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 think, you can figure out, how it has been made from the sketches I made…

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Pinot and Dita’s fabric wall art
It’s only little cut outs of Ikea fabrics but the end result is gorgeous.

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Salad bowl speakers
This hack takes the humble Blanda Matt salad bowls way out of its territory and does it with aplomb too.

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Mirrored vanity
Jule turns a frowned-upon desk into a looker. Glamorous, even.

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Slim entryway table
Simple but works incredibly well for the space. And don’t you just love those shapely Fintorp legs?

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Elevated dog bowl stand
For 22 bucks, Brett and Melody’s dog bowl stand can stand up to more pricey branded ones.

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Spring Chick’s craft table
Four kitchen cabinets join forces to become one ginormous gorgeous craft table.

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Helmer, the 24 core Linux cluster
I still have no idea what this thing does but Lifehacker voted it the top mod for 2008. So it must be doing some thing right.

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Sliding countertop
Magda slides out extra countertop space when she needs it, slides it in when she doesn’t. There’s also a dedicated one for the coffee machine. Nice.

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Hi-gloss desk job
Jonas opted for a door instead when we wanted a super huge table.

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Barnslig USB drive
I like cute.

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Ramvik TV and music console
Control your TV, play music and games from the comfort of your coffee table.

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Dekad clock guitar amp
One of the more ingenious hacks of 2008. This alarm clock doesn’t just go ‘brrrrrrriiiinng’.

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Angie’s George Nelson-inspired jewelry cabinet
One of the best use of the Fira chest of drawers. Storing jewelry never looked better.

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Eugene’s compact banquette
In 2006, Andrew’s daybed turned banquette was the hack of the year. Will Eugene’s kitchen cabs turned banquette repeat history?

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Coffee table train
Steffen build his train set into the Vinninga coffee table. My nephews will love this.

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Fan cooled media cabinet
Ryan punches some holes in to the Lack shelving unit for some air.

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Fold down Ivar desk
This desk tucks in neatly behind sliding doors when not in used.

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Stolmen bike rack
Great way to store bikes. Great looking too.

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Bekvam sink
The kitchen cart becomes a bathroom sink pedestal.

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Kid’s art table
Chalkboard table with rolling paper dispenser, magnetic holder for markers.

So what do you think? Get clicky clicky. Voting ends 15 Jan 2009.

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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 slide one Lack under each side. The problem came when we couldn’t find a way of attaching legs that satisfied both my structural/safety concerns and Jennifer’s aesthetic sense; either they’d be attractive but too small or not well-attached, or ugly but bulky and secure.

The beginnings of a solution came from an Ikeahacker post on headboards which linked to aerialsoul’s Malm headboard hack. The main inspiration we took from this is that the best way to add to a Malm bed is to just buy another set. We’re using the headboard from one set as the footboard, and our headboard is made from the second headboard sitting atop the two footboards. Everything works together to make a cohesive, connected bed. We couldn’t be more pleased!

Supplies list:

2x Malm king bed, black/brown 
2x Lack shelving unit, black/brown 

4x 6′ 1×4 lumber, used as cleats to secure the three pieces of the headboard
2x 24″ 1×4 lumber used to reinforce the repurposed headboard where it doesn’t have interior structure
1x 24″ 1×6 lumber, same
1 qt. black paint, used on the sanded lumber
wood glue, various wood screws and random Ikea hardware
8x plastic furniture feet for easy movement on carpet (4x for each of two Lack units)

Check out Andrew’s blog post  or the assembly photos and final product.”

It’s getting tougher and tougher shortlisting the top hacks for the year. I hope to be able to make my final selection tomorrow and get the post done. So watch this space. Click here to see 2007’s.

Next, on a totally unrelated note, but I am a big fan of Leo of ZenHabits (who is also part of LifeRemix) so I just got to bend my rules to sneak this in. He has just launched his new book, The Power of Less. I love his stripped down principles for life and nuggets of succinct truth. Do hop over to check out the book and if you pre-order it before 1 Jan midnight, you get 3 bonus giveaways too. 

Please also join me to welcome Easy Appliance Parts as our new Sponsor for 2009. They offer over 1 million appliance parts in stock for do-it-yourselfers. Wow. So if you need to replace a part in your microwave or dishwasher or fridge, you know where to go.

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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 faux rhinestones to make this pimp chalice for my man for Christmas. I was my first attempt at doing any of these things on glass and my first use of resin at all and for the most part I’m really pleased with how it turned out! The inside of the bowl really does glow like movie special effects gold in the light! If I had to do it again, I’d use higher-quality rhinestones, though.” 

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Digital Ribba photo frame
John from Australia shares with us his Ikea hack, put together as Christmas presents this year.

He says, “I decided to purchase two cheap 7″ digital photo frames on sale from K-Mart for $30.00 AUD and mount them in Ribba frames.

The larger frame is the 30 cm x 40 cm Ribba ($20.00 AUD). Since the window cut out of the mat board that comes with the frame is larger than the LCD, I had to get a mat board cut to size with a window that matched the size of the frame, this cost me another $20.00 AUD. I simply removed the clear plastic frame from the digital photo frame before mounting the LCD inside the mat board. Total cost was $70.00 AUD.

The smaller frame is the 18 cm x 24 cm Ribba ($9.00 AUD). The window on the mat board was smaller than the LCD, so it was simply a matter of cutting out a larger window before mounting the LCD. Total cost was $39.00 AUD.

I apologise for the poor lighting in the photos. I don’t have access to a digital camera at the moment so my iPhone had to suffice.”

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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 closet!

We found someone selling the Hopen/Komplement system really cheap on Craigslist, and we just went for it. The whole closet could not fit inside our little room, so my husband had to take it all apart and start from scratch. After a whole week end planning, measuring, cutting, and drilling, we end up with this:

Tah dah!!

We are planning on hacking the closet doors into sliding doors for the closet, but that will be another week end and another hack!”

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I’ll be taking the day off tomorrow. Which means, no blogging. But I’ll leave you with one more with the Polarvide blanket. This one’s from Kerstin of Germany.

She writes, “I wanted to sew a blanket for tummytime and playing for my son, but could not find any fabric I liked. I did like the children’s quilt covers at Ikea, so I simply cut them in pieces. For the other side I just used a green Polarvide blanket. Really easy, the whole blanket was finished in a day! My son loves to play on it!”

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