![]() We hand-rolled/painted our projects, but I know others who highly recommend spray painting them. A high-quality paint (like Sherwin Williams Emerald line) also ensures a smooth, professional-looking finish. For the brown Billy’s, we used two coats of primer. (We like Kilz.) The prefab nature of Ikea furniture will make it difficult to paint without a good primer-it will scrape right off otherwise. Here’s a quick break down of all of the Ikea products used for each of our three projects: ![]() I’m able to fit jewelry, undergarments, pajamas, and some handbags in my dresser drawers. (The Pax system has drawer options.) But I should warn you that because the Billy shelves are so shallow (they’re only 11 inches deep), your drawers won’t be super functional. At least if you’re using the Billy Bookcases. ![]() Ikea even sells doors with glass inserts, and it’s easy to customize your look without even having to do that much “hacking.” Definitely shop around Ikea’s site and figure out if their prefab options might work for you.Īlthough, if you want drawers, then you’ll have to build them yourself. I also learned to love the Oxberg doors and used them with our arched cabinet. (Ikea sells multiple Billy + Oxford combinations, or you can buy them seperately.) In the office and bedroom, we built the door fronts from scratch because I wanted a thicker shaker trim, (and our trim work meant the Oxbergs didn’t fit exactly right), but honestly, the Oxbergs look just as nice in my opinion. For example, our office ceiling is 9 feet tall, so we used two extenders on the end bookcases to achieve the height we needed. The Billy Bookcase is our specialty here, and they come in lots of different sizes and colors. What you’ll Needįirst, you need Ikea products. This post is more of an “Ikea hack checklist” than a how-to, but the how-to part will follow soon. Starting with exactly what you need to get started. So, after three successful Ikea hacks, I’m here to share what I know. And then this year, we even purchased brand new Billys (after running out of old ones to reuse) to create an arched cabinet in our living space that provides shelves for décor, tons of toy storage, and even houses our cable and tv power box. It gave us the confidence to tackle our office desk build-out a few months later. I think of the bedroom built-in as our gateway Ikea hack. Robert said he thought he could make it happen. Immediately, I drew up a sketch that involved two skinny (15 inch) Billy Bookcases and one 30-inch bookcase, some cabinet doors, and drawers down the middle. Because as soon as I saw how well the bookcase fit in this hallway space, I knew the dressing space I’d been dreaming of could become a reality. We dragged one up the stairs into the bedroom “just to see what it looked like.” And it was a perfect fit. It didn’t fit a dresser or a console table, and my original plan to install the Pax wardrobe system in this space also didn’t work, because they were too deep. And an awkward bedroom hallway that served no functional purpose other than to connect the bathroom and the closet. Really, it all started with what I figured was an unattainable Pinterest board of inspiration. But the other, (better?) part of me knew I wanted to create built-in opportunities throughout this builder grade home, and maybe this was how it started? ![]() Part of me wanted to curb them because they suffocated the room and the shade of brown was outdated. I’m talking shoved on every wall so that the French doors wouldn’t even open properly filled. Our home office space was filled with old, brown Billy bookshelves. But when we moved into this house, we were presented with a golden opportunity within an eyesore of a room. I just never had the guts to try one, minus switching out some hardware on a dresser or two. Our home office desk started as left behind Ikea Billy bookcases.Įveryone loves an Ikea hack-it’s like the rags to riches story of home renovations.
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