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Fake old library
Materials: Billy, Benno, Lack Description: We wanted to create an old style library, with CD storage … To create this kind of library, we used : 2 Billy 2 Benno 2 Lack shelves furniture feet cornices, mouldings … We started to put classic furniture feet under a Lack shelf (for the base…
Making a Living Room Partition with IKEA BILLY
I built a 3 meter wide by 2.30 tall entry way and living room partition. Materials: Billy Bookshelves Moreno glass doors Benno DVD Shelves My entry way / living room partition: The entry way has 2 Billy bookcases fixed together (back to back) as one unit, with no back attached…
4 Bennos, not quite enough space
Materials: Benno, router, drill, wood dowelsDescription: We recently moved, and the spot we wanted to put our 4 Benno towers to put our DVD’s on was about an inch too small. After coming up with many terrible ideas, trying to figure out a different place to put the shelves, and…
CD storage/sofa table
Materials: BENNO DVD tower, EKBY OSTEN shelf Description: Having built the Benno tower, saw it off at around 50cm (tall enough for 3 CDs), and use the piece which would have been the top to create a tiny 3-CDs-tall version of Benno by drilling two extra holes on each side…
Lay down and roll over Benno
Materials: Benno DVD tower,Ekby Tore bracketsDescription: I am into papercrafting and I needed some small storage above my worktable. I bought a Benno DVD tower with the intention of laying it on its side. I cut some off of the bottom of it to allow it to fit in my…
Bill-enno alcove storage
Materials: Billy, BennoDescription: Hi, everybody! Not a lot to this and unfortunately I didn’t take step-by-step photos, but I think it’s quite clear what went on. Put simply, I built an 80cm Billy and attached it to the wall and used it with the glass doors for some time before…
Built in Bookshelves with Window-seat for under $350
Materials: Billy bookcase, Benno Tv Bench Description: We wanted built-in bookshelves and I have always loved the idea of a cozy windowseat to curl up in while reading a book. The wall we wanted to build the shelves on was 158″ wide, with a slightly off-center window. We decided to…
Benno book shelves around the corner
Materials: Benno CD/DVD shelfDescription: I have a lot of pocket books spreading around the house. The normal bookshelf is too deep for this small size book and I have no more space. Most of my pocket book size is about the same size as a DVD case. Aha! I put…
Malm & Benno baby changing table
Materials: Malm 4 drawer chest & Benno DVD tower Description: We wanted a changing table for a baby which would be high enough (we’re both tall), and with enough storage for all the clothes. After looking at a lot of expensive baby changing table, we got the idea of an…
Billy/Benno Cubby Unit
Materials: 6 Billy Bookcases, 2 Benno TV Benches, 18 coat hooksDescription: Build the Benno TV benches, leaving out the drawers. Build the Billies, flipping all shelves and the top/bottom upside down as you go. I chose to omit the back panel too. Do not use the shelves in what is…
There’s more to Benno than meets the eye
Materials: Ikea “Benno” racks & “Dioder” LEDsDescription: I fixed six-and-a-half DVD-racks together in such a way that two of them – screwed to one another as a unit, can be moved to reveal the hidden contents. By pulling the added handle it turns outward, by a pin and hole pivoting…
Benno-Over-Bed
Materials: Benno CD towerDescription: When we moved to our new place I needed a shelf above the bed and had a spare Benno CD tower. I decided to use three angle brackets I had surplus as they would be mostly hidden. First I trimmed the bottom off the Benno unit…
Billy-Benno bookcase & DVD Block
Materials: 2 Billy Bookcase, 2 Benno CD Towers, power drill, screwsDescription: I have three of the old 60cm Billy Bookcases, and I’ve moved that many times that they’ve become a bit rickety, even went tightened up. I decided I’d like to have a bit of a bookcase screen near the…
CD Rack as a backsplash and copper wall
Materials: BENNO and RUBRIK Description: Sliced BENNO sides to form a neat backsplash and wall top shelf. Used 5 as-is RUBRIK doors to decorate a boring wall. ~ Pradeep Bhanot, Foster City, California
Benno TV bench add-on
Photo courtesy of IKEAMaterials: Benno TV bench, white shelves, dowels, drillDescription: I wanted to place my stereo next to the TV but I didn’t want it to look messy with all the cables. So i built this add-on for my TV bench. I connected the shelves with some dowels without…
Home office to reading room
Materials: Effektiv units, Billy bookcase, Benno DVD-tower, Lack side table, Signum cable outlet kit, Valborg cushion cover, Inner cushion, Rundel Wastepaper basket, Ludde Sheepskin, drawer-runners, metal anglesDescription: We decided to change our home office into a reading room. The computer desk had to go because we wanted to get a…
Benno TV Bench Gets New Life as Paul McCobb Inspired Cabinet
Materials: Benno TV Bench, Waddel Tapered Legs, Grasscloth Description: My husband has had this Benno TV bench since his bachelor days. It is at least 8 years old. Ikea doesn’t sell this anymore. When he bought it looked sleek and fresh, but lately had really started to bug me. the…
BENNO & BILLY build a spice rack with doors
Materials: BENNO, BILLY, NEXUSDescription: Our spice rack (VÄRDE) is placed directly above the stove so all spices became oily and sticky – the time has come to change this.The problem was we didn’t find a nice rack (with doors) which is not too deep to fit above our stove. And…
Front Hallway Bench – work in progress
Materials: Benno television bench, Vippa hooksDescription: My children would come home from school and dump their book bags and jackets on the floor in the entrance way. I tried setting up a wardrobe, but they simply dumped their items in front of the wardrobe. (BTW, I have good kids. They’re…
French Country House Library
Materials: 60 Billy / Benno BookcasesDescription: Faced with a 11m x 4m landing which had been curtained off at either end as bedrooms we wanted to create a ‘built in’ library / office. With a 3.3m ceiling height there was an opportunity to build an impressive floor to ceiling installation…
