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Hackers Help: Fix broken Spar on MALM Chest?

Hackers Help: Fix broken Spar on MALM Chest?

As you can see in the attached photos, my MALM drawers have developed a broken spar. (I have to presume through transportation when we moved house). Items: MALM 6-Drawer Chest MALM 6-drawer chest | IKEA.com My partner did a bodge fix by putting white tape around it, but it naturally…

Mind the gap: Fit IKEA MALM over a tall baseboard

Mind the gap: Fit IKEA MALM over a tall baseboard

I forgot one thing when I ordered the MALM dresser: The baseboards in my apartment are very tall and very wide. So, when I installed it, I had a 4 cm gap between the wall and the back of the cabinet which was not aesthetically possible for me. As it…

This is what happens when bobbin furniture meets IKEA

This is what happens when bobbin furniture meets IKEA

All I need were basic painting materials, wood glue and an unexpected craft item (wooden doll heads purchased in bulk), to transform two dark IKEA MALM dressers owned for years into one stylish and unique bobbin furniture inspired dresser. before Materials IKEA MALM dresser x 2…

A movable workbench for the workshop or craft room

A movable workbench for the workshop or craft room

I decided to hack a movable workbench when I moved from an apartment with a small room as a workshop. Now I have a bigger room and I can move the bench around when I clean and when I do a bigger project. It took a day’s work to complete…

Storage bed that’s roomy enough for your entire wardrobe

Storage bed that’s roomy enough for your entire wardrobe

This is one heck of an IKEA hack. Stefan made a storage bed. Correction: It’s a bed with massive amounts of storage out of 2 MALM bed, 4 MALM chest of drawers, 2 nightstands and 1 headboard. First, he designed the bed in 3D and this was his initial plan.…

Dog crate system housed in desks

Dog crate system housed in desks

We made this dog crate system for our 2 beagles, constructed entirely from IKEA items. We scored 2 IKEA Malm desks that were marked down (minor blemishes) at IKEA As-Is. MALM desk | IKEA.com One of them remained the way it was supposed to be. We…

Wireless Charging Pad Hidden in IKEA bedside table

Wireless Charging Pad Hidden in IKEA bedside table

I had this idea to add wireless charging to my nightstand. This only cost me the price of the Nokia wireless charging pad as I had everything else, so less than £20/US$25. Total time taken approx 1.5-2 hrs. Materials: MALM Chest of Drawers Nokia DT-900 wireless charging pad PVA glue Panel…

A clever addition turns the KURA into a storage bunk bed

A clever addition turns the KURA into a storage bunk bed

We have had the KURA bunk bed for almost 10 years now. My two boys (9 and 11) share a room, one of them sleeping in the top bunk, the other on a mattress on the floor beneath. We needed more space and it also started looking pretty childish. I…

Hackers Help: Can I exchange a Hemnes footboard for a Malm?

Hackers Help: Can I exchange a Hemnes footboard for a Malm?

I have a Hemnes bed, the old model which had a footboard as you can see in the photo. However my feet are always hitting the bottom because the HEMNES footboard is too high. I don’t want to buy a new mattress but was thinking of replacing the footboard with…

6 hacks to add drawers to closets: Easy to hard IKEA DIY

6 hacks to add drawers to closets: Easy to hard IKEA DIY

Many closet spaces are 3 walls behind a door with no compartments to store items or rods to hang things up. Banish clutter and make the most of your closet space with an IKEA hack. Here are 6 drawers for closet hacks, ranging from projects as easy as placing building…

Baby Changing Table with lots of storage: DIY

Baby Changing Table with lots of storage: DIY

After I came across those two hacks (1, 2), I decided that I had to build my own baby changing table for my daughter, who will be born soon. Yes, I could buy an already built baby changing table, but all the ones I saw, including IKEA ones, lacked storage…

Malm Bed Diagonal Filler Piece

Malm Bed Diagonal Filler Piece

Materials: Malm Bed, 78cm Lack coffee table, 2 Adils Legs. Table saw, drill, screws, screwdriver Description: Placing a large bed along a wall you tend to create an aisle around it. If instead you place it diagonally on a corner, and four triangular spaces are created, including one behind the…

Bed Frame with Lots of Storage

Bed Frame with Lots of Storage

Materials: 2 Malm 6-Drawer Dressers, 2 Malm 2-drawer chests, two boxes built out of MDF measuring 16x9x19 inches, 1 Sultan Luroy Bed Slats (Full size), 1 Full size mattress Description: My girlfriend recently moved into a New York City apartment, and our bedroom is very small. There is no closet,…

Double it! Malm console becomes a 10 people table

Double it! Malm console becomes a 10 people table

Closed – a consoleOpened – a dining table!Materials: Malm console, long hingesDescription: If you need a long slim console table that becomes a larger table when you need it, you can follow these easy instructions: – Buy 2 Malm console tables; – Build the first one; – Take the spare…

MALMerized console

MALMerized console

Materials: MALM CONSOLLEDescription: two MALM occasional tables, two doors and some big self-drilling screws. All hacked mixed up to be something greater ~ Stefano La Pera, Italy

Malm cat cabinet

Malm cat cabinet

Materials: Malm three drawer dresser, rented jigsaw, 4 hinges, hook and eye setDescription: With a child on the way in our small house, we had to move our litter box to the stair landing. That required building a new cat cabinet narrow enough to fit in the space but with…

Floating Star Wars Beds

Floating Star Wars Beds

Materials: Linnmon Desk Top, MALM Floating Nightstand , 200lb Picture Frame Hangers, screwdriver, leveler, sawDescription: We bought two of everything for our boys new Star Wars themed bedroom. Used the Linnmon Desktop (19.99) as the headboards and the MALM Floating Nightstands. We cut the headboards down a few inches for…

DIY Dog Window Seat IKEA Dresser HACK. Dogs love it!

DIY Dog Window Seat IKEA Dresser HACK. Dogs love it!

I created a dog window seat so that they are able to sit and look out the window. As a base I used the MALM 6-drawer dresser as it was just the right height for our window. My dogs love it! They just jump up on it. If you have…

Living Room vs Multi-media work at home office

Living Room vs Multi-media work at home office

Materials: Malm occasional tables, Expedit 2×4, Besta, LillangenDescription: We needed a work@home desk to be included in our living room. But we didn’t want to see cables and PCs! We needed to fight against 2 desktop PCs, 2 laptops and 4 monitors. We opted for 2 Malm occasional tables (length…

Indoor Custom Dog House

Indoor Custom Dog House

Materials: IKEA MALM 2 Drawer ChestDescription: Materials: 1 Malm 2 drawer chest 60×55 cm / assorted colors Description: If you are like me, searching for a nice, cheap, well built indoor dog house for our small dog breeds was tough. As I searched multiple websites, I couldn’t find anything under…

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