Light up with a cap table lamp

Victoria sends me a cap table lamp, from fashion designer Jo Soh.

"This Ikea hack was concocted out of a used cap sample from hansel�s Captain Cheese Spring/Summer 2007/2008 collection, and a second-hand lamp stand from IKEA. It was initially made for Utterrubbish, a design exhibition held in Singapore in November 2007.

 

Hansel, a Singaporean fashion brand, was invited to take part in this exhibition which was a witty review of recycling and recourse through design, an ironic look at how one man�s trash is another man�s treasure. Hansel designer Jo Soh decided to look into re-appropriating the use and role of clothing as furniture, hence the Cap Table Lamp."

The Mandal headboard as wall decor

Diane needed some thing to spice up her dining room wall and the Mandal headboard did the trick.

She says, "I was looking for something to spice up the dining area - we have an open concept condo - dining, living and kitchen are all one room. One night I was looking at the Ikea catalogue and had an idea. I wanted to use the Mandal Headboard above the dining table - I stacked 2 together and I call it my 'architectural installation'. Much fancier than telling people I put an Ikea headboard in my dining area!"

Hop onboard the finger puppet bus

Dot has this great idea - a finger puppet bus! It's also a great way to organise and keep them.

"We got the boy a set of finger puppets from Ikea, which are cute, but of course small, so they would inevitably be lost. Plus, little hands sometimes have a problem with getting the puppets on their fingers to play with them. So we came up with the idea of a 'schoolbus' with wood dowels where the puppets could live!"

See more the finger puppet schoolbus on Dot's blog.

Looking for a huge workshape? Here's one at 8'

Mary wanted a big workspace, similar to a drafting space that she could put against a wall and use as a desk, sewing table, and all around multi-purpose workspace. Here's what she did, combining some old (non Ikea furniture) with Ikea legs and a kitchen countertop. She says, "I also wanted there to be a gap between the desktop and the base cabinets so I could use the space as extra storage. I tend to have piles of paper on my desk and I wanted to be able to tuck them away neatly without actually putting them in a drawer or cabinet. I had some old West Elm modular storage furniture already so I decided to use these as the base.

- I took four of the square cabinet components (used in two sets) fastened each set together in the back and added extra re-enforcement to the bottom of both by hammering an extra board beneath each set. Then I added four 6" ikea capita legs to the bottom of each set. - Then I used the 2 feet from the base of the West Elm storage unit and mounted them to the center and top of each West Elm cabinet set I had already put together. - To create the gap, I used another eight 6" ikea capita legs (four for each cabinet set) and added them to the top of the cabinets. The only problem was that the Ikea legs were 6" and the West Elm base feet that I had used were seven. So I had some extra strips of wood lying around (almost 1'" thick) and screwed these into the top of the cabinets first, then screwed the Ikea legs on top of the 1" strips of wood to make the required 7" inches. - My super (incidentally named 'Angel') was kind enough to help me lift the 55lb slab of 8 foot woodblock (Ikea pronomen countertop) on to the entire contraption so it rested lightly on the Ikea legs. I used the hardware that came with the countertop to attach the desktop to the West Elm base feet attached to the cabinet. This way the Ikea countertop was firmly attached to the base West Elm cabinets and resting on top of the Ikea legs along the length of the cabinets. So it's stable but difficult to move but that's ok since it's 8' long and I have no desire to move it. It took me almost a full day.

Oh, also... (to give credit where credit is due) the wall behind the desk is blue and white paint striped from a posting I saw on apartmenttherapy.com (link corrected). The hanging pendant lamps I made according to a hack posted right here (thank you thank you) out of Ikea cutlery containers, and light sockets. And the chair covering is also an Ikea sheepskin throw rug."

The Tromso gets a lift

Lizz has this great looking loft with some hacked pieces of Ikea.

One is a loft bed on the top of her closet, made from a neighbour's discarded Tromso.

 

The second is an interesting take on the Ikea Kajak (discontinued) with a mannequin torso permanently attached to the top. She says, "Sometimes Ikea furniture needs a little extra something to 'get the Ikea out'."

See more of Lizz's loft.

Server in a bread bin

Jonk hides a server in an Ikea bread bin! Fantastic.

He writes, "This is my build log for my server in an Ikea breadbox. Photos and descriptions are available here.

Unfortunately I don't remember the name of the breabox but the computer specs are:
Motherboard: VIA EPIA ML6000EA.
Memory: 512 mb.
HD: 160 gb.
Powerspply: Morex Powerkit 80W.
OS: Ubuntu.

It's a server I use for hosting blogs and stuff and it's running 24/7."

Updated! February 23, 2009
Lezziter and Manche's Emu server
They recently built a webserver in an Ikea Emu box.


"The goal was to create a small, silent machine that is easy to move around. Specifications below.

• Motherboard: INTEL D945GCLF
• Memory: 1GB 800MHz DDR2
• HDD: 250GB WD SE16
• PSU: FSP200-50SNV
• Case: Modded Emu box from Ikea

See more of the Emu box server.

Marry a Powerbook with a Ramvik for an arcade cocktail cabinet

Fr�d�ric puts a broken Powerbook to good use as an arcade cocktail cabinet.

He writes, "I turned a Ramvik side table into an arcade cocktail cabinet. It all started with a Powerbook with broken hinges. Check out the step by step transformation here."