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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…