(Ikea) Hack Attack!
May 28, 2012With 4 (yes four!) Ikeas in Berlin we can’t help but poke through the As-is section(s) on a regular basis and pick-up a bargain or three. *even if the As-is turns up nothing we always manage to find a deal in another area, especially since discovering the awesomeness that is Ikea Hackers – that wondrous collection of creativity inspired us to hack these beauties:
Here’s what we did:
The Sniglar wickeltisch (change table) is a steal for €25 but is definitely lacking style…
Not anymore! We painted it a lovely lilac & made a hide-the-baby-gear-curtain from Eivor Leva fabric (found 4 meters in the As-is for €5!) & attached it all around with velcro – making it easy to remove & wash. The table is topped with a Gullunge changing mat & covers (which we dyed black – come on, white covers + dirty diapers = ew…amiright? & the black looks fab with the fabric!)
2 Rast commodes that we’d had forever were transformed into:
An adorable dresser for the munchkin’s threads. We attached them together with L-brackets & painted the frames purple & the drawers with funky chalkboard paint.
Pictures and 2 languages? Now daddy has no excuse for putting laundry in the wrong place.
Quick tip: screwing knobs & drawer pulls onto a piece of cardboard before painting them makes life oh-so-much easier!
The Rast side table we had in storage plus some ingenious inspiration became our girlie’s favourite first birthday prezzie:
Wanna make your own? Here’s the how-to
Thanks to our Ikea Family Card we scored this Latt kiddie table & chairs for only €8.99! Whoo hoo!
With some more of the purple & chalkboard paints, funky wrapping paper decoupaged to the seats & Bygel rails & containers attached to the sides the table is now the perfect play centre!
W-O-W! Those are adorable! I love it when people can look at something simple and see POSSIBILITIES! And I LOVE all the colors you chose!
I am in LOVE. I want to make this table for my babies!