Work table for sound equipment

Day 365. Phew. I made it. It's been a good but exhausting year for me. Working solo from home is not as easy as I thought. But still, I wouldn't have it any other way. I've learnt lots running my own …

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31 Dec 2009

Trofast Igloo

Remo and gang definitely had a white Christmas with an icy hack to boot. The igloo is made out of snow blocks pressed out from the Trofast. Cool alternate use of the storage box and fun to do if you s…

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29 Dec 2009

Expedit hamster home

Martina from Austria probably has the luckiest hamster in the world. Here's the home she built for Sonic the hamster."I am an adult keeping a little dwarf hamster. I don't like the traditional cages -…

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24 Dec 2009

Expedit shelving unit as an open kitchen bar

Solangie transformed an Expedit shelving unit into a bar counter for an open kitchen. Nice one."I bought the Expedit shelving unit and placed it horizontally. Then went to Home Depot and bought two pe…

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23 Dec 2009

Ikea light wreath

More Christmas hacks. This is a classy wreath from Claire."I wanted to share my ornament wreath hack with you as I'm very proud (I'm not usually so do it yourself). I bough an Ikea Glansa LED light wr…

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22 Dec 2009

Ikea green christmasIkea green christmas

Rose shares her "green" Christmas with us."I bought my sister an early christmas present, a Cyril desk, and instead of throwing out the massive amounts of cardboard, we decided to go green this christ…

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21 Dec 2009

Advent calendar made from Wilma tab-top curtain

Sonja is here to spread some Christmas cheer. An advent calendar has pockets of treats for each day leading up to Christmas."With December here, I thought I'd share with you the advent calendar I fash…

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18 Dec 2009

Stolmen post room dividerStolmen post room divider

Very clever use of the Stolmen poles to create a room divider. Kudos, Andrew! "An Ikea hack I just completed in order to create a partition in my studio apartment in Greenwich Village. I used two Sto…

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17 Dec 2009

Stolmen bike stand mod for carpet flooring

This smart idea from Andrew lets you build the Stolmen bike stand on carpet flooring. Sturdy enough to hold two bikes in mid air. "This Ikea-hack is mainly an extension of a design already featured, t…

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16 Dec 2009

Big roomy cat litter

Karla finds a litter box solution for her two big cats. She says, "Originally, the litter box was in our spare bedroom, but a visit from my out of town parents prompted me to build/hack a litter box e…

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15 Dec 2009

Ivar shelving comes alive as Enzo Mari dining table

This is wonderful. To see Ikea raw pine flesh out Enzo Mari's Autoprogettazione table. Thanks Greg! He says, "Almost two years ago, I had the idea to make an Autoprogettazione table ["self-project,"]…

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14 Dec 2009

Old Ektorp cushion slipcover to a dog bedOld Ektorp cushion slipcover to a dog bed

No hacking here, but if you have a doggie, you may appreciate the tip. And yeah, I couldn't resist posting up the pic of Molly's cute dog, Colonel Mustard. Molly shares, "After 5 years of heavy use, m…

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11 Dec 2009

Ung Drill Chalk Board

Kathleen chalk board with the Ung Drill frame. "I painted the frame with a simple white acrylic paint. Quickly covered the black for intended imperfection.Used a spray paint primer for glass, then a c…

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10 Dec 2009

The bench, the bag and the Snudda

Raquel and Oscar from Bilbao, Spain, send us a trio of hacks. I'm pretty taken by the bench, composed from Lack side tables and Adel drawer fronts. Nice one. If you have a tight corner, this is defini…

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09 Dec 2009

A closet to snuggle in

Kathy added a few touches to the Pax wardrobe to create this warm, woody closet. If I didn't know better, I'll think it's a spa and stretch out for a massage."I found your web site quite by accident a…

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08 Dec 2009

The Kong is in

I can't forget my Donkey Kong days so this hack is especially heart warming. Casey pays homage to the game with some ingenious tilted Lack shelves."Here's a little project I came up with using some La…

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07 Dec 2009

Entertainment unit from Stolmen and Lack pieces

A new take on one of hackers' favourite items, the Stolmen pole. Instead of stretching it all the way to the top, dragon_ll screws the poles to the underside of Lack shelves, which are then bolted to …

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04 Dec 2009
 
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