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Made a gidden cat litter box/bench from IKEA's Stuva/Fritids unit." —Brothengar
"I have two supporting beams going across. I also drilled them into the metal legs (which was difficult) to make a base of sorts. You could probably get away with skipping this and adding sturdy legs to the middle as well, but I do really like how clean and simple looking it came out. I used metal square-L legs that I spray painted gold!" —alyssatriesart
"I made this from IKEA products (except for the paint and black light). It’s a shelf to hold my partner’s tiny Nintendo toys. I put it in a RIBBA 19”x 19” frame. I had to buy two of the LUSTIGT shelves to have enough ladders. It comes with only three ladders but the set is only eight bucks so I bought two. I was walking through the kid’s section and saw the display. I laughed because of the Donkey Kong-type ladders and inspiration struck. After I put it together, I decided to add the UV light bar and paint to give it a more old-school video game look." —PlahausBamBam
"My hacked IKEA Malm baby changing table. I have painted the top with a clear lacquer." —DrSmus
"I transformed my IKEA Lack table by cutting a hole in the top, scraping out the honeycomb cardboard interior, filling it with a plastic box, trimming it with edge moulding, and finally filling it with plants and black gravel." —iris201196
"I was inspired by a similar dresser that retailed for $1,000! I cut the original feet to an angle, filled pre-drilled holes for hardware, stained and added new hardware. The stain I used was Minwax in English chestnut." —christieevee
"$50 seemed like too much to spend on six pieces of wood tacked together (Vilto), so I made my own for $14! It’s just six foot hemlock boards and 5/8 dowels that I cut, sanded, and stained." —KankerBlossom
"Combined the Ivar cabinet and the Applaro wall panel with shelves to make my new bar cabinet! I found a site online that sells feet for IKEA furniture. The site is called Pretty Pegs and the ones I’m using are called the Harald." —rizzotoe
"Initially, we were looking at the Bestå storage system to do this, but to get exactly what we wanted was going to cost roughly $2k (AUD) in materials, let alone the time spent putting it all together. Then I realized that the Kallax units now come in the same color as the Bestå unit, at least in Australia. Having put together Kallax before, I knew how easy they were to construct. The longer cross beam is interchangeable with the two smaller ones to create a larger space to fit consoles,record player, etc. In the end, the cost was $680 and a day's worth of time. Ended up with a clean, modern solution." —OriginalSiri
"I sanded the entire base and drawer fronts with my orbital sander, but not enough to take all the original finish off — just until the sheen was gone to allow the paint to bond. I primed the base and drawer fronts with Bin Shellac primer and let it dry for a day before rolling on paint. The knobs are leather pulls I cut from some scrap leather and new cup pulls." —bdcari19
"I saw this concept on the web, and had to build myself one. I used a poplar butcher block for the top and set it up a little different than the original." —Bonepainter
I bought three IKEA Kallax units (2x2, 4x1, and 4x2) and the Carl 120 legs from Pretty Pegs in the walnut finish, which was 14 total. I bought two 2’x8’ sheets of PSA backed walnut veneer on Amazon and a 2’x2’ piece of MDF at Home Depot as a cutting surface. I just used the door or drawer front as a guide for cutting the veneer (cutting a piece a little bit bigger than the door or drawer front) with a box cutter. Then I removed the paper backing on the veneer (exposing the sticky side). I laid the veneer piece sticky side up and placed the door on top of it and pressed down. Then I turned it over and used my hands to get rid of any air bubbles." —awildhair
"All pieces of wood are glued to the Malm boards and then painted. If your bed is already constructed, you can use a small nail gun to hold the pieces in place while the glue dries. The vertical pieces are 1x6, the top are 1x3, and the horizontal pieces are thin pine wall planks. I used rustolium chalked white paint with the smoke grey glaze for the finish. The tops are stained using Minwax expresso dark brown." —jmicho123
"The Kura is really a great starting point for constructing a personalized children’s bed. It’s simple, inexpensive (even by IKEA standards), and is already designed to be assembled in one of several different orientations (lofted or non-lofted, ladder on right or on left.)" —StrongMed
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