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Built-in bookcase and Home Theater Unit
Published on 2010-08-26 14:06:00
Materials: 3 x 15" Billy Bookcases, 2x Billy height extenders, 2 x Billy doors, 2 x Benno DVD Rack, 1 x Hemnes Storage Bench, 1"x2" moulding, crown moulding and baseboard to fit your perimeter, Brad Nailer and nails, Liquid Nails adhesive, level, saw, 1' particleboard screws, caulk and paintDescription: We have an extremely small, 100-year old downtown house that has a teeny tiny living/great room -10' x 10'. Every inch of space counts! We decided that the look of built in bookshelves would
Piecemeal kitchen island
Published on 2010-08-26 06:32:00
Materials: Bekvam kitchen cart (or similar item), Lagan countertop, Vika Byske Table Leg, drawer slider, wooden slats, cutlery trayDescription: I've had an IKEA kitchen island since sophomore year of college when I moved into a dorm room with a kitchen. It's been the perfect fix for the common lack of counter space in every apartment I've lived in since then. In June, I moved into a tiny studio apartment (200 square feet total) in Brooklyn. The 'kitchen' was just a refrigerator, a stove, a sink,
Custom wall of shelving...cheap!
Published on 2010-08-25 14:11:00
Materials: Hyllis shelves, plywood, four band-aidsDescription: Hyllis shelves are about $15 bucks a pop at Ikea but are rather flimsy and pretty short. For my bedroom, I knew that I needed to house about 1200 books on a 20 foot long wall and I also wanted to house two flat screen TVs (long story why I needed two) that were at the correct height to view from the bed. The Hyllis shelves will go together rather easily if you want to stack them. For my hack, I used the shelves and 'overlapped' the
