GorModo

Materials: Ikea Bodo, Gorm, plywood, wood glue & screws

Description: So, I needed a shelving unit that would fit snugly in the corner of my laundry area. The space is a couple inches shy of 2 feet and apparently most units ikea has is about 2 feet wide. So I guess it's justifiable to hack.

Somehow I decided on the leaning ladder design cause I think it does not take too much of visual space plus it's relatively easy to build. This design could also hide sanitary pipes and existing water source which will make the area look neater.

I used some leftover Gorm pieces for the legs and wood strips from a wrecked Bodo to act as spars for the shelves. Since it's an angled design, I screwed in a thin aluminium piece to re-inforce the top joint. I've no idea how much load this unit is going to sustain so I glued the joints prior to screwing them together.

Cut some plywood and place them over the spars. Add a coat of varnish on the plywood to waterproof them and paint the Gorm legs just because I have some leftover paint.

I didn't spend much on this shelf, most of the materials were from previous projects. I'm quite happy with the result though and I sure hope they will last.

~ hurley, 1852@SG

Almost a Mandal Wall hack

Materials: BOD� bed (not on the US page), Malm storage unit x2, Lack wall shelf (any size you choose) and a battery drill with bits and drills.

Description: I where greatly inspired by the Mandal Wall-mounted headboard (see here and here), but thought it was too expensive.

By luck I found the bed part (BOD�) for my hack, in the basement for my apartment, and asked my landlord if I could have it.

I took off the legs, and turned the brackets underneath 90 degrees and put them back on. I made two holes in each of the two brackets farthest apart with a metal drill, for the screws that would hold it on the wall.

When mounting the bed too the wall, be sure to use the right kind of plugs for your wall type, and use some heavy duty screws.

After the wall mounting, I put a mirror in the middle of my new wall hack, and then placed my Malm storage units underneath it.

I bought myself 4 Lack shelves at 11'3/4" x 12'1/4" to mount in "the bed". Luckily the space between the boards is exactly the same as the height of the shelves, so they fit right in.

Last I decorated with a painting made by my girlfriend and some other stuff.

I must confess that I'm rather proud of my first Ikea hack. It was pretty easy to do, and the result is actually pretty good.

Hope this will inspire some of the European readers in here, as the bed is only sold here.

~ Anders Dalsgaard, Denmark