Vinyl Records and CDs sideboard

Materials: Four nightstand tables HOPEN

Description:
1) I took out the feet of two tables
2) Put a right table on top of a left table and screwed them
3) Did the same with the other pair
4) Add some wood sticks to build a top at the open sides

~ Cristina, Estoril-Portugal

Rack for Shoes

Materials: OMSORG

Description:
This rack is for those shoes you have to use every day.
You need the Omsorg shoe tree.
Remove the plastic end.
Take a square-shaped timber (40 x 40 mm), length 30 cm for one pair of shoes.
Drill holes with a diameter of 10 mm.
You have to insert a metal made wire with a diameter of 2 or 3 mm into the clip of Omsorg. That is for stabilization of the clip. The length of the wire is 15 cm. If you do not so, your shoes are too heavy and will bend down.

Insert the wire into the clip, glue it with hot melt adhesive and plug both into the drilled holes. Glue it with hot melt adhesive.

Hier noch mal in Deutsch:

Das Regal ist f�r Schuhe, die man jeden Tag benutzt.
Man ben�tigt die Omsorg Schuspanner, deren Enden abgeschraubt werden.
Zur Wandbefestigung wird ein Vierkantholz ben�tigt. Ca. 30 cm L�nge f�r ein Paar Schuhe, der Abstand muss mit Hilfe der Schuhe ermittelt werden.
Die Bohrungen f�r die Feder betr�gt 10 mm. Zur Stabilisierung der Feder (Omsorg) muss ein Metalldraht (2-3 mm Durchmesser) in die Feder eingeschoben werden. Die L�nge des Metalldrahtes betr�gt 15 cm. Wenn der Metalldraht nicht drin ist, wird die Feder durch das Schuhgewicht nach unten gebogen.
Der Metalldraht wird in die Feder gesteckt und die Feder in die Bohrungen. Alles mit Hei�kleber verkleben.
Mit der Wand verschrauben und zum Schutz der Wand ein Plastikbrett verwenden.

~ Andreas F�rst, Steffi Welz, Dresden, Germany

Earring holder

Materials: DOKUMENT letter tray

Description: Having lots of hook earrings I was looking for somewhere to hang then cause they always get tangled into each other. I had seen the mesh system stapled into a picture frame but I didn't feel like crafting. A quick scan on my office and I found the perfect solution. Dokument on its side! The mesh is big enough to easily get earrings through yet small enough to hold studs. You could attach it direct to the wall or do as I did here and just put it on a shelf behind my other jewellery boxes, this keeps it portable and easy to reach.

~ Ingrid Mertens, Quebec Canada

This week in April '07

• Angelique's pretty storage chests: Ferns don't only look good outdoors, they are pretty good on plain pine chests too.
• Super simple Expedit rails: Unless you are the type who likes to live near the edge, a railing for the upstairs is what you need. And it doesn't have to cost a small fortune.
• Hack a sectional sleeper: Guests staying the night? No problem. Just pull out twin mattresses and Solsta pallbo footstools from this sleeper by night, sofa by day.

Silver leaf Ikea Rast Dresser Hack

Materials: Rast dresser, silver leaf, paint, crystal knobs

Description: Painted the Rast dresser with black paint, then applied silver leaf glue adhesive to fronts of drawers. Next was to lay silver leaf on the fronts. Seal the dresser with wipe-on poly and add some bling in the form of crystal knobs!

See more silver leaf rast dresser.

~ barbara@hodge:podge, Vancouver, Canada

Rast Turned Sideboard

Materials: Rast Dressers, paint, wood stain, wood filler, drawer handles, drill

Description:
-Two Ikea Rast dressers
-Wood measured to build two shelves
-Two 6"x1"x12' pieces of wood - the surface piece cut in half and stained
-Wood filler to fill in the drawer knob holes
-A quart of hi-gloss Martha Stewart paint in Seal (used two coats)
-Six new drawer handles from Home Depot (you will need to drill new holes for the handles)

~ Nadia Shen, Brooklyn

Modern flower pot

Materials: Ceiling lamp

Description: I bought this ceiling lamp at the AS IS section of Ikea.
When I saw it I thought it would be the perfect modern flower pot that is so hard to find for an affordable price.

It already has an opening in the bottom where the wire would normally go. Instead the water can make an exit through there now.

~ Heloisa Fiasco, Raleigh, NC