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The nice thing about IKEA furniture is that it is cheap and easy to hack. In other words, lets say that you were to buy two cheap $30 Gorm shelving un...
You will need:(x1) Gorm shelving unit(x1) 2x4(x1) 92.75" x 12" x 3/4" piece of plywood (I inherited an awesome piece of bamboo plywood for this projec...
Assemble your Gorm bookshelf to realize that two out of the 4 posts are crooked. Stare at it in displeasure. Resolve to take drastic actions.
Cut four 12.25" lengths of 2x4.
With a 3/8" drill bit, drill holes in the ends of the 2x4 such that they are 3/4" in from each edge (top, bottom, left and right). Also drill holes on...
Disassemble your horribly crooked bookshelf. Select the two prettiest and straightest beams to cut up for use as the supports for the bench. You will...
Cut one of the nice-looking bookshelf beams starting from the bottom edge (edge that used to be on the floor) and cut it to a height of 18.25".Next, t...
Sand and smooth any rough edges you may have from sawing and/or drilling the 2x4 or bookshelf beams.
Insert cross dowels into the four holes drilled through the surface of the 2x4 sections. Depending on the tolerance involved, this may require driving...
Using the Ikea hardware, attach three shelves to the lowest holes in the bookshelf beams. Next, using your 2.5" bolts and crossdowels, attach the 2x4 ...
Flip your bookshelf bench upside down so that it is perfectly aligned over the top of your plywood.Drill two 3/32" pilot holes in each of the 2x4s suc...
Thread rope through the extra screw holes in the boards to serve as book ends and keep books from falling off the ends or through the cracks in the mi...
Arrange your books on the book shelf. You may want to consider placing larger books towards each end to make sure the rope doesn't accidentally let sm...
Make yourself a nice comfortable cushion as outlined in the this Bench Cushion Instructable.
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I through together an Ikea hack of my own, though not as in-depth as yours. I have an Ikea side-board that has 4 compartments and 4 doors with frosted glass on them. Each compartment has a glass shelf in the middle. I left off the doors on either end to "display" some my TV/Sci-Fi memorabelia and mounted the center doors to swing outward from the center. I removed the backing behind the center 2 compartments and have my stereo/home entertainment system in there. I replaced the legs with casters so the entire cabiner can easily roll and I can access the back easily. I topped it off with a 12-outlet power strip mounted across the back.