Expedit Cash Wrap

Materials: Expedit 4x2, door inserts, casters, wallpaper

Description: While in the process of opening a retail shop on a very small budget I spent months searching for a cash wrap counter with clean modern lines and portability so that I could easily move it around to suit redecorating, only to find that what I was looking for was well out of my target price range.

The perfect solution actually turned out to be the Expedit 4x2 unit in gloss white, turned on its side with locking casters. I wallpapered the back of the shelf inserts, and while I love the look now I also love that it can be easily changed; and I drilled a small hole for the cash register wires. The top of this unit is the perfect size for a standard cash register, and the doors provide plenty of supply and file storage.

Hopefully this helps an entrepreneur on a budget ;)

~ Dyani Brunner, Ventura, CA

Hanging Linear Besta

Materials: 2 Ikea Besta TV units, a double shelf + 1 with a cabinet door

Description: We have assembled some wood panels to an office environment, and painted yellow.

Adding a recovered industrial stool in the street.

~ Justine, Castillon-du-Gard, France

Cool hacks for a Kool Kidz shop

Materials: Expedit, Lack, Vika Gruvan

Description: How to make a low budget shop look cool:

1.
- Glue old cartoons on the Expedit shelves
- turn wheels on


2.
-easy as pie: be creative with the Lack shelves, make your own formation!

3.
- find a table top in the cheap nook
- attach it to a chest of drawers from the cheap nook
- glue old cartoons on the front
- add some led lightning

~ Ole Andreas Finseth, Oslo, Norway

LACKed a 3 tier display

Materials: 5 Lack side tables, 2 sets Capita legs, 1 Ekby Jarpen shelf

Description: Working for a small business means we don't have a lot of money to spend on fixtures, especially since most fixtures for retail are way over-priced. We needed a 3-tier display and in retail fixture catalogs nothing was less than $300. We've been using Ikea as a less-expensive alternative for our fixtures and having become a fan of Ikea Hackers I decided to see if I could create something myself.

I purchased 5 LACK Side tables ($9.99 ea) in black-brown. I put together 4 of them as normal for the base. The fifth one I added the Capita Legs in the 8in size ($14 for 4). I just drilled them into the bottom of the LACK table in place of the regular legs. For the top tier I used an EKBY JARPEN ($14.99) shelf that had been cut down to about 1ft square. Add some paint to the unfinished sides of the EKBY JARPEN shelf, then attach the second set of Capita legs to this.

What makes it great for business is that it's really versatile and allows for quick changes. All told I only ended up spending $92.94 and got a great looking display out of it.

~ Joe Robles, Austin, TX

Spotted: Bookstore out of lots and lots of Expedits

Materials: Lots of Expedits

Description: New bookstore in Bratislava for the Slovak Technical University. No books yet.

~ Dusan Koclik, Slovakia, Bratislava

Faktum floating Office Cabinet Radiator Cover

Materials: Faktum Abstrakt wall cabinets (37x80x92cm)

Description: We spent all our money on the mega-sized design office table. So there was hardly any money left for the storage cabinet.

The decision was easy: white Abstrakt kitchen wall cabinets, as they are perfect for folders. Just the right depth and height. But I also wanted to get the ugly radiator out of sight.

To get this done, we built a large strong pinewood framework in front of and around the radiator, firmly anchored in the wall. We built the framework so that the radiator heat would not get obstructed by the frame. Every 80cm we made vertical pinewood beams on which we mounted the 4 2-door cabinets and a 1-door cabinet.

To finish off, a 28mm think fingerjointed wooden plate covered all sides of the new formed cabinet. It's painted in a greygreenish Christmas tree color, matching the trees outside.

For the radiator to deliver its heat, the top panel has a milled in metal ventilation grid.

The whole piece of furniture is floating 15cm above the floor to make it more spacious.

See more of the Faktum office wall cabinet.

~ Sven van Buuren, Netherlands, Rotterdam

Ikea dresser turned register

Materials: HEMNES 8-drawer dresser, black-brown

Description: 1. We spray painted the back of the dresser to a grey metallic finish

2. Made a frame for the back of the dresser out of 2 x 4 (spray painted to match) to support the shelves

3. Mounted bracket rails to the frame

4. Attached shelves (metal brackets with glass shelves)

5. Organized beautiful beauty products to sell and used the drawers on the other side to hold our cash drawer and shopping bags

~ Megan Sullivan, Los Angeles, California

Wardrobe from HEMNES Glass Door Cabinet

Materials: HEMNES 10176268 Glass Door Cabinet, plumbing hardware

Description: My office is outfitted with HEMNES bookcases, glass door cabinets, and a HEMNES dresser as a TV stand.

Without a closet, I needed a place to hang a jacket and to keep a spare outfit.

Enter HEMNES Glass Door Cabinet. I assembled it per the instructions EXCEPT:

1 - I did not use the shelves

2 - Prior to installing the top of the cabinet

a - Assemble plumbing hardware as shown below
b - Using a utility knife, lightly relieve the two horizontal cross bars to clear the plumbing flanges
c - Lay the plumbing hardware in place, install the top of the cabinet
d - Attach the plumbing hardware with 3/4" self-tapping screws

THAT'S IT!!!

The hardware is 1/2" threaded plumbing hardware. One 8" nipple, two 1" nipples, two flanges, two 90 angles. A total of $11 at Home Depot!

See self-explanatory photos!

Enjoy.

~ Sam @CashGap, Music City, USA

Ring Display

Materials: Bolmen

Description: Seen at a Store in Central Train Station Bremen/Germany.

The Bolmen Ring Displays can be stacked and stored on less space. The Rings are protected against burglary with cables running through drilled holes. The holes are matching the pattern of the Bolmen step.

~ Tim, Germany