here's an idea! a bonde bookcase dollhousehere's an idea! a bonde bookcase dollhouse

carrie over at apartment therapy's ohdeedoh tipped me on a fabulous flickr find. it ain't a hack but i couldn't say no it.sarah turned a bonde bookcase into a dollhouse, with working lights! it brough…

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31 Jan 2008

how to make your cat lose weight

can't stay away from food? piling on the pounds? then you've got a fat cat problem. the solution is not gym sessions but a feeder cage.in cassandra's multi-cat household, she usually leaves dry food …

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30 Jan 2008

a tasteful dog crate you don't have to hide

by night, it's for her dog to sleep in. by day, it looks just like any other storage box. sheena turns the hol storage bench into a dog crate.she writes, "my dog tweed is a butthead after dark, so he …

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30 Jan 2008

welcome to the guinea pig palacewelcome to the guinea pig palace

saskia transformed an aneboda wardrobe into a guinea pig palace!she writes, "what can we do with an aneboda wardrobe? we can turn it over into a beautiful guinea pig palace! i used three aneboda wardr…

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30 Jan 2008

i heart dogs and cats and guinea pigs too

i've been receiving quite a few pet hacks lately and thought i'll dedicate today to all things cute and furry. to start off, here are some new inspired versions of older hacks. i've posted them after …

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30 Jan 2008

your work lamp can do double duty

christina turns a work table lamp into ambient lighting for the room as well.she writes, "i always liked the mobility of a work table light, especially for reading in an armchair. but in a living room…

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29 Jan 2008

spongefish's genius hack contest is on!spongefish's genius hack contest is on!

think your hack is hip enough to win a nintendo wii?spongefish, a newly launched social site where people share what they know, is running a genius hack contest with fabulous prizes up for grabs.a li…

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29 Jan 2008

a tree in the living room for your cat to climba tree in the living room for your cat to climb

barna repurposed the stolmen system into a cat tree. here's what he did."my girlfriend and i live with our three cats in a smallish apartment in san francisco. we wanted to give the cats plenty of ver…

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28 Jan 2008

table l'amour - a valentine's project?

michelle gives an old ikea table (now discontinued) a little bit of love.she writes, "it's an old ikea caf� table that has been painted and weather-proofed based on a design found on the cover of the …

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25 Jan 2008

a little bit of blue for the aneboda

unless you are ultra organized, the transparent panels in the aneboda chest of drawers will always squeal on your less that neat habits. claudia covers them up with some lovely paper from oliver bonas…

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25 Jan 2008

try out the ikeahacker app for facebook

a new thingamajig to play with. glen of lifedev (and who runs liferemix, the blog network i am part of) has developed a facebook app for bloggers.what it does is allow you to receive and share blog co…

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24 Jan 2008

a breakfast bar saves the day

alexandra turns an ugly half wall into a breakfast bar. while there is no straight-up hacking on the ikea countertop, it is a neat idea if you're looking for ways to maximize space or hide mistakes.sh…

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24 Jan 2008

simple hacks from japan

the first hacks, albeit minor ones, from japan! these are from yoshi, who clearly loves his dog very much.yoshi printed the photo onto the iron on sheet and transferred it to the solsta pallbo cushion…

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23 Jan 2008

how to make an inspiration board

i've been meaning to make an inspiration board but, as usual, got derailed. lisa z's hack re-inspired me again. love the aging of the ung drill picture frame.lisa writes, "i hacked an ung drill black …

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23 Jan 2008

let's make a memory

jess chamberlain, a writer for home by sunset made this lovely memory box table top. wonderful way to keep your trinkets with style, without the dust.you'll need a lack side table, a ribba 19" square …

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22 Jan 2008

a twin horby pendant lamp

scott bought the horby pendant lamp (right) but it wasn't adequate for the space he intended it for. what to do then? buy two and fuse them together.here's how scott did it:1. disassemble both lights …

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21 Jan 2008

use lack shelves to add storage and interest to a room

cathy makes good use of the lack shelving units as storage and room partitions."we wanted to use lack shelves in the kitchen so that they could act as a food pantry, but had limited wall space. by usi…

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20 Jan 2008

a server farm right in your living room

the axeman needed a rack to place his cisco switch and huge home server. with the faktum, he got all that he wanted.here's how he did it:1. take a faktum FA703 (now akurum) tall module (eventually add…

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18 Jan 2008

no space? create storage under the bed

i enjoyed the bathroom day we had on tuesday and thought i'll post two bedroom hacks today too.michal spotted this ikea hack on the diynetwork. host samantha gleisten designs a bed with storage for a …

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17 Jan 2008

save moolah and space with the moddi murphybed

lisa sent me a link to moddi murphybed as she was wondering whether anyone out there has built one and if it was any good. so, if you have, please comment away!for $7.95 you get a set of moddi murphyb…

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17 Jan 2008

announcing the ikea hack of 2007

it was a tough fight but in the end, the tortoise turtle really did outrun the others. little did i expect the last minute inclusion of the turtle terrarium would seal its fate as the ikea hack of 200…

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16 Jan 2008
 
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