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Hackers Help: Fit new IKEA oven into old AKURUM cabinet?

Hackers Help: Fit new IKEA oven into old AKURUM cabinet?

Has anyone figured out a way to adjust an AKURUM wall oven cabinet to fit the new IKEA wall oven? AKURUM | IKEA.com They are out a bit and stick out at the front. They no longer carry the AKURUM deco strips so wondered how to…

AKURUM Cat Litter Box + EXPEDIT Office Storage

AKURUM Cat Litter Box + EXPEDIT Office Storage

Materials: Ikea Items: 2 AKRUM Wall Top-of-Refrigerator Cabinets, 30″ x 24″ x 24″; 4 HARLIG Doors and INTEGRAL Hinges; 1 EXPEDIT Shelving Unit 59″ x 59″; 11 EXPEDIT Insert Doors (7 gray; 4 white); 2 EXPEDIT 2-drawer Inserts (gray); KVISSEL Letter Tray; KASSET and FLYT Magazine Files. Other: ¾” Melamine…

How-to: Extend Tall Akurum Cabinet Base Unit for Floor to Ceiling Kitchen Cabinet

How-to: Extend Tall Akurum Cabinet Base Unit for Floor to Ceiling Kitchen Cabinet

Materials: Akurum Base Cabinet, Akurum 80″ Tall Cabinet, Rationell Deep Drawer and Fronts, Tablesaw, DrillDescription: One of the biggest questions regarding the Ikea Akurum tall cabinets are how to fit them into a floor to ceiling installation. The 88″ cabinet either needs tall legs to take it to the ceiling…

How to Hide a Soffit In Akurum Upper Cabinet

How to Hide a Soffit In Akurum Upper Cabinet

Materials: Jig Saw, 1 3/8″ Forstner Bit, Drill, PatienceDescription: My wife and I are in the middle of a DIY kitchen renovation. We ripped our soffits out and discovered one little issue, we had a pipe running through one of the soffits. Our solution? Build the soffit into the 39″…

Walk through Pantry

Walk through Pantry

Materials: Akurum and AdelDescription: We had a horrible time with our pantry, we bought cheap shelves that didn’t work so finally we decided to buy an Ikea kitchen, install it and build it such that it looked like a custom made butlers pantry. We trimmed it out and added crown…

Cat cubby window seat with Ikea Akurum Kitchen Cabinets

Cat cubby window seat with Ikea Akurum Kitchen Cabinets

Materials: Akurum Abstrakt kitchen cabinets and Ikea red pillowsDescription: Akurum Abstrakt 36″ wide x 24″ deep x 15″ high cabinets, which would normally be used above a refrigerator, were placed on the floor on a 1-1/2″ high base covered with a matching Akurum base kick ripped down to size. Holes…

Breakfast bar/home office desk

Breakfast bar/home office desk

Materials: AKURUM kitchen wall cabinet + LINNMON table top + cover panelDescription: We needed a dining table and home office desk in a very small area. Also needed storage space for office that wouldn’t look cluttered. Bought AKURUM kitchen WALL CABINET in the wood finish that matched existing furniture. We…

DIY Fauxdenza from Ikea Kitchen Cabinets

DIY Fauxdenza from Ikea Kitchen Cabinets

Materials: Akurum Wall Cabinets, Applad Doors, Birch Plywood, Walnut Stain Description: I wanted a streamlined, and narrow solution for my media center. I have seen fake, floating credenzas on the web (dubbed a “fauxdenza”) and decided to give it a try! The 13″ depth of the kitchen cabinets was perfect…

Bar Cabinet from wall cabinets

Bar Cabinet from wall cabinets

Materials: Akurum wall cabinet frame, 30″w x 39″h, Perfekt wine shelf, 9″w x 39″h, (2) Lidi glass doors, (2) glass shelves (comes in a pack of 2 already), Cabinet door hardware, Cabinet door dampers, (3) Boholmen cutting boards, Dioder LED 4-piece strips, Some extra hardware from the spare parts As-Is…

12" Depth Bathroom Vanity

12" Depth Bathroom Vanity

Materials: 4 AKURUM Wall Cabinets, LILLÅNGEN Sink, RÖRSKÄR FaucetDescription: My customer needed a shallow bathroom vanity to increase the available space in her bathroom for her disabled mother. Cost was also an issue. I used 2 full length AKURUM wall cabinets (12″ depth) and 2 smaller over the refrigerator type…

Akurum tip out sponge soap drawer

Akurum tip out sponge soap drawer

Materials: Akurum sink base cabinetDescription: Installed tip out sponge soap drawer under sink cabinet by using a kick plate from center top to bottom to connect the tip out drawer hardware (hinges). ..since Ikea did not offer this tip out drawer for soap and sponges which I really wanted. My…

Horizontal vent hood, wine rack / bookshelf mash up

Horizontal vent hood, wine rack / bookshelf mash up

Materials: AKURUM horizontal, PERFEKT wine shelf and Broan PM250Description: 1. Assemble the “box” of the horizontal cabinet. 2. Flip over and apply the Broan PM250 template to bottom of cabinet. 3. Since cabinet is shallow, favor the front edge with your template, about 1/2″ from the front. 4. Center your…

Rubrik Cabinet Door Storage Solution

Rubrik Cabinet Door Storage Solution

Materials: Rubrik glass cabinet door, Akurum wall cabinet frame, Besta media cabinetDescription: I found these Rubrik glass cabinet doors on clearance at Ikea for $5 each, while in the midst of a basement renovation. We were looking to add built in storage as well as hide an ugly gas meter,…

Bathroom vanity hack: Optical illusion with secret storage space

Bathroom vanity hack: Optical illusion with secret storage space

beforeMaterials: Akurum kitchen cabinets, Nexus doors, Bastig knobsDescription: We turned our powder room into a full bath by adding a shower. Since our room is only about 6×6.5 ft, we had to get creative when it came time to build a vanity. 1. I wanted the vanity to have BIG…

MALM meets NUMERAR Kitchen Island

MALM meets NUMERAR Kitchen Island

Materials: MALM, NUMERAR, AKURUM Description: My wife and I recently bought our first house. Yay! As you can imagine, living in L.A. means housing is very expensive, and we didn’t have very much left in our budget to renovate the new house as much as we would have liked to.…

With FAKTUM/AKURUM in the Bathroom

With FAKTUM/AKURUM in the Bathroom

Materials: FAKTUM/AKURUM cabinet, HÄRLIG fronts, PRÄGEL Countertop, CAPITA Leg, sink (TOOM hardware Store)Description: I used 3 FAKTUM/AKURUM cabinets 60x57x37cm (for extractor fan) with shortened and cut PRÄGEL countertop (186cm), HÄRLIG fronts and ATTEST handles. I screwed the rest of the countertop vertical on the backside and mounted the sink in…

NUMERAR + AKURUM + DIY = Chic Wine Bar

NUMERAR + AKURUM + DIY = Chic Wine Bar

Materials: Akurum Oak Butcher Block Counter Tops, Numerar Base Cabinets, Rationell Drawer FrontsDescription: For our IKEA Hack we used several standard kitchen elements and a significant modification to one to transform an underutilized section of our house’s kitchen into a chic wine bar and storage area. Since our house is…

Ikea Kitchen made into ‘custom’ Bathroom Vanity

Ikea Kitchen made into ‘custom’ Bathroom Vanity

Materials: AKRURUM Base Cabinet for Single Sink Bowl AKRURUM Base Cabinet with 4 Drawers AKRURUM High Cabinet with 2 DoorsDescription: I have been meaning to share this Ikea hack that I did for my parents over a year ago. They had a problem with their shower leaking and had to…

Quilt Extension Table

Quilt Extension Table

Materials: Akurum 18″x22″ kitchen cabinet shelf Description: I needed a quilt extension table for my sewing machine. Being that these can be very expensive and I can be very frugal. I figured I better just Ikea hack my way through this project. I found in the Ikea As Is department…

Extractor Hood for horizontal cabinet

Extractor Hood for horizontal cabinet

Materials: Akurum – luftig – rubrik Description: Hi, we just assembled our kitchen for the beach house. We really liked horizontal cabinets but since Ikea do not provide an extractor hood for them we had to improvise. We bought a Luftig BF325 hood and found a way to accommodate it…

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