Materials: Trofast frame pine, Trofast storage boxes, wooden closet rod, 4) 4x4x1 wood blocks, 4) 2" rigid casters, Lansa handle, stainless coat hooks, coat hangers, misc screws, oil based paint, and an electric drill for pilot holes

Description: My daughter recently moved into a new office cube with a window. Having a window was definitely an upgrade but the building support beam, not so much. She lost valuable desk and drawer space to store all of her required work gear. The little cubby hole on the other side of the beam was too narrow and deep for any cabinet we could find. Searching my Ikea catalog, I came across the Trofast frame. If we turned it sideways it would just fit into that little spot.

I bought the Trofast frame in pine so it was not as heavy for her and easier to paint than the white one. I put it together per the instructions then added a piece of wooden closet rod at the top. I drilled a pilot hole through the frame and into the rod then screwed it in place with 2 1/2" screws.

At the bottom I attached a 4x4x1 inch block of wood flat in each corner under the frame with screws. The 2" casters were screwed on to the wooden blocks raising it just off the floor. In another situation, I would have preferred larger wheels but I wanted to keep it as low profile as possible.


I lightly sanded and painted the whole thing with dark brown oil based paint for a more durable finish. After it dried for a few days, I added a 7" Lansa handle to the outside front (in this case). The frame was not quite as deep as the cubby hole so I added two coat hooks to the outside back for a little extra storage. And I added a couple of Trofast storage boxes.


Now she has a rolling closet to store all of her jackets, boots and other gear. It works great. She pulls it out when she needs something, then pushes it back and it's out of the way. And she loves the view too!

~ Karen Snow, South Houston, Texas

Materials: Tovik, Vitamin, Paint, Glitter, Resin, Sherpa, Fleece, Thread

Description: I wanted to fancy up my ikea work space with a little whimsy and sparkle!


For the Vitamin stool I made a slipcover which looks like a sushi roll from sherpa to represent the rice with it's fabulous texture and appliqued fleece for the avacado, salmon and cucumber. The seaweed wrap is also black fleece. All sewed up, it fits over the top of the stool very nicely.

For the Tovik table, I painted it with some leftover paint I had from my babygirl's nursery, then proceeded to coat the painted table with a variety of glitters and sealed it all with resin...following the instructions on the resin package.


So there you have my ikea hacks. I have a wicked-fun craft room to get creative in!

See more of the glittery workstation and sushi chair.

~ June "isewcute", USA

Materials: Screws/ extra Expedit shelves

Description: I was looking at paper trays because im always getting the printer/copy paper mixed up. I looked online for cheap plastic ones thinking they would be $1 a piece but the cheapest i could find was $3-4 so I decided to make my own which I think looks better anyway.


1) in one of the open cubical I drilled 2 screws on each side at every 3.5".

2) I rested the extra shelf on top of the screws.

Whalla

~ Thomas Hart, USA

Materials: Besta, Vika Amon, Lansa, Vika RunTorp, Inreda

Description: The Besta and Vika Amon table top are combined as one. As a cord storage, the Lansa handle was used. The printer shelf is extended via an Inreda pull out frame and standard shelf.


~ Albert Einstein, Austria

Materials: Vika table top, ClosetMaid 2 shelf organizer, Casters from Harbor Frieght

Description: I used 2 Closetmaid organizers (from Target) and 2 Vika table tops and four casters. I attached the casters to the underside of one of the Vika tops. I liked these clear retro looking ones from Harbor Freight, they spin nice and come in locking and non-locking. They were only about 5 bucks each. I used 2 of locking and 2 non locking so I could lock the table when I really needed to.


I then attached the Closet Maid organizers to the Vika top with screws. I placed them on the outside middles so I can have optimal storage underneath and on the shelf's in the organizers themselves. The table is the perfect height for me to work on and I have lots of extra storage all the way around. Voila!...an inexpensive and super handy table.


~ MsKitty, San Diego

Materials: VIKA OLEBY Legs, BRODER Shelf

Description: I was looking for a small desk to fit into my studio corner.

This was a really easy assembly. Simply drill the OLEBY Legs into the BRODER Shelf and you have yourself a great slim desk.


See more of the laptop desk.

~ audria brumberg, Greenpoint, Brookyln

Materials: Ivar shelving units

Description: I work for a small architecture firm in southern California, and last summer I started working from home 3 days a week. I had a small workspace setup prior to that, but it was inadequate for actual day to day work. I needed storage space for books, my computer, stuff, and a big enough desk surface to roll out drawings.


So, I borrowed, and slightly modified the way we set the office workstations up at my firm. We use Ivar's as deskstands with door blanks as the desk surface. The setup I've done at home is similar, but I've used Europly plywood as the desktop. For a small bedroom space, this arrangement works really well.


~ Kyle, Los Angeles

Materials: Effektiv cabinet, custom birch plywood table top

Description: Last year, we installed a large set of Effektiv cabinetry in the family room: shelving for games and books and drawers for videos and toys, etc. Two standard Effektiv wall cabinets across the middle created a 67" wide space for a desk, but Ikea has no good option for tables or desks 67" wide. So, we made a 67" wide birch-plywood "media desk" using this cut-down Effektiv cabinet for support. "Media desk" means that the cabinet contains and hides our media computer and the subwoofer part of the audio system. It also hides a large pile of cables, with the help of a Galant cable organizer.

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Materials: Corner workstation MIKAEL, some small paper or cd boxes MACKIS

Description: In the original corner worstation, I disliked the metallic storages, not useful and fast shambolic.

That's why, instead of, I fixed some small paper or cd boxes. Then, I painted facades to match them with the wall. To finish, I added LEDs to light the work-surface and fixed my internet box.


~ Fraineau Nicolas, France (Toulouse)

Materials: 1 Gallant Desk 120cm x 60 cm, 1 Gallant Table Top (No Frame) 120cm x 60cm, 4 Ekby Tore Brackets, 4 5/8" Flathead Wood Screws. Carpenter's Square and Level (Optional)

Description: This is as simple as it gets.

Elby Tore Height: 8 5/8"


1. Figure out what your preferred standing tabletop height height is, the Elby Tore bracket and second Gallant tabletop add 8 5/8" so adjust the table legs accordingly.

2. Assemble the Gallant Desk as normal.

3. Position the Elby Tore brackets around 8" from the edges of the tabletop, square them up using the carpenter's square and tighten with the supplied allen key.


4. Place the second tabletop on the Elby Tore brackets, true up to the bottom tabletop using the level, once you are happy with the alignment, secure the second table top to the brackets with the wood screws.

~ Igor Schneider, Montreal, Canada

Materials: Vika Alex, Revoltec PC-fans, ruler, jigsaw, Codegen 350w PSU

Description:
1. Mod the PSU by short-circuiting it so you don't have to make an on/off-switch. Then cut away all of the cables that you don't need and make it look somewhat more beautiful by using regular electrical tape.


2. Check the fans are working. Check!


3. Cut out some holes for the fans in your Vika Alex, and then install them. Yeah, do that.


4. Put some white electrical tape on the sharp edges, it's actually neater than you might think!

5. Get your stuff in there again, with routers and stuff on the lower floor - and your very expensive MacBook Pro on the upper floor. Now it has very good cooling - and you can hide it away so you don't have to have all of those annoying cables on your desk.


6. Be awesome!

See more of the Alex cooling box.

~ Jesper Karlsson, Sweden

Materials: 2 Vika Amon tables, 7 Vika Curry legs

Description: (This "hack" combines 2 hacks seen here and here at IKEAhackers)
Goal: Remove 1 table leg at inside corner, stabilize with steel plate and organize computer cables rat nest

For desk:
drill, hole saw drill bit
hack-saw
2 "as-is" Vika Amon tables $10 each
7 legs @ 5$ each
1 steel plate ~ $7 at homedepot
14 screws

For cables:
cable management "grommet"
cable ties
wire basket $5 at staples
plastic electric cable organizers to attach basket to table
cable sleeve
PATIENCE!


1. Turn tables upside down
2. Remove inside table leg
3. Position steel plate (lumber connector from Home Depot) longitudinally across seam. Pre-drill holes. (I did 7 on each side)
4. Screw in
5. Flip over
6. Drill out hole for cable grommet
(used a "hole saw bit" to start the hole, then a hack-saw to finish the hole
7. Insert cable grommet
8. Cover bottom of hole with tape to protect wires (for now)

For the cable organizing portion....
1. Mount power strips on the wall
2. Pre-drill 4 holes for wire basket
3. Screw in 2 screws for basket,
4. Fill basket with routers, etc
5. Screw in remaining 2 screws

Voila.

~ gmxray, Boston

Materials: VIKA AMON, PVC, Drill Press

Description: Two inch PVC fits the outside dimensions of the VIKA legs perfectly. At our coworking space, we converted 3 desks to be standing height for the cost of 2 10' sections of pipe, and 8 bolts with nuts. A drill press made creating the holes easy and we even made 5 holes on each leg so they are adjustable.

~ Jacob Sayles, Seattle, WA