'You will be amazed at the difference it makes.' Build your cabinets up to the ceiling, use crown molding, and make your ceiling a focal point,' says Jenna. 'If you only take away one thing from this project, let it be this trick. (Image credit: Jenna Sue Design Co / project is by Jenna Sue of Jenna Sue Design Co, who has transformed her conventional closet into a fashionable boudoir that is only fitting for a French country cottage-style home. Turn an IKEA Pax into a sophisticated dressing room ‘I also attached to studs for added support since the piece is heavy,’ Annie adds. She then built platform legs for the bottom and painted both.
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‘The most difficult part was getting the MDF cabinet doors to curve on the sides, using kerf cuts.’ According to the designer, the Kerf cuts were a series of close-together cuts that she made down the back of the wood – almost but not all the way through.Īfter completing the fluted doors, Annie cut a curved top from the plywood for the top of the unit. ‘Four IKEA BJÖRKÖVIKEN cabinet doors made up the shell,’ Annie says. Annie was inspired by Arhaus’s $3,000 Finnley Media Cabinet – a mixed-material focal point complemented by luxe white marble.įor this Ikea entertainment center hack, she chose the IKEA BJÖRKÖVIKEN cabinet doors 'because they looked so similar to the $3,000 fluted Arhaus media console that I love so much,’ Annie says. (Image credit: Annie Williams / transformation comes from Annie Williams of an Ohio-based designer who renovated her home in Columbus. It took her four weeks to complete the entire shelving project but at a nominal cost. She also fixed skirting boards to the bottom of the cabinets to hide the bottom of the bookcases. She measured the recessed panel on the OXBERG doors and cut the strip wood for the ribbed effect. Then she used the MDF sheets to fit the front of the bookcases and took it up to the ceiling for the built-in effect. She built the BILLY units and bound them together and attached them to the walls. 'I also used an old worktop from our kitchen as a hearth and a large shelf to act as a mantelpiece,' says Melanie. She bought 15 3/4 inch wide BILLY units, as well as OXBERG doors, an MDF sheet to cut the arch shapes, trim to go around the edges of the bookcases, and strip wood to give the doors their ribbed effect. (Image credit: Melanie Boyden renovator Melanie Boyden of used an Ikea BILLY bookcase hack to create built-in shelving in just a few simple steps. As well as nailing off cuts and pine moldings to the sides of the bookcase to hide the gap from the wall and for a smart finish.įinally, she built another floating shelf and a bench to the left of the cabinets. She added panels to the top of the bookcase for a fitted floor-to-ceiling look. Steph glued scrap plywood panels to the cubby holes in the bookcase, clamping them into place and finishing them (and the shelves) with wood stain. Finally, filled any gaps with wood filler. She fitted the back bracket first using wall anchors, 3.5" wood screws, and studs, then supports either side and in the middle, then the top, bottom, and front panels.
Steph built floating shelves to the left with 1/2" plywood for the top, 1/4" for the bottom, and 1x2s for the support pieces and trim. She fitted height extenders above the shelves (cut to size) for more storage, then fixed eight Oxberg doors.
Aside from looking like it was fitted by a high-end design showroom for 000's, it cost Steph only $60 to build. (Image credit: is another cool and clever creation from DIYer Steph of for a small laundry room and mud room. Repurpose a chic wireless mushroom lamp with KARAFF and BLANDA Not only did this turn out to be a great DIY project, but it also saved her thousands of dollars. She then edge banded all the rough edges and used a stain to match. 'I built the upper shelves using ¾ plywood and dado joints, and attached the whole structure to the wall with floating shelf pins,' says Lindsey. 'For this, I used pocket holes, rounded the edge, and then sanded, stained, and sealed before attaching from the underneath, inside the cabinets,' Lindsey explains. She added a pine top to the surface of the cabinet.
'I'd already assembled and lined up the EKET cabinets and secured them to the studs,' she explains. She used three EKET cabinets with double doors and one single-door cabinet, as well as four sets of EKET double drawers to create a wall storage unit. Home renovator Linsey Learmonth of wanted to boost the functionality of her living room and decided to use some of the best IKEA products for alternate uses.
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