Cijaye gets the Perfekt scrapbooking room

The hacking is minor but the idea is a nice one. Instead of plates, the Perfekt Plate Racks houses her papers and books. Two of them form the legs for her craft table.

Cijaye says, "I had a small extra room (previously used as a spare bed/craft/toy room) that needed to be converted to an organized scrapbooking room. To accomplish this I had to have extensive work space, as well as organized scrapbook supplies storage. I found the perfekt solution. I converted 4 �Perfekt� Plate Racks from Ikea plus a PVC table top (found in the as-is room) into storage and workspace for this scrapbooking room haven!

I stuffed 3 of the shelves with collapsable storage bins (again from Ikea) and sorted all of my supplies. Then I kept one of the racks as-is to work as book ends for my many scrapbooking books and magazines. Behind the two shelves on the desk side � are 4 computer towers and my garbage bin! They are out of sight from everyone entering the room and they are all fully functional! I could not have asked for a better hack. I am in love with this space now! It is my home away from home for sure!"


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Leksvik craft table

Frida hacks a stand-up-and-craft table.

She says, "It is the Leksvik bar table that I have altered with a shelf and painted, also shortened the legs."

The legs are shortened about 4 inches from the top. And Frida fitted a glulam shelf at the base for her sewing machines and other crafty things. Finally, a coat of paint.



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Ordning cutlery stand lamp

Andrew pairs an old lamp base with the Ordning cutlery stand for a one of a kind lamp. Not bad for salvaged stuff.

Andrew says, "This lamp was put together with a found 1950's - 60's timber lamp base and a couple of found Ordning cutlery stands (they throw out a lot of interesting stuff around Bondi!). The original shades had long since disappeared. All that was required was to make a hole in the middle of the Ordning (drill it first and then ream out the hole to the right size with a circular file), unscrew the sleeve that originally held the lamp shades, pop the modified Ordning on and screw the sleeve back in to hold the new shade in place.

If you use clear tungsten bulbs (not those energy saving ones!), the shadows it casts are rather good. The flexible arms are a bonus and can make it a nice lamp for reading. I first made one of these for a friend about 10 years ago and was delighted to find that it qualified as an Ikea hack."

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Grono gets some legs

Randall, a furniture designer, does his thing on the Grono lamps.

He says, " So many times I tell people - I look at Ikea as a "hardware store" as much as I do a Furniture retailer...No offense - I think Ikea's awesome....just that many items they sell are so adaptable - and likely candidates for "hacking"- that I see many items there as "components" for a project - or a "project-to-be"...which is how the Grono hacks occurred.

I was in the lighting area of Ikea - and saw these cute little inoffensive cubes - I was attracted to their simplicity; and their clean lines and volume.

But, they seemed too "elemental" to me.

So, the designer started sketching...

And this is what came out!

It helped that business is slow now - and I have some extra time to "play-around"....designing and building these items as Prototypes - for a future collection of products for sale on a soon to be created "rePurposed Furniture" website.

Plenty of years of metal working  (and woodworking ) skills went into the fabrication of these "hacks".
Like they say on TV- not recommended to try this at home.

Welding, Mag-Drill Machining, Dado-Cutting, Sandblasting,and Powder
Coating are a few of the more "Industrial" processes that I used to create these new lights - that most folks don't keep in the garage, or basement workshops!

I hope that you and your readers may find some enjoyment from these new Lights I created using the Grono - and hope that IKEA will give me a job designing some for them!"

Randall's other hacks:
- Seena's bathroom countertop
- Expedit Grande

Oh la la ... it's a beauty

Randall, a furniture designer based in Chicago, finally gets round to finishing girlfriend Seena's renovations. This post will feature Seena's bathroom countertop. Later today will be Randall's other hack, a set of Grono lamps.

He says, "Her Condo in downtown Chicago is one that she has occupied way before The Donald (as in Trump) ever laid eyes upon her neighbor to the south - The Chicago Sun-Times building, which he has torn down to build a major skyscraper - and, so when Miss Seena started to actually rehab her tiny Condo - the Economic Crisis started to weaken The Banks confidence in Real Estate resulting in her Construction Loan (Line of Credit) being slashed to next to nothing! So - out went many custom crafted touches- and in went many shopping trips to Ikea.

The results are stunning!

Knowing that the small bathroom had a "width" of only 59"- we set out to scour Ikea's cabinet selection(s) - not just the freestanding Cabinets, not just the Office Solutions, not just the TV stand - but everything, in the entire store was measured and considered to be a possible candidate for an Ikea hack!

How fortuitous, when we put the tape measure to the Torsby!

Exactly (OK - on 1/8" of an inch larger) than we needed.
But what about the internal shelf support?
Won't that be in the way of the plumbing/drain????

Not for an experienced Ikea hacker like the Furniture Designer boyfriend.....(me!).

And - what about the Torsby finish to the top - how will that hold up in a moist bathroom environment? A scrap piece of honed white Corian from a local cabinet maker, helped solve that concern - a piece was cut at 59" by 16" (a 1" overhang in the front) to give a nice detail - as well as a bit more countertop space (we know how girls can use up counter space in a bathroom!)

So working from an elevation drawing I created - we went to work.

After much sweat and tears.....we are almost done- just the tempered glass shower doors and a bit of Corian for baseboard moulding..... and that's all!

Check out Randall's previous hack and studio.

This is no wallflower

Chuck Herren goes for the floating desk. I really love stuff off the floor though there is a fear (an unfounded one though) that it may come crashing down in the dead of the night. Nonetheless, I am sure Chris did a great job securing his desk to the wall.

This is made from two Pronomen countertops measuring 49 5/8 x 25 5/8".

Conglomerate media desk

T. Hutchinson marries a countertop with a table top for a work and media space.

He says, "I wanted a sleek desk for a while, but wanted room for my turntables nearby and some storage. Not only did I put together both, but managed to hide the ugly cords pretty well.

The desk at the left is a Pronomen countertop in the discontinued depth of 18". My girlfriend had the idea of using 3 legs, and we went with the Vika Inge. I already owned the simple black table with adjustable Vika Kaj legs, which puts the turntables at a good height and clears the filing cabinet. The corner is my favorite part: a Vika Furusund "leg" unit that fits records at the back, and hides my power strips in the front. It's tidy but still easy to get to stuff. I have my less-used stuff plugged in on the top shelf so I can switch it off. The wall shelves are Antonius hardware, with shelf boards I had around and shortened.

Next to the computer, I have some nesting trays for a compact charging station. I've managed to find USB charging cables for my portable devices: IPod, phone, camera, bluetooth headset, and wireless mouse.I plugged those into a USB hub that came with a power adapter, and I was planning to use it in another room without a computer. It fit nicely by my desk, and my computer supplies USB power when off. Super handy and efficient, no bulky wall adapters. Oh, and that's a Gregor chair. Not very comfortable, but most office chairs look too futuristic for me. The lamp is a Lack LED lamp, with an Erserud lampshade over it. Haven't gotten it to stay in place very well yet."