easy to execute, and as [...]
Teresa and Caroline (thanks!) tip me on some cool hacks happening over at Apartment Therapy. Check out their dreamy bedside table, fresh and fun Latt table and a Lack window seat.
Children’s Latt table transformation
At a glance, the Latt table and seat tops look like fabulous art pieces but in reality, it is an Ikea [...]
Jenise’s first hack involves 50 lbs of shoes. Here’s what she did.
“When I moved across the country, I had 50 lbs of shoes freighted to me on Amtrack, and that was half of my collection. Since then, I have scaled back considerably. Regardless, when I moved into my apartment that had the least spacious walk [...]
Rebecca hacks her version of the recessed Bertby display cabinet.
“We moved to a condo with limited space and we needed a display cabinet for some of our collections. We already bought a Detolf from Ikea but the problem is it has only 4 shelves, which is good for some of our larger pieces. We need [...]
It’s a bench but Melanie makes it do double (and triple) duty as a coffee table and some times computer table. I like that the “tables” are removable and can be repositioned to where you want them to be.
This is an Ikea hack I made some time ago. As I’m not a big fan [...]
Cave Lion fashions a fantastic Billy Cat climbing shelf. It looks pretty easy to do too. Looks fun!
“I made an Ikea hack of my own a few weeks ago and thought you’d like to share it too. The shelf is made from a 40cm wide Billy shelf and it cost only 15€ (the shelf [...]
Bo salvage a ceiling lamp and converts it into a bedside lamp.
“I had this old ceiling lamp that I don’t remember the official Ikea name for and I think its been discontinued. And my bedside shelf didnt have any nice place for a lamp but i liked the dome shape of that ceiling lamp. [...]
Matthijs, inspired by the simplicity of the LackRack(.org) hack, decides to create something a bit more practical for everyday office use, made by three stock Ikea products plus some regular stuff from the local hardware shop.
For instructions please click here. The page is in Dutch but it is pretty self-explanatory.
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Ikea is the new mini. Mini doll houses that is. I love these two Ikea doll houses and the dolls too!
Variera is the room
Chris throws out the veggies on the Rationell Variera shelf insert and brings in the minis. The Variera pattern makes a terrific “textured wall”. And the toy kitten is just [...]