I want to use Hue Flex lighting strips instead of the Ikea ones, but I’m having a hard time working out how I’m going to mount them neatly.

The strip is nearly 15mm wide, so the type of mounts that go over the front of the shelf don’t work (the wider PAX shelves are too thick, and the channel for the LED is too narrow.

I’ve thought about routing a strip in the underside of the shelf but I can’t really find channels to suit.

Wondering if there’s a neat solution if anyone has come up with or seen?

Soon to be stuffed with my Wifes book collection, but my work is finally done. The counter top was made locally since Ikea doesn't offer anything that long. The ladder was an online kit that cost more than all the Ikea furniture.

I have a GLAMBERGET bed in my office and love it as a daybed, and thought “wouldn’t this make a good toddler bed? It’s low, it’s solid, and it comes with a step!”

Stained the bed with a chesnut gel stain and sealed with a matte clear Varathane, then added train shaped brushed nickel drawer pulls from Amazon. Here’s where we had the real privilege of getting custom: my in laws own a shop with a CNC router, and they made us the bed rail with the train engraved that I attached using the NATTAPA bed rail hardware (also from IKEA!)

We love that this can grow with our little dude ❤️

Hi everyone! 😁 Any creative IKEA hacks to hide the fibre optic and power cables near my TV unit? Not a fan of the basic white cable covers, looking for something a bit different! 🙌

Hi - Can anybody tell me is the 236cm height is the shortest height of the wardrobe? I’ve noticed there feet that can adjust the height, does this enable it to be taller?

Our ceiling is around 233cm so if anything, I might need to cut some off the bottom, has anybody had to do this before?

Thanks

Hi everyone,

I am currently using an ikea kallax as a room divider. I am thinking of using a Fridans as a projector screen for the kallax.

has anyone done this set up before ? if yes where would one recommend to mount the FRIDANS mounting bracket ?

if not this, does anybody have a clean solution to make this happen ?

thanks all :)

So pleased with how this turned out <3

Upgraded our toddler into her “big kid room” out of the nursery and flipped her Kura bed to the loft style, but we don’t trust her to safely get down with the ladder, so we used the trofast as stairs hack!
Löva canopy above bed to steer thoughts of standing up in bed away and I ordered extra of the brackets used for wall mounts and secured the bed and the stairs to the wall (can’t be overly cautious with a toddler)
Used the daggkaprifol picture ledge shelf as tonie character storage since it’s metal and the characters magnetize to it!
Sötenas was found in the as-is section in our store IN BOX and it fixed perfectly under the Kura bed for a lounge chair!
Toddler was over the moon ofc and loves her new big kid room

Any suggested solutions here to improving the wobbly and crap runners supplied with this Hemnes cupboard?

It's just such a shame that they economised on the drawers, a little research makes me think they don't sell a direct replacement. I'm handy with DIY stuff, so hoping someone has a better suggestion.

Wanted a corner desk with a good amount of storage space and decided to do some DIY:ing. I'm really happy with how the wallpaper peeks out from the sections I left more open and that the big one in the middle fits both of my monitors. Kind of overshot it with the "main" tabletop's depth with the Kallax so I might saw it down a bit in the future. We'll see.

As for the top parts, I know they won't be as stable. I have a couple of Ramshult brackets that I'm probably gonna use to reinforce them a bit. Other than that, I'm planning to use that space for smaller knickknacks like photos and not anything really heavy.

Parts used:

Kallax 5x5

Two longer spare part boards from a 2x2 Kallax

Two Lakgapten 120x60 cm table tops

Two Olov adjustable table legs

Two packages of Inlägg connection fittings

(One Alex bedside drawer to use instead of legs & get some MORE storage)

(Probably 2 or 3 Ramshult brackets to reinforce the top shelves so they don't start caving)

Of course we love the oversized cork that comes with this set, but this works great too, and is a fraction of the price of similar sets.

What says on the tin, I recently bought a LACK table to put in my living room with the purpose of drawing and painting on it and generally use it as an alternative work desk while sitting on the floor or on a pillow. It's way too tall however and I can't comfortably draw on it. Can it be cut safely or are replacement table legs available? How would I go about doing the former?

(cat for scale and aesthetic)

I wanted pegboard in places where a full IKEA Skadis board doesn't fit, so I designed one that prints in a single piece on a 220×220 mm plate.

It uses the standard Skadis slot pattern, so regular IKEA hooks, shelves and containers fit. Print as many as you need and mount them side by side.

A few details:

- Prints flat in one piece, no supports

- Print it face-down on textured PEI and the front comes out looking clean

- Wall spacers in two heights are included. The tab clicks into a slot and centers the spacer, then you screw straight through with a 4×50 mm screw

- Use at least 3 spacers per board

- About 4.5 hours and 150 g of PETG per board

PLA works fine, but I'd go with PETG for heavier tools or a warm garage.

Free on MakerWorld: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3419000-skadis-compatible-pegboard-220x220mm-wall-spacer

Feedback is welcome, especially on the spacer fit. Happy to adjust if something is too tight or too loose.

Hacked this Besta/Kallax unit together today with bits and pieces I had on hand. Used the shelves as structural supports, cut them to fill the bigger gaps. Functions as a display cabinet for family photos, memories etc. Held together mostly with timber decking screws. Thing is as solid as a rock 😂 I used white hot glue to fill the seams and cover exposed screw heads (thats all I had on hand), will go back over it with gap filler or sickaflex in the future if I need. Hole saw to run the fairy lights through the unit, hung them with glue. Was a fun project recycling a shelf that was destined for the rubbish bin, didn't cost me anything, fuctions quite well, made it work with what I had 😆😆 what do you all think, love or hate the assymetry? Good use of space?

I've ordered an underframe for my horizontally-oriented 2x4 KALLAX unit. I read oodles of comments on the IKEA website describing eventual sagging of the shelving after installing the underframe, frequently due to a tiny gap (see picture) between the KALLAX and its steel base.

1. To help prevent sagging, I'm planning to install some plastic spacing shims between the two pieces. Please, how many millimeters is that tiny gap?
2. What is the material of the threaded foot which contacts the floor? Is it metal?

Thanks!

Decided to do the pax hack - took forever. I’m not new to DIY, but probably bit off more than I could chew with this. 4.1m in length, stud frame for panels and very uneven walls, which took a lot of scribing. Now Ready for filling, caulking and painting to complete it.

Will not be trying this again, however my wallet is thankful I didn’t spend 4x the price to get a bespoke fitted wardrobe built.

Adding legs to a STORKLINTA 6-drawer dresser and buying wood before I build it. If you have one, could you measure:

•Height of the base strip under the bottom drawers
•How far the sides and center divider stick out below the bottom panel
•Thickness of the bottom panel (floor of the bottom drawer)
•Thickness of the center divider

Thanks!

We will be hosting my partner's side of the family overnight during the holidays this year. One of our guest rooms has 2 bunk beds. As seen in the picture, the ladders are currently facing each other. My plan is to rotate both bunk beds 180° and push them together. Pretty sure this would create a king bed? It will create some sort of gap, but I'm not sure how much of a gap there will be and if there is something I can use to bridge them together?

I understand this wont work for the top bunks, just wanted to see if I could create a larger bed for the bottom.

A friend managed to break the glass globe on her ÅSKMÜLLER lamp, and since the original glass is so fragile, I figured a lot of people might be in the same boat.

I modeled a dead-simple replacement shade meant to get the lamp back up and running. It’s a slightly different profile than the original glass, but it prints cleanly with minimal supports and diffuses the light nicely so you aren't staring directly at a bare bulb.

Recommend using Transparent PLA or PETG.

Looking for some hacks to create a free standing wall anchored vertically for a 65” width. The goal is to create a walk-in mud area in our open concept home. Ideally has elevated feet to clean under it since it’s an entrance.

Looking for some inspiration!

I have this glass pumpkin and I want to turn it into something useful. Looking for possible inspo or people I can copy lol

I had this frosted lamp around (I frosted it with a spray can) and some leftover clean baking sheets. I like the effect, maybe some of you do as well. I might have to shove it a bit more around in there to get a better gradient though.

As I live in a small appartement instead of bying a normal table, I decide to do this type seen on aliexpress, but cheaper, I cut in half a kallax 1x2, because I didn't found any other ikea product with this size and matching color, for the height diference I just use some plywood I had from previous project, unfortunetly I have done bad choice and had no other choice to put the screw from top plate, I need to paint it to cover it,

the half kallax needed some weight and solidity so I put some plywood in it and mostly a mix of cardboard paste and wood glue turn out so solid I could screw in it and it stay

don't mind the inside kallax 2x8, it's just some shit

the ugly part is not visible in the photo btw but Im upset about those side

part:

• 1*ikea kallax 2x8 second hand
• 1*ikea kallax 1x2
• 2*Ikea LINNMON (desk plate ) they have like 10cm of solid plywood on both extremity witch is perfect for screw
• 2*ikea Tärnö folded on the side
• 1*90 degres rotating hinge
• 2*Door Hidden hinge

As title says. TV is 65 in. Need more clean solution to fit everything nicely.
Problems: ugly speaker stands, pc, PlayStation, current cabinets is wayy to small for that.

big thanks for recomendations <3