Built-in with Bench

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Materials: Hemnes Wardrobe and Hemnes TV Unit

Description: I put together the wardrobes and TV unit and then attached the wardrobes to wall studs. I used a mix of 1×6 & 1×8 pine boards over the top of the TV unit to fill in the gaps between it and the wardrobes and create a bench.

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I then used various trim pieces to fill all gaps and make it look built-in to the wall and appear as one unit. I painted everything with white paint because the wardrobes and TV unit are not the same finishes and stained the pine boards on the TV unit.

~ Michelle Adams

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    1. Thank you. This could be a great way to have use of the space instead of a closet in my basement walkout aggressive window.

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  4. We’ll probably be doing this soon as we have a similar wall with a window just like this.

    What paint finish did you paint this all in white? And did you use a roller or brush? Thanks.

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  6. My husband said he used what he called “boots” and a flexible hose. Basically, they were thin metal parts that he put in the hole in the floor and directed the air through the hole we cut in the front of the unit. Sorry this isn’t more detailed. Maybe your local air/heat business could help you out with the parts.

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  7. LOVE IT!!! My husband and I were talking about having California Closets build us something almost identical to this but they would have charged a ton of money. Could you please provide some more details on how your husband rerouted the air vent?

    Best idea EVER!!!!!

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  10. What looks like wallpaper on the inside is actually how the wardrobes come. They have a yellow striped pattern on the interior back. There is a heat vent under one of the wardrobes. My husband actually took care of venting it out the front. He saved me on that one. I could put everything else together, but had no idea how to re-work the vent. Thank you for the nice comments.

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  11. I love it, it’s so professionally done! I love Hemnes to start with, I love built-ins, I love window seats, I love how seamless you worked, how you took the air vent into the baseboard (and the baseboard itself) and how you played the window’s asymmetry with the curtains. This is a well planned hack! Did you put up the wallpaper (I presume) on the inside? Oh, and the round corner on the bench – genius!

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  12. I love this! Hemnes is one of my favorite collections at IKEA. My husband and I live in an old Victorian, so our closets are very shallow. I’ve been thinking about taking the closets out and replacing them with two big wardrobes. What you’ve done here would be PERFECT!

    Thanks for the inspiration.

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  17. I think this is a brilliant use of space! If you could make some of those boards loosen or slide out somehow, you can use the spaces between the tall unit and the bench to store sensitive documents or other items you wish to secret away.

    _jenny

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