Materials: Ikea chair

Description: Ikea has funny names for their furniture and I purchased these chairs so long ago I don't remember the name of them. They came with stretch fabric on them and when the fabric fell apart I had the frames only; which I kept because I knew I could do something with them eventually.


I was inspired by Alex - who...

Materials: 4 steel plates, 4 right angle plates, a few screws and screwdriver

Description: The book collection grew beyond the half height Billy bookshelf, then beyond two, then at four Billys it just started getting awkward.

I originally doubled these up without any hardware, but after moving to SF and not knowing what an earthquake was like, I...

Materials: BEKVAM

Description: This cart was posted on my website as well as featured on numerous other decorating blogs as well as The Kitchen online magazine.

The cart was painted and the top refinished. French stamps and hand-painting was added to the top as well as embellishments and nail heads.See more of the Bekvam remake.

~ Susan, NY

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Materials: Ramvik table, A bunch of POGs

Description: My girlfriend recently discovered a box full of POGs in her mother's basement while looking for something totally unrelated. We were on the lookout for something to do with our Ramvik table a bit like the Lego Ramvik Table that was featured on IkeaHackers some time ago and when we found the...

Materials: HYLLIS

Description:
The idea is simple : use all elements of one super-cheap HYLLIS metal shelves to construct a kitchen wall covering.


~ PATY MNI, BELGIUM (Liège)

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Materials: IKEA Tradig bowl

Description: The IKEA Tradig is a perfect fruit bowl and it also makes an excellent planter. All you need is the bowl, a coconut shell liner made for hanging baskets, soil, and some plants.


When I could not find a coconut shell liner small enough to fit, I cut a couple of inches off the smallest size I could get at the...

Materials: Vika amon custom table, Knuff

Description: I was really in the need of someplace to store my 11x17 paper for my large format printer. I was storing it on the floor under the desk but I kept kicking it. Then I had it on a HOL storage cube that we store our blankets in. That became a pain. So I went down to our favorite Swedish furniture...

Materials: BILLY OLSBO Panel/glass door, Saw - preferably with fine teeth, pencil, square (again, any kind will do)

Description: IKEA only makes the BILLY OLSBO door with a wood frame in 212cm (83in) and 52cm (20in) lengths. The 117cm (46in) BILLY OLSBO door only comes with a wood panel - no glass. So what do you do when you want a 117cm door with...

Materials: 1-One LAMPLIG Grytgaller 2-One LOTS spegel 3-One DIODER led 4-Couple of nail clips and double sided adhesive pads.

Description: The pictures I took are quite self-explanatory, so I will resume it as much I can. Have you any question I will be happy to answer it!

I sawed the Lamplig right in the middle. Then I ended up drilling 16 holes...