A few years ago, I bought my first condo, which had a loft floor plan. Most of the room was on one big ground floor, with a small lofted bedroom and even smaller study area/second bedroom.
As such, I promised myself that every piece of furniture in the living room would either
(1) serve at least two purposes to reduce furniture clutter, or
(2) act as storage.
Thus, I decided to transform my little BILLY bookshelf into a new IKEA family member, which one of my coworkers dubbed “Dra ut hyllan” (apparently it means “pull out shelf).
I call it a craft armoire because it holds my sewing machine and my crafts.
Materials:
- BILLY shelf (white)
- 1/2″ white particleboard
- Legs
- Foldable hinges for legs
- Door hinges
- L-brackets
How I made a pull-out desk for the BILLY bookshelf
What I did was:
1. First, I fastened one of the BILLY shelves to the BILLY frame at the height I wanted the desk to be. I used L-brackets to fix the shelf in place.
2. Now, on the 1/2″ particleboard, I attached the foldable hinges and then the legs to the hinges.
3. Lastly, I fixed the table to the BILLY shelf with door hinges.
The legs fold up when not in use.
~ Wei-Ling Lorelai Wu, California