The 'Bertil' Bench

Materials: Bertil Chair and Ikea supplied fixings/hardware
1200mm x 400mm x 22 mm plywood sheet
1200mm x 45mm x 20mm pine
1200mm x 20 x 20 pine
Scrap bits of pine
PVA wood glue
Wood screws
Paint
Tools:
Jig Saw
Cordless drill
Tape measure
Screwdriver
'F' Clamps

Description:
Matt halved a Bertil chair and converted it into a bench.

Check out the Instructable for the Bertil bench for full details.

~ MattCP

Bedroom dress boys

Materials: Two Bertil chairs, cleat, glue, screws, drill, circular saw, paint.

Description: Our bedroom is tightly spaced, and we needed a place for clothes in between wearing and ready for laundry. Inspired by a design from Laphoeff I bought two second-hand Ikea Bertil chairs and made them into dress boys.

I used a circular handsaw to cut the seats in half. A French cleat under the remaining piece of the seat holds the chairs to the walls, making them easy to remove for cleaning etc. Doesn't take up much room but holds quite bundle of clothes, de-cluttering the room. The chairs were originally black, I painted them white to match the colour scheme.

~ G.V.M., The Netherlands