Markor

Upcycling at its best. We wanted to have a heavy rustic wooden table, with only two or three pieces of wood glued together. This style fits our house and other furniture very well, but it’s hard to find in stores and it gets very expensive. And we wanted to have…

Materials: Markor: horizontal piece with 5 across, 2 up/down square openingsDescription: I bought the Markor horizontal bookcase (with 10 square openings in a 2×5 formation) a couple years ago, but I never found good containers for it. The squares measure: 13 1/8 high x 13 1/8 wide x 12 5/8…

Materials: Markor cabinets, Format LightingDescription: Using six components from Ikea’s Markor line (now discontinued), I designed, modified and built the library/AV center for our home. In all honesty this is part of the Man Cave scene occurring in Canadian and American basements.The modifications were not simple. For example, the upper…

Materials: MARKOR sofa and side tablesDescription: To make my Ikea Markor sofa and side tables have a little more character I decided to distress paint them to take them from new to vintage farmhouse. 1. First lightly sand the tables. 2. Next, paint the table tops in Sherwin Williams Creamy…

Materials: Markor TV Cabinet, drill, sandpaper, levelDescription: After getting rid of our huge tube TV I couldn’t let go of my beloved Markor. But with the shelves firmly configured as they are, I had no use for it. So I took out the top shelf and drilled some holes the…

Materials: IKEA PS MASKROS, Copic MarkersDescription: I loved the IKEA PS MASKROS in the store, but I found it wanting, especially since I am in love with Verner Panton’s VP Globe Lamp designed in 1969. Besides, this lamp offers the perfect opportunity to accent your existing decor in a completely…

Materials: MARKOR series home entertainment combo plus EKBY BJÄRNUM wall shelf bracket; Extra shelves from the “as is” section; castors on the coffee table so the footstool can live underneathDescription: Mounting the bridge shelf to the wall above the TV was proving more difficult than we thought… We came up…