DIY Furniture

DIY IKEA Standing Desk

DIY IKEA Standing Desk
A lot of people who work at home think about an additional standing desk. I myself plan to make one in the nearest feature. You may ask why but if you work at home you probably already know the answer. Sitting for long periods isn’t healthy and after a while you back may start to... 
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Before & After

Before & After – Cool IKEA Chair Makeover

Before & After – Cool IKEA Chair Makeover
Here is an awesome makeover that shows how cool looking you can make a plain wood IKEA chair. Diana Durkes cut capital S from a scavenged piece of 1/2″ thick wood using a jigsaw. After that she smooth its edges using 150 grit sandpaper. Next, she painted the letter and the chair using gold and... 
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DIY Furniture

DIY Standing Desk Of IKEA Filing Cabinet

DIY Standing Desk Of IKEA Filing Cabinet
Some studies suggest that sitting all day long puts you at a significantly higher risk for heart disease. If you’re working at home you probably sit at your desk about 10 hours a day. That definitely isn’t good and as a home office dweller you have a possibility to make things right. If you want... 
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DIY Furniture

How To Upgrade IKEA Lack Table With Built-In Lights

How To Upgrade IKEA Lack Table With Built-In Lights
What a great source of DIY project ideas the Instructables website is. I’ve recently found a very cool project showing how to upgrade any IKEA Lack table. The idea is to make its top surface transparent and to put LED Christmas lights inside of it. That makes this very simple and cheap table looks extremely... 
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DIY Furniture

DIY IKEA Chalkboard Table For Kids

DIY IKEA Chalkboard Table For Kids
Thanks to IKEA cheap furniture is available for most of us. Although when it comes to unusual functionality you might not find the right solution there. Although you can upgrade IKEA’s furniture to serve your needs. For example, if you want a chalkboard table for you kids you can make it from LACK side table... 
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Furniture renovating

How To Make IKEA HENNES Dresser Cool And Hip

How To Make IKEA HENNES Dresser Cool And Hip
IKEA’S HENNES dressers are quite cool as they are but you can make them even more cool and stylish. You can use a poster to add a bold graphic treatment to the dresser. You can even use some of your photos enlarged in a local photocopy center. For the project you’ll need: Large poster Decorative... 
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DIY Lamps

New Colorful Solar Lamp From IKEA – SOLVINDEN

New Colorful Solar Lamp From IKEA – SOLVINDEN
SOLVINDEN is the latest lamp that IKEA showed to public designed for outdoor use. It’s powered by three AA batteries and solar panel atop of the lamp that charge the batteries. It can bright any summer outdoor party for four hours and become a nice decorative addition to your patio during the day. The lamp... 
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Before & After

Before & After – IKEA Malm Dresser Renovation

Before & After – IKEA Malm Dresser Renovation
IKEA dressers are great because they are cheap but looks good. Malm dresser is easy to assemble and holds a lot of stuff. Here is an awesome upgrade of such chair that Josue has done to show people from Design*Sponge blog. She spent $25 on this total transformation of the dresser. It took her 3... 
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Other

DIY Laptop Stand Made Of IKEA Items

DIY Laptop Stand Made Of IKEA Items
IKEA napkin holders are perfect to make a vertical laptop stand but what if you want to make an usual one? You can use LANSA handles and EKBY VALTER brackets for that task. You don’t even need to drill anything, you just need to connect brackets and handles together like you can see on pictures.... 
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DIY Furniture

Simple DIY Desk From Two Drawer Units

Simple DIY Desk From Two Drawer Units
Do you know that from two drawer units and a wood board you can make a very practical contemporary desk? Such desk will be capable to accomodate a lot of your stuff because of drawer units. Besides it can have a quite large working surface. This desk is made of Vika Alex drawer units from... 
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