Ikea wine bar hack

When it comes to organization, Ikea is king..Built-in BILLY bookcases changed the look and feel of our home office. Hemnes bookcases can be incorporated into stately mudrooms, and stacked dressers can be upcycled into beautiful custom wardrobes outfitted with MDF paneling. And home bars? Ikea products work just dandy there too. Before I jump right to aesthetics, a few notes regarding my research… What I Learned About Ikea A lot of great Ikea products are not available in the United States…

As you may know if you've seen any of the past week's posts (since we can't seem to shut up about this project), Wendy and I decided to greatly expand the usable storage space in our kitchen with the purchase of several IKEA cabinets and a 6 foot section of butcher block counter top. Though we never really considered the use of IKEA cabinets in the past, our need for a quick and easy temporary solution for storage, and one that didn't break the bank, led us to the massive Scandanavian home…

Forget those pricey marble countertops — these hacks are where it’s at!

See how we designed two very distinct bar areas using IKEA cabinets which was the only thing they had in common.

In Part 2 of our design your full house with IKEA products series, we look at various rooms in the house that can be updated with IKEA products.

This weekend we built our bar! I figured it would be one of those projects that dragged on all weekend and I’d be scrambling to put the finishing touches on right now, but nope… it was done by Saturday afternoon (thanks to my Dad’s help). Let’s rewind a bit… here was the space we were […]

If you’re a DIY novice looking for an easy IKEA hack to start out with, this KALLAX upgrade is your friend.

I am surprised and proud to tell you that last week, I built something! I did a little IKEA hack and turned our KALLAX storage unit into more of a wine rack. I love the way it turned out. Rob was nice enough to help me out (it did involve a little bit of math, which is always scar

Well, we did it! A mere two weekends ago we sauntered into IKEA with only a minor clue of what we wanted to accomplish. Now, just a single solid day of weekend work, and several after work evenings of effort, we're the proud owners and installers of a butcher block counter on a new work space. (Pay no attention to the messed up door on the right cabinet...the part we need to attach it is ordered and we're waiting on it...Grrr IKEA! Hopefully arriving today.) November 9, 2012 Photo…

Some IKEA kitchen hacks void your warranty, but this versatile cabinet hack won’t.