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Samla Planter Box in Singapore
The Background: After hunting around for pots to fill our huge 6-metre planter hole I thought I’d never find an affordable solution. Then, on a casual visit to my favourite Swedish furniture store, I spotted the Samla and something clicked! I ran home, measured out the hole on my balcony…
SUNDLA Sandtable
Materials: Sundvik childrens table, Samla Description: I wanted a sandtable for my two girls but could not find a proper one. So I hacked an IKEA Sundvik childrens table and a Samla box into a proper sandtable. It’s a really simple hack. The Samla box (45 litre / 56x39x28cm) fits…
My cat’s litter box
Materials: FAKTUM and SAMLADescription: Using FAKTUM kitchen cabinet for my cat sand box, their utensils and also to store food. One of the shelves make a separate section for his food storage. I removed the cabinet base so that my cat can come and go, to use the SAMLA sandbox.Using…
Cat Box for the Strays
Materials: 34-gallon Samla with lid, water heater insulation, Heavy-duty double sided sticky tape, old blankets or towelsDescription: We have a stray cat family in our neighborhood that we’ve been feeding. They’ve been camped out in the dense shrubbery, but as it’s getting cold and wet, we wanted someplace warm and…
Grow with these ideas
Materials: transparent Samla box 53x37x12, peat rich in organic matter, vegetable seedlingsDescription: Do you want to grow your own fresh salad in your balcony? It’s much more simple than you thought. You just need ground and seedlings! Fill the samla box with soil, plant the seedlings and water well! In…
Greenhouse à la Elk
Materials: SAMLA boxes and lids, drill, hole sawDescription: Basis of this idea was the simple fact, that I needed a bigger mini-greenhouse (windowsill greenhouse) for my growing chili plants, as the former nursery station became too small. But I didn’t find any to buy, so I hacked one (OK, I…
Biltong box
Materials: Samla and Bygel Description: Building a Biltong box with parts from Ikea is quite straight forward. I had to buy Samla Box 57×39 with cover, some Bygel (10 items pack, just buy 4 or 5 packs). And 3,6m of knotted-link chain. A fan from an old PC, an old…
