I personally own bunch of small jar-like candle holders that I’ve bought from IKEA at a dollar each. After seeing this eco DIY, I am having some regrets as I have many old jars laying around that I could have used to make this candle lantern that looks awfully awesome. Now, I wouldn’t hang it from anything but I can just let the candle jars sit on my dining table. It’d still look classy and nice.
During the summer I love to linger outside with friends as the day makes its slow fade into nig
IKEA has probably the cheapest, nicest furniture ever. Nevermind the fact that 2 coffee tables I have bought from IKEA in the last 2 years have all broke, there’s always room for little hacking such as this cool Kitchen Countertop Shelf that will create a lot of extra space for your kitchen gadgets such as bowls, pans, and whatnot.
I have seen IKEA go from nothing to a national retailer in America and I have to say IKEA is still cheap furniture (I will never buy a coffee table from IKEA ever again) but hacking makes them better.
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Having a good furniture is part of the answer to working more efficiently. Guys over at Ikea hacker have figured out that you can make an LCD monitor stand easily by using some TV shelf and doorstopper parts from IKEA.
It took about 10 minutes to measure and then screw in the 4 door stoppers! Super easy and cheap project!
Free ideas and DIYs have always been the point of this site, here’s another DIY on how to make an under-the-sink Cat Litter Box. Well, actually, it’s not really a DIY, you just pretty much put a cat litter box under your sink, that’s probably it.
My husband had the idea of using a lidded storage box, and we found the perfect item in the Ikea Snalis storage box. We cut out an entrance with a utility knife, and we originally had a plastic mat as a do
If you’ve went through IKEA for cool desk lights, you won’t find one such as this LED Chain Lamp which looks cool and is foldable.
The Chain Desk Lamp is an extremely innovative desk lamp that has the ability to adjust and collapse if necessary. This outstanding desk lamp accommodates four one watt LED light bulbs that burn at a low temperature and are extremely energy efficient. …
If you are looking to replace your large desk with something that’s more compact, this IKEA PS laptop workstation/cabinet might do the job.
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Combined workstation and storage for laptop http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laptop and accessories. Saves space and is easy to place anywhere in your home. The cable outlets inside and at the bottom of the cabinet make it easy to organize cables according to need. The upper space is lockable for safe storage of the contents. An elastic strap keeps your laptop in place during charging. The
You know, MP3 lamps are great since they integrate MP3 files, sound, and lamp all into one!
Here’s how to make your very own MP3 lamp.
It all started on moving day July first au eight. While helping my sister move, I spotted a discarded Ikea TerTial. Turns out the switch was broken, that made me happy, I hate those twist switches and I will get to mount a switch of my choice. But I wanted to do more, then came the idea of adding a set of speakers to it.
Do you need a floating shoerack? Here’s how to make your own shoe rack out of IKEA Stripa!
I really like the J-Me metal shoe rack that works in the same way as this one, but I want a few of these and the J-Me ones cost 50 GBP each. Home made ones I’ve seen made with planks and shelf brackets all look a bit ugly, but using a few of these pre-shaped Ikea shelves is more aesthetically pleasing, uses fewer components, and costs about 8 GBP.
This has to be “da” coolest lamp I’ve seen in a freakin’ long ass freakin’ time!
Kate over at Design Sponge shows you how to make one yourself.
ever since i saw one on a bedside table in domino magazine, i have been in love with and searching for vintage cork lamps. they are hard to find though, and often pretty expensive, so i finally decided to try to make one! i was looking for bases that had a nice modern shape, and sur
Wow, check out this DIY Linux 3D rendering farm made with an IKEA Helmer furniture and crams 24 CPUs + 48GB of RAM.
This might give you some great ideas on how to make your own server farm, whether that’s for 3D or the web.
