IKEA Hack

Step 13 Make a Cushion (optional)

Make yourself a nice comfortable cushion as outlined in the this Bench Cushion Instructable.

Comments

[Phusilly]

Hey... I like it!!! I have an old Gorm Hack of my own that could use the implementation of the ropes to keep things on the shelves... About 6 years ago I hacked 5 tall Gorm units into an enormous entertainment center/office/all around family storage unit. After two years of price checking for an entertainment center to house a 57" rear projection TV and never quite finding something I liked I decided on a "temporary" fix with Gorm. I used three of the units as is. For the center unit I pulled the shelves apart and replaced the planks with lengths that would span the TV. On the far end I pulled two of the planks from the front of one shelf and placed it 12" above a full shelf which was about 3' off the floor to be used as a desk top, the Traktor chair slides right underneath. I hacked a curtain rod to attatch to the top shelf and used two twin sized sheets to hide all the. Hmm.. You've inspired me, maybe I'll get around to posting that :o)

[Masicklazik]

Looks like alot of work but its not hard to understand and,or even build! Very good "hack" Best ive seen yet in furniture!!!

[Jaypoc]

Great job, and an awesome idea!

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.