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King size MALM bed with no headboard storage solutions available? Time to get HACKED

King size MALM bed with no headboard storage solutions available? Time to get HACKED

Materials: 1 King size MALM bed frame, 1 4’x8’x3/4″ sheet of birch plywood, 1 2’x4’x1/4″ sheet of birch luan plywood, approximately 20′ of doorstop material, 8 L brackets, various screws, etcDescription: 1) Determined how far away from the wall I wanted the top shelf to be. In our case, we…

A Better Bench featuring Malm and Lack coffee table

A Better Bench featuring Malm and Lack coffee table

Materials: MALM storage cabinet and LACK coffee tableDescription: We combined a MALM storage unit and a LACK coffee table to make a bench with storage. To make this work we had to widen the coffee table by a few millimeters and flip the storage unit so that the lid is…

Lifting up IKEA table for bed to fit with other beds

Lifting up IKEA table for bed to fit with other beds

Materials: MALM Occasional table, wood, steel plates, saw and screwdriverDescription: We liked MALM Occasional table in oak, which went with our bedroom, but our non IKEA bed was to high. Made an extension which I think look pretty and work well. Moved the wheels from the table to a piece…

Ikea Malm Closet drawers

Ikea Malm Closet drawers

Materials: Ikea Malm 3 drawer Chest WhiteDescription: My new home had a closet 36″ wide with nothing in it. I needed shelves and drawers so the 32″ wide Ikea Malm chest of drawers was the perfect thing to start with. I found one on Craigslist that was stained, beat up,…

Malm Lego Table

Malm Lego Table

Materials: Malm 2 drawer chest, large dowel, spray paint, Lego base plate, glueDescription: I was looking to make my grand-daughter a Lego table. The ones I saw were either too large or I didn’t like the storage. The Malm 2 draw chest was the perfect size. I spray painted it…

Malm bed ledge hack

Malm bed ledge hack

Materials: Malm Queen size Bed x 2, L bracketsDescription: I wanted a bed ledge, but I didn’t need Malm’s existing slide out storage (or want to spend that much, and I like to reuse/re-purpose). I wanted a ledge the same length as my Malm Black/brown queen bed, and none of…

Manly DIY Play Kitchen

Manly DIY Play Kitchen

Materials: Malm nightstands, Bygel rail and hooks, Lansa drawer pulls, Duktig utensils and pots/pans,Description: I made my two year old son a bitchin’ kitchen, inspired by the likes of Bobby Flay, Tyler Florence, and Anthony Bourdain (who’s kitchen I’ve never seen, but I can only imagine). The kid loves cooking…

An EXPEDIT Bed for kids!

An EXPEDIT Bed for kids!

Materials: 2 2×2 EXPEDIT, MALM, SULTAN LURÖY, SULTAN HUGLO Description: After deciding to renovate my children’s bedroom, and searching this site and coming across some fantastic posts, I thought I’d give it a go. You may recognise a lot of the hacks like this, this, this and this! It comprises…

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.…

Half a loft bed

Half a loft bed

Materials: 3 x MALM with 3 drawer; 4 x Expedit 2×2 Description: Unfortunately, the bedroom in our new apartment is a bit small. To gain more storage space, we have set up our bed to MALM dressers and Expedit shelves. First of all drawers and shelves are built according to…

Mock Built Ins with Malm and Billy

Mock Built Ins with Malm and Billy

Materials: Malm 4- Drawer, Billy Bookcase Description: We noticed that the Billy Bookcase and the Malm dressers have the same width. We decided to stack one on top of the other to create a built-in-look while giving us some additional storage. We built each of the two dressers as instructed.…

MALM Captains *Full Size* Bed Hack

MALM Captains *Full Size* Bed Hack

Materials: 2 x MALM 3-Drawer Dresser, Plywood Sheet, 2×4 Legs, Screws/ L Bracket/ Hardware, Power Drill, HammerDescription: I found this Ikea Hack when I first moved into my tiny Brooklyn apartment (approx 8′ x 9′) and thought it was a great idea but my bed is not twin sized! I…

Ikea (scraps) headboard

Ikea (scraps) headboard

Materials: extra wood in the ” As Is ” pileDescription: Went to Ikea one day and right before I went to the check out line I went to the ” As Is ” section to look for anything and saw on a cart, piled up all together, and completely random…

Malm + Billy Wall Unit

Malm + Billy Wall Unit

Materials: Malm Chest of Drawers and Billy BookcaseDescription: Buy the units that will fit your space. I chose the 4 Drawer Malm Chest and the 3 shelf Billy Bookcase to get the height I wanted. Buy a 5 inch bolt from the hardware store and a matching nut. Assemble Malm…

Malmus Maximus: hacking MALMs and LERBÄCK into storage bed

Malmus Maximus: hacking MALMs and LERBÄCK into storage bed

Materials: several MALM dressers, lots of timber, mounting parts, glaze, optional: LERBÄCK slatted frame Description: When I recently moved and needed a bed, I had these expectations: a lot of storage space underneath, preferring drawers because of the cleaner look and storage, and don’t lose space or drawers while placing…

Malm Entrance

Malm Entrance

Materials: MALM 3-piece headboard/bed shelf setDescription: Really a repurpose of the Malm bedhead with storage. We needed a narrow cupboard for our entrance and the Malm bedhead fitted perfectly. All that was needed was to turn the unit around and slide the end cupboards in. Voila! New entrance storage. Teamed…

Malm & Benno baby changing table

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…

Malm on the rise…

Malm on the rise…

Materials: Malm bed frame, 4″x2″ pine, 2″x2″ pine, coach boltsDescription: When I lived at my old place I had loads of room to hide junk so didn’t need underbed storage and I liked the Malm bed frame because it was low. But when I moved I found myself short of…

25% A/V Storage 75% Malm

25% A/V Storage 75% Malm

Materials: MALM 4-drawer chest, whiteDescription: Malm unit converted into 25% Audio/Video storage, 75% Malm drawer storage.First, we setup the Malm unit as the directions state. We did not assemble the 4th drawer and instead left the top space open. We visited the Ikea as-is section and purchased a $1.99 as-is…

Socket in the MALM nightstand

Socket in the MALM nightstand

Materials: MALM nightstand, double socket, extension cable, circle cutterDescription: We needed a socket in our night stand, so after I found my circle cutter it was pretty easy: Cut a hole in the MALM nightstand, put the double socket in, attach an extension cable at the back and you’re done.…

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