Malm

Materials: 4 drawer Malm x 2 and a sawDescription:Moved house and needed a new single bed. Removed the draws measured 20″ from the top down to the base of the second front cross piece. Mark and saw in half….same again to the second set of draws. Screw them all together…

Materials: Malm 6 Drawer Dresser, chair rail molding, drawer handles, claw feet, Description: I started with a black/brown Malm 6 drawer dresser. Knowing I wanted to lift it off the ground with these claw feet, I needed to re-enforce the structure so the particle board wouldn’t shatter. Using 2″ x…

Materials: Queen size IKEA MALM bed, 1 8×4 sheet of wood, nails, hammer, 2 70 lb bags concrete, gate hinges, fishing lineDescription: 1. Secure the bed slats on the MALM bed with fishing line. 2. Chop off the legs. 3. Build a box to put concrete (for counterweight) and attach…

Materials: Malm, AlsarpDescription: I saw this on a blog. This combines the Malm with the Alsarp and seems fairly easy to accomplish. It looks like a great solution for storage under a Malm bed, which doesn’t have much storage space under it when put together the “normal” way. It also…

Materials: 2 Malm Queen headboards, 2 Malm night stands Description: I wanted a Malm King headboard and night stand, but didn’t like the low profile Malm bed. The Malm panel headboard doesn’t come in king size… This was my solution. Attached 2 Malm Queen headboards together. Mounted them on the…

Materials: Malm headboard, Ribba shelf, Komisk cushion coverDescription: Here is my teenage son’s “lounge bed” hacked from a Malm headboard and Ribba shelves. The goal was a double bed in minimum space with no hiding places to stuff dirty clothes and trash. (Did I mention it is for my teenage…

Materials: Malm Bed Frame, LACK bookshelfDescription: My wife and I just moved to a small apartment, and the Malm bed frame doesn’t have much (read: 4 inches) of storage underneath it. By setting the bed frame atop two LACK bookshelves laid on their sides, we gained a ton of storage…

Materials: Pink Malm, Spray paint primer, Interior Latex Olympic Paint in White Mood, Spray Paint in Seaside Green, Brushes, Stencil, Tape Description: My daughter has had this dresser for a few years, and as she got older and her favorite color went from pink to green, I thought it was…

Materials: Ikea Malm Bedframe, plywood, batting, fabric, staple gun, L brackets, screwsDescription: I owned the Ikea Malm bedframe and wanted to add height to my headboard. With a quick trip to a local hardware and fabric store, I came home with plywood, L- brackets, screws, a staple gun, batting, and…

Materials: MALM and Magasin Description: Here are two of my Ikea hacks. The first is a bed frame I made… I recently moved from a house into a small apartment, and needed somewhere to store all of my things, but still wanted a clean, clutter-free look. Ikea had the answer.…

Materials: Ikea: VIKA AMON tabletop (150 x 75cm), EKBY BJÃRNUM bracket, EKBY JÃRPEN shelf (119 x 28cm), MALM nightstand (white), 2 x DIODER multicolor LED-strips. Non-Ikea: HP Touchsmart600 (computer), Vogel’s Wallmount, 2 x Aluminium decorative strips (100cm), One ordinary shelf bracket, 2 hinges, Enermax Crystal aluminium keyboardDescription: First I made…