IKEA Denver

Materials: Two Benno DVD, mother-in-law tongue plants

Description: Just wanted to submit a hack I did recently. I’ve been looking for a good headboard that divides my room a bit (bed is not against wall) and I needed something sturdy to hold a pillow so I could read sitting up and that would look good from both front and back (most normal headboards don’t).

I was walking by a big office building in downtown LA when I saw a long, narrow planter filled with mother-in-law tongue plants. I’ve also been trying to get those plants into my bedroom because they produce oxygen at night (http://greenspaces.in/blog/ted09/ - good TED video about three helpful plants for growing your own oxygen). Then it dawned on me that I just needed a very narrow 80″ long planter as a headboard. I looked all over until I found something perfect: two Benno DVD towers that I built, leaving the backing out of one of them, laying them horizontally on a cabinet that’s flush with the top of my bed and attaching them together with a few screw plates.

Then I bought about 10-6″ round terra cotta pots with saucers and replanted the plants in those from what I bought at home depot and the local nursery.

Voila! I’m totally psyched and it was MUCH cheaper than some of the big outdoor planters I was looking at to do the same thing. There is a slight notch on the right/bottom of each unit, but that can be masked any number ways: black tape, cutting the excess off or just leaving it alone – as in my case, it’s not very noticable.

Thanks for reading and keeping up the awesome site!

~ Jake Levine

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Materials: Two Cabinet Fronts (Stat Drw Frnt s2 24×24″ Wht NA 701-159-55)

Description: I wanted the look of an expensive dishwasher with custom front without buying new, very expensive dishwasher that allows for panels.

I removed the front dishwasher panel by removing the screws here. The panel slides down and off.

Next, predrill the holes in the dishwasher metal front.

I used construction adhesive and screws to attach the doors. Let dry overnight.

The new fronts were hitting the Ikea kickboard, so I used a jigsaw to cut out the area it was hitting. You never see it unless you look under the cabinets.

~ Anonymous, Maine

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Materials: 20 PS Vallo watering cans, 5 Spontan magnetic boards

Description:
The ever-changing sculpture is a pile of 20 PS Vallo watering cans that can be stacked and connected in various configurations. It looks even better - like a snake - if you have a flat surface to stretch it out sideways. Cost: $1.99 X 20 =39.80.

The magazine rack consists of 5 Spontan magnetic boards screwed to the wall. There are some nice, modern magazine wall-racks out there but you’ll have to spend about $300. Cost of this one: $7.99 X 5 =$39.95

~ Kathy, New Jersey

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