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Ribba goes drying

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Materials: RIBBA frame

I damaged the Ribba frame and it was not in a condition to be hung from the wall anymore so I decided to turn it into a “drying frame”. I cut the door mat to fit into the frame and supported it from the bottom with the piece of plywood. I also added a rubber feet underneath it so the frame does not get wet. It works perfectly with the saucepans and for. ex. mugs. Looks pretty minimalist and simple too.

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  2. I think it is so funny that IKEA uses the original Swedish names on all their products even when they are sold in other countries. It sometimes sounds ridiculous when f I Americans pronounce Swedish words or names of places as if it was an English word.
    There is a sofa named Johanneshov, which is a suburb to Stockholm. It is pronounced quite differently in Swedish than in English.

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    1. Lars Albinsson Yes that is true. Swedes cringe when they hear me say the names. 😀 That aside, I do like the use of the Swedish words, they do lend to the charm of the IKEA brand.

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    2. IKEA doesn’t use only Swedish names, it also uses Nordic names: Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian…etc. Some time ago there was a “dispute” with Danish people, because they didn’t like the idea a Danish city was used for a doormat and there is a lot of war history between Sweden and Denmark! 😀

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      1. IKEA does not use Swedish, Danish, Norwegian or Finnish names.

        Instead, they take a SE/DK/NO/FI place/city/town, miswrite it just slightly, so it might sound like the real thing, while not being too difficult to pronouce for you who do not speaking any scandinavian languages.

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  7. Really fresh,simple, and tidy. (IKEA hack isn’t about frugality, is it? I ask in response to the person commenting that the hacker is now “out of a floor mat.” Seemed like a strange observation, along with the forecast that the hacker’s cabinets, cupboards, and floor would be ruined by the wet. Don’t most people drain excess water from whatever type of drying rack they use, and wipe down countertops after washing up…?

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  8. Really fresh,simple, and tidy. (IKEA hack isn’t about frugality, is it? I ask in response to the person commenting that the hacker is now “out of a floor mat.” Seemed like a strange observation, along with the forecast that the hacker’s cabinets, cupboards, and floor would be ruined by the wet. Don’t most people drain excess water from whatever type of drying rack they use, and wipe down countertops after washing up…?

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  10. Except now you’re out of a floor mat which surely costs more than a drying rack? And this “hack” will lead to a wet countertop under the mat which will, one imagines, eventually damage the counter and/or cupboards and/or floor. So now you’re on the hook for a floor mat, a new frame, new kitchen cupboards and a frame to replace the one you broke in the first place.

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    1. This was actually made of a left over (new though) door mat which is solid so those few drops of water will stay in and evaporate in few minutes. The idea behind this was to recycle the broken Ribba (glass) rather than binning it. Has been at use for 5 months and nothing is damaged.

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    2. it is your absolute right not to like something on this website. but, you don’t have to leave mean comments about it either.

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    1. It is very easy. Just rinsing it under the running water. Actually, I didn’t think it would have been so easy. Time to time I just pour boiling water on it to keep it even cleaner. 🙂

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    1. It has been lasting now for 5 months and is still perfect. The secret is that the carpet does not allow water to go through it and therefor the frame does not get wet at all. But I’m not convinced it will last forever.

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    4. There are small indentations on the matt and because of the spikes on it the plates or what ever you are using does not go very deep so the drops of water will evaporate easily off it. It dries out very fast.

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