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May 6th, 2010 — Furniture, Modern Furniture
Materials: Ikea ODDA night stand
Description: Being a recent college graduate without a job, sometimes you have to be creative. I had two Ikea night stands, which I turned into rack mounts for my audio gear. I popped off the four wheels. It just so happens that the width of the night stand is exactly the same width needed for a rack for audio equipment. All I had to do was drill holes on either side of the stand and then slip the racks right in. Hope you enjoy!
~ Sammy Stein
May 6th, 2010 — Furniture, Modern Furniture
Description: This is a few years old but wanted to share it. I don’t know the name of the Ikea “chest of drawers.” But it is very recognizable to any Ikea fan. I just looked on the site and i guess they no longer sell it?
We drilled a hole for the drain through dresser top and completely removed the rear of the chest so there was plenty of access for the hot and cold water lines etc..
coming from the wall.
The drawers were the hardest part. We removed a section of the back of the drawers and added two pieces of wood for support. Allowing the drawers to open and close “around” the plumbing. Kinda surrounding the drain pipe. The drawer spaces are now U-shaped instead of a square box.
Oh…and we put several coats of clear over the top of the wood so water would not easily mar the finish.
~ Stacy Burket – tagr Design, San Francisco
May 6th, 2010 — Furniture, Modern Furniture
Materials: STOLMEN
Description: A continuation of my old STOLMEN project.
STOLMEN end fixtures now support wood board with 15kg LCD panel + router, cable modem media player, and external hard disk + all power and network cables cables hidden between the shelf and wall.
~ Pavel, Israel
May 6th, 2010 — Furniture, Modern Furniture
Materials: AKURUM Wall Cabinet, Door, Hinges, and shelves. small fan, computer fan dust cover, cable protector and L brackets.
Description: I needed a place to store all my computer network equipment in one location as all the items, cables, and equipment have taken over my mechanical room.
I looked at other commercial options and the starting price was over $150.00 for a computer rack. I decided that I could pick up a basic wall cabinet and cut holes for the wiring, add a small fan and then mount everything in the cabinet out of sight.
I picked up an AKURUM 21 x 30 wall cabinet, hinges, door, and 2 sets of shelves, and a roll of cable loom from Ikea. I picked up a small fan, fan cover, and L brackets to finish out the hardware.
All of the telephone, video, and computer network cables are run in two holes created in the top of the cabinet with a 2″ hole saw. Each of the shelves has 2 “U” shaped holes cut out in the rear to allow for cables to be run and also for ventilation.
On the bottom of the cabinet is one hold for the power cord and the fan is mounted over a 2″ hole on the right side with the fan cover screwed to the outside of the cabinet. All of the outlets in my home are wired with the TIA-56A standard so I can connect either a telephone or computer to any of the jacks and just run a patch cord from the patch panel that is mounted under one of the shelves using the L Brackets. In the future, all I need to purchase is a Telephone Module that I will mount in the cabinet and connect to telephone Network Interface Box.
All of the video cables from the home are run into the bottom of the cabinet and can be either of the feeds from my Dish Network receiver.
Currently I have a WD My Book
One of the nice parts of this project is the noise from the equipment is cut down and also dust is kept out of the cabinet with the dust cover that is placed over the fan.
~ Ryan Kelzenberg
May 6th, 2010 — Furniture, Modern Furniture
Materials: Rationell cutlery tray, white paint, velvet foil, little hooks, large bolts and nuts
Description: I removed all the removable dividers from the cutlery tray, to create larger compartments. All the dividers were thrown away, except for the knife divider.
The whole thing and the knife divider was painted white. To give the cutlery tray a more luxury look, I pasted velvet foil inside the compartments (I bought the velvet in a DIY store, it was sticky on the other side so pasting was relatively easy).
I screwed in little hooks for my earrings and necklaces, and I also inserted long bolts with nuts for my bracelets (in both cases, pre-drill first, or else you might mess up the velvet). You can’t see it on this picture, but I use the gaps of the knife divider to hang necklaces in it, which spared me the hassle of adding more hooks. I made a little open box from cardboard, covered it with left-over velvet foil and pasted it in the tray so I can put in whatever jewelry that can’t hang.
Two mounting hooks were fastened on the back of the tray, so I was able to mount my jewelry display on the wall. I am really happy with it; my jewelry is not stacked up in piles anymore, I can find all of them at a glance.
~ Lani, Leuven, Belgium
May 6th, 2010 — Furniture, Modern Furniture
Materials: NORREBO
Description: Maybe it’s not a real “hack”: I only put a little piece of wood on the inside of the NORREBO door and screwed two right-angle screws (how ever they are called) through. So I can display some of my old tiles there.
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~ Susanne, Germany
May 6th, 2010 — Design, Furniture, Furniture products
Deco Cherry Finish Contemporary Dining Room
Purchase this beautiful and unique deco cherry finish contemporary dining room to give your household a whole new look. This dining room collection has been designed to satisfy all of your requirements of storage, usage and comfort. The dining collection mainly consists of dining table, side chair, arm chair, china and server. This contemporary dining ensemble has a deco finish done on Asian hardwood and birch veneers that features reeded accents on all pieces. The beautiful framed table top has a veneer pattern with an expandable leaf for enhanced usability. The server includes a roll away wine rack with satin nickel reeded edge hardware. The hutch and buffet components include felt line drawers that provide lots of storage space. Lighted hutch incorporates space saving sliding doors along with plate grooves. Multi-color contemporary weave chair fabric completes the elegant look of the dining room collection. The chairs of the contemporary dining room have been architecture to provide you with enhanced comfort and ease. Purchasing this contemporary dining room collection would certainly prove to be a very wise investment.
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Deco Cherry Finish Contemporary Dining Room w/Framed Table Top
May 5th, 2010 — Furniture
I think online furniture shopping without white glove delivery is very risky. With white glove delivery the carrier is 100% responsible for all the way from furniture manufacturer/retailer to furniture buyer.
The original post about furniture shipping.
May 5th, 2010 — Furniture, Furniture products
Dark Brown Fabric Contemporary Living Room with Sleeper Sofa
Are you looking for a clear-cut and restful furniture piece for your household? Consider purchasing this plain yet classy fabric living room with dark brown arms, base and pillows which bring along a very comfy feel to the decor of any room. This refreshing piece of furniture has been kept limited and simple in order to cater to those regulars that do not have a lot of space in their room to hold loads of items and also for people that do not wish to throw out their earlier furnishing items just to bring in latest furniture pieces. The pattern and architecture of this attractive contemporary piece of furniture has been kept very poised so that it could easily adjust in with the already existing interior of your house. The transitionally styled piece of furniture has been finished in a smooth natural shade to add to the features of the contemporary piece. As extra storage area is always needed in any house and proves to be handy in many situations for this reason the sleeper couch has storage under the seats where you can place your items easily and safely.
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Dark Brown Fabric Contemporary Living Room w/Sleeper Sofa
May 5th, 2010 — Design, Furniture, Furniture products
Suet Brown Microfiber Living Room
Very often good curtains from reputable designer can improve your interior and hide some windows imperfections.
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Suet Brown Microfiber Living Room w/Sleeper Sofa & Storage