Tallvik Ceiling Lamp

Materials:
a) 3 TALLVIK table lamps, nickel-plated (just the shades)
b) 3 HEMMA Cord sets, color black
c) 1 Aluminum rectangular tube Dimensions:
Length: 100 cm
Width: 6 cm
Height: 2.5 cm
d) 2 plastic end caps
e) Some clear silicon glue and some screws

Description: Hello there! This is a triple ceiling lamp. Because my English is not fluent, especially with construction terminology I made a step by step guide like the one included in every IKEA product. (ALMOST).

I hope it will make it easier for you to understand the process I've followed.

p.s. The lighting effect on the ceiling is amazing!!!

~ konstantinos, Athens , Greece

Hundreds and Thousands Regolit lamp

Materials: REGOLIT lamp shade & HEMMA cord set, translucent paper, wallpaper paste

Description: 1. Mix a small bowl of wallpaper paste, you won't need much.

2. Cut out circles in different sizes from the translucent paper.

3. Plaster the lamp with circles, alternating colors and sizes. I created a gradient effect, using less circles towards the bottom of the shade.

4. Let it dry. Hang it up.

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~ Katarina, Berlin, Germany

Chair with guest

Materials: Gilbert chair of Ikea

Description: I propose a chair with our "guest" sitting on it.
He is very worried that someone will sit him and exclaims: It's occupied!! "

I have taken Ikea's "Gilbert" chair, and I have drawn my image on it.
I have used markers uniposca and than I finished it with the application of "plastivel", to protect my picture.

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~ Alessandra, Rome, Italy

Lack-screen-hack

Materials: LACK-Table

Description: I wanted an easy way to control audio and video in my apartment. The idea was to build up a screen in the table which also became the solution.

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~ Jarolix, Swevast

Cut an Expedit for a cutting table

Materials: Expedit bookshelf, Lagan countertop

Description: Becky spotted this hack on Prudentbaby and sent it over. It's a lovely hack of an Expedit turned cutting table. The old Expedit which was taking up too much wall space and dominating the area was sized down, counter height. A new Lagan countertop was screwed on top of the Expedit and eyesore turned into a head turner.

See more of the Expedit cutting table and craft room redesign on Prudentbaby.com.

~ becky

My Komplementing Pax hack

Materials:
4 Pax wardrobe 50 cm
2 Komplement clothes rails 100 cm
1 pair of curtains Anita
2 Antonius frames + baskets
4 Pax shelves

Description:
This is not an advanced hack, we just needed a cheep storage solution for our clothes when we moved to our new apartment and this is how we solved it.

1) After building the wardrobes we put 2 and 2 together, mounted them with screws that came along to make them really tight together. This gave us a total width of 100 cm per unit, same as the Komplement clothes rail!

2) The Komplement Clothes rail holders where screwed in the top holes already in the wardrobes, with the end sticking outside the wardrobe. See photos.

3) We bought a pair of curtains with a min width of 100 cm, to make it easy on us we bought ones with a premade tunnel so we could just slide the curtains over the rails and just click them in the holders we screwed up.

And we were done! We were lucky to get most items on sale so the total cost for us on this hack was less then 1000 sek. Me and my boyfriend are extremely satisfied with my solution. And the day we can afford or want to change to doors there is been no harm done to the Pax wardrobes.

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~ Helen Holmberg, Helsingborg, Sweden

Sisal Rope Side Table

Materials: Ikea Lack Side Table, Sisal Rope, Hot glue gun, E600

Description: I have an Ikea Lack side table that the Mr. and I bought years ago when we were just starting out and had no furniture. It was headed for the dumpster, when I thought it would be perfect if it was covered in sisal rope. This project took a good amount of time, and my fingers are sore and burnt, but it in the end it was absolutely worth it.

Supplies: table, sandpaper, 2 packages 1/4" x 100 feet sisal rope, 3 packages 3/8" x 50 feet sisal rope, E600 adhesive and a hot glue gun with a ton of hot glue sticks (mine is a mini one and I used over 100 sticks!)

Start out by lightly sanding the entire table and then wipe it off with a damp cloth (in a well ventilated area) I started with the legs (sorry, I forgot to take pictures of this step) and used the hot glue gun to stick the rope on the bottom of the leg with a side that will be facing inside to the table. On two opposite sides of the leg, I put a line of the E600, and the other two side of the leg I hot glued the rope to the table as I wrapped it around the leg, working my way to the top. Repeat on the other three legs.

For the table top, start at a corner that will be at the back.Glue down the end to the table very well, and put some glue at the end of the rope to help keep it from unraveling. I put a thin line of E600 on the side and then a line of hot glue next to it. Then I just started wrapping the sides. Once I got to the top, I made a kind of lip so that the rope is higher than the tabletop.

Then I glued the rope on to the tabletop, starting at the outside edge, still with both the hot glue gun and the E600. When I got to the end of my rope (ha ha) I just glued the end down and started with a new one next to it. I just kept wrapping in the square shape until I got to the middle.

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~ Jessa, Scottsdale, AZ