Moppe

Pre-loved KALLAX rejuvenated as Chinese apothecary cabinet. I moved into an old house with no storage. My laundry setup was disorganized and ugly. After repainting and replacing the floor tiles, I wanted a laundry storage unit that could store medicine, towels and lots of other things in an organized but…

Last week I revealed the best 10 IKEA hacks of 2021 and now, let’s move on to the top Ideas for the year. They are simpler mods or repurposing, but clever nonetheless. Some have asked why I created the “IDEAS” category. For one sole reason: to encourage and celebrate creativity,…

This wooden thing — the MOPPE mini chest of drawers — had been sitting in my craft room for years begging for a makeover. But I didn’t want to paint it because of the possibility of the drawers getting harder to pull out. I used infusible ink transfer sheets instead.…

Installing the IKEA MOPPE mini chest of drawers in the IVAR side unit. Very easy to do. No glue or screws needed. IKEA items used:  8 IVAR metal rods 40 x 6 mm (comes with the IVAR shelves)1 IKEA MOPPE mini chest of drawers 42 x 32 cmIVAR side unit…

I have a small nice hack, combining MOPPE mini chest of drawers and a MARIUS stool. And I get a nice side table with drawers out of it. The MOPPE unit was on my desktop, and I wanted to clear my desk to make more space on it. But I still wanted…

If you’ve been on this site long enough you’ll know that the MOPPE mini storage chest, successor to the FIRA, is one of the most loved and most hacked item on planet IKEA. It was discontinued a few years back — quietly — unlike the EXPEDIT but for us hackers, we…

Ikea Products used: IKEA Moppe Mini chest The Ikea Moppe comes in unfinished birch wood, it had been sitting in the back of my craft cupboard crying out to be transformed. Finally, I pimped the Moppe with a fabulous travel theme (great for those with wanderlust). The Cavallini vintage world…

The beloved Moppe drawer unit is not available in Canada any longer. I was lucky enough to find one in a thrift shop. Unfortunately it was coated in thick and hideous purple paint. I started by carefully sanding off all of the paint. I knew what I wanted to do…

IKEA items used: Billy bookcase, Moppe birch mini chest drawer When you talk about Ikea, BILLY bookcase is one of their most famous product, everyone has same in their home. I have three of them and I have a MOPPE birch drawer chest lying around for quite some time. In…

IKEA Moppe’s not a beautiful piece of furniture but a very good storage gadget. I found one in the garbage room and gave it a haute makeover. I killed my old leather coat for its skin and used a Chanel handbag as a template. I used an old towel as…

Found this Antique Bureau by the side of the road in London. It was dirty, wet with all the drawers wedged shut. After a lot of sanding and furniture wax I managed to get it to look like this: The main problem still had to be fixed though. The compartments…

IKEA items used: Moppe mini chest of drawers, Hedra knobs 1. Paint each drawer and the main unit with a 3 coats of black mordant. Let dry 2. Drill holes in the middle of each drawer back front. 3. Print black&white favorite pattern and cut it for drawer front dimensions.…

I’ve had these IKEA MOPPE drawers, tucked away for 20 years. I thought they may fit somewhere so I decided to spice them up again, instead of throw them away. First, I spackled all the cracks and nonsense with putty. Using a narrow brush, I painted the insides with red.…

Materials: Moppe with 6 drawers and with large drawer Stacked Moppe drawers and used Liquid Nail glue as adhesive. Cut out board and used wooden legs as base, stained all one color. All drawers were turned around and added label holders.

First Idea was give small cognac bottle as present. Then idea was developed and some special glasses were needed. Final product in picture below. Materials: Ikea OPTIMAL (463.156.00) cognac glass was used (1.99 euro) and Ikea MOPPE (202.218.64) wood box 29*18*22cm (11 1/2*7*8 5/8″) (about 10 euro). Glass was carved…

Materials: MOPPE drawers I got lots & lots of Moppe drawers from freecycle, but no frame. This cheap little bookcase, maybe IKEA not sure, provided the solution, wooden knobs attached with glue, painted & decoupaged moppe drawers & hurray perfect pretty girly storage .

Materials: Moppe, old stool legs, yarn, power drill, 4 screws, drill bit, needle Description: I think every body has a storage system like Moppe at home. It’s like the Billy. I had mine now for – let me think – 7 years. Oh my. I painted one of the drawers red(-ish) back…

Materials: MOPPEDescription: My old MOPPE has quadratic drawers what makes it especially good to build lightboxes from it. Step-by-step manual 1. You need a bulb-holder. (Be careful, don’t take too strong bulbs, not more than 25 watt. I assume no liability.) Depending on the radius of your bulb-holder you have…

Materials: MOPPE Description: My old MOPPEs corpus is especially good to build a standard lamp from it. Step-by-step manual 1. First print a stencil for the light-holes. 2. Then drill out the holes. Take a drill with a small diameter. 3. Now you have to choose your favorite color for…

Materials: 1 large drawer from Moppe mini chest of drawers, Saw, Tacks, Sandpaper, Paint, Drill, Screws and Rawl PlugsDescription: My husband had been wanting a magazine rack for the downstairs toilet for ages, I’d been looking for something to hack but with no luck. One day he pulled the front…