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Castle playhouse & loft bed
Materials: SNIGLAR bed, STOLMEN pole & climbing ladder I always dreamed of having a castle bed as a kid and now since I have a little 4 year old that loves castles I decided to just make it! What we used from Ikea was; a SNIGLAR bed, STOLMEN pole &…
Industrialized Stolmen
Materials: Stolmen poles and brackets, whitewood shelves, and a very helpful husbandDescription: My house resembles the aftermath of an explosion in a bookstore, toy store, and antique shop, and so, I decided Something Needed To Be Done. More precisely, I wanted more shelves. But not just *any* shelves, pipe shelves.…
Vertical planter with small footprint
Materials: Stolmen pole and ODLA plantersDescription: I have a very small footprint of a patio to plant anything as I’ve downsized from a 7 bedroom house to a one bedroom apartment. But I still need to find a way to garden. I have owned these ODLA galvanized planters for years…
Stolmen for shoes and coats
Materials: Stolmen poles, random shelves, extra Stolmen mounting fixturesDescription: We needed a place to put our shoes, coats and other outdoor necessities. Since all our walls in our small hallway are occupied with doors, we had troubles finding that solution in any store. So this is what we did: We…
Cat climbing post and skyway
Materials: Stolmen, Ribba, Besta (?)Description: We were inspired by Kelly’s Stolmen cat tower here. We have a fairly low ceiling (about 7′) in this ground level room and there is a support beam about 2 1/2′ away from the wall. We saw the Ribba shelves which are used to display…
Black and white Stolmen Cat Tree
Materials: IKEA Stolmen storage system (post and fixtures)Description: Here is our version of the “Stolmen” cat tree. We were inspired by pictures we saw on this website. We bought the post and fixtures and built our own shelves to reduce the cost. We gave the shelves the shape we wanted…
Cat Hack – cat tower & scratching post
Materials: StolmenDescription: Inspired by earlier hacks (such as this) we decided to hack IKEA for our cat, Billy. We live in a rather small apartment and wanted him to use the height of the apartment as well, so that his living space is optimize (especially since cats love high viewing…
Ikea elevated DJ booth
Materials: Expedit 8 bay shelf, 42″ Stolmen shoe shelf, Vika Adils legs Description: I researched for weeks and found two ideas that I liked for my DJ setup and combined the two. For years, DJs have been using the Expedit shelves for their durability and size. I follow with this…
Stolmen speaker mount
Materials: StolmenDescription: I collect a lot of different display items and even used Detolfs raised on some 10yr old Ikea cabinets and loved the setup. However, in order to maximize the prime display area around the TV (which was already wall mounted) I needed to mount the speakers. Stolmen parts…
My Stolmen vanity unit
Materials: Stolmen chest of two drawers, steel furniture feet, screws, tape, all purpose glue, flagging, joint compound, flagging corners, silicone; Tools: jig sawDescription: Inspired from the “bathroom special: space saving wall mounted vanity” I did my own Stolmen vanity unit. First I cut out the contour of the drain and…
A Stolmen Snudda cat tree
Materials: Stolmen, Snudda lazy susans, manila rope, carpet, glueDescription: Snudda lazy susans disassemble easily to steps in a cat tree. After gluing the two wooden parts together, I made 55 mm holes and slid them on Stolmen. I used Stolmen mounting fixtures to fasten the Snudda plates in place. A…
Another Stolmen bookshelf
Materials: Stolmen postsDescription: Inspired by other posts I saw here I built this shelf. You will need: 1. 2 Stolmen posts 2. A set of Stolmen mounting fixtures (4 per shelf rack) 3. 2 mending plates per rack 4. Bolts & nuts The process: 1. I bought 12 ft long,…
Ikea shoe rack transformed into DJ-furniture
Materials: Stolmen shoe rack (110 cm), Stolmen suspension fitting (or end fitting), Vika Adils leg + wheel paint Description: I came over two Pioneer CDJ-850 a while ago. Due to lack of space I soon realized I needed some kind of shelf for the cd-players. As the original Pioneer installation…
UDDEN remix
Materials: UDDEN, AKURUM, STOLMEN, VARDE, VIKADescription: This is my UDDEN kitchen, take 2. IKEAHackers published the original version in 2008 under the title “Fitted dishwasher for the UDDEN”. We moved to a new apartment in 2011 and took our kitchen and 24″ appliances with us.The most evident configuration changes are…
Kitchen Storage and Seating
Materials: Ikea Stolmen Chests, Vika Amon Table & legs,Ikea Stockholm Blad Fabric in Beige Description: I needed extra storage space in my kitchen and I had this little 7ft X 5ft L shaped space so I purchased 2 Stolmen Chests with 2 drawers $120.00 each. I then purchased some foam…
Stolmen laptop stand
Materials: Stolmen, IKEA plastic boxDescription: Use a Stolmen pole as a laptop stand for a clean desk. You just need an IKEA Stolmen pole, a plate (with a hole you have to drill) and a plastic box you also get at IKEA. The nice fact about the plastic box is…
Creative IKEA desk
Materials: Stolmen, Capita, Vika Amon Description: Use two Stolmen chests, with Capita legs, and four Capita bracket and one Vika Amon. ~ Pasquier Nicholas, Nantes – France
"Ideale" bike rack: Stolmen becomes art!
Materials: Stolmen pole with end fittingDescription: Wanted to get a bike rack for my Keirin track bike but solutions available are rather expensive. Thus, decided to get creative some spare bike parts and build an awesome bike rack. Used the Ikea Stolmen pole, placed a ring (shape similar to the…
Stolmen Plasma TV & gadget mount
Materials: StolmenDescription: I live in a small flat and wanted to try and use as little floor space as possible when fitting my plasma. I had already bought a wall bracket with my 50″ plasma so fitted that to the two cross bars with “U” bolts from B & Q.…
The other cat tree
Materials: STOLMEN, LACK, ANTONIUS, BORRISDescription: Searching the internet for a cat tree, which did not look like one, I landed on ikeahackers.net An I found the tree of Maria and Jan Ove Gjerde Strand, Norway. I was immediately impressed and inspired by this tree, because it is easy to clean…
