He then applied skimming plaster over the table and then sanded it. 'Turn the bowl over, and on the inside, drive a screw through into the top of the legs with an electric screwdriver,' he says. He then drilled eight holes in a cross across the Blanda bowl with a thin drill paintbrush. Once dry, he drew around the edge of the bowl and cut the line out with the jigsaw too. Since he needed to give the table thick legs, he stuck the pieces of MDF together with adhesive. Design a regular IKEA fruit bowl into a side tableĮveryone has owned a wooden fruit bowl but how many of us have realized its potential as a stylish furniture piece? Luke decided to DIY his $25 IKEA fruit bowl by drawing around the bowl on a piece of MDF, and cutting out with a jigsaw. 'Finally, the last step was then adding the skirting board to the front of the unit.' This gives the entire hack a built-in look that looks so professional 5. Kerry then used spruce pine timber all the way around on the metal shelf brackets for strength. 'This creates a sturdy base for the carcasses to sit on, but also raises them off of the floor, so the skirting board can sit across the front.' She then secured the units by fixing them together, then raising the waste plumbing for her washer. 'I started by building a frame on the wall and floor using CLS timber 3x2,' she says. 'I wanted this space to be practical, and functional, but also easy on the eye.'įor this, she decided to get creative with a DIY IKEA storage hack using the PAX system. 'We created a large utility/built room in what was the old kitchen in our house,' she says. Give an IKEA Stockholm a sleek makeoverĭIYer and lifestyle influencer Kerry Kellett wanted to make her utility room more organized and functional. Once all the dowels were stuck down, he gave the whole cabinet a once over with a clear, matte varnish that is hard-wearing. 'Start on the inside edge, and if you find that the dowels don’t fit exactly, you’ll need to sand down the edge on the last dowels to be fixed,' he says. 'Consider two coats for a rich color finish,' suggests Luke. He chose a wavey design in a neutral color palette using leftover paint from his COAT paints collab colour Well Grounded. 'I started on the outside of each line so that I could paint the center section first,' says Luke. Then, using a fine painter’s tape, he taped over the lines. 'Place all the dowels roughly on the door and start to mark out your pattern with a pencil,' he says. To get the fluted effect on the front of the cabinet, he measured the inset of the cabinet door and cut some half dowels to size. The HAVSTA cabinets that were once plain and flat now have texture and a soothing palette. This incredible IKEA furniture hack by designer Luke is one to take note of.

Ikea kallax shelf replacing billy