IKEA KALLAX Hacking - Part 1 to 3

Mrs. Maker asked me to do some IKEA HACKING the other day, something we've done for at least 25 years now, and show people how easy it is.  So we took a couple of pieces of IKEA furniture that were either lying around or being thrown away by neighbors (BILLY, KALLAX & MALM) and integrated them into something completely different and new.  I have since seen many similar projects and believe that this particular IKEA HACK is quite popular, so hopefully it will inspire my viewers to go ahead and make what they want or need using IKEA furniture as modular components.

This project was fun to do and I encourage you to go ahead and do some IKEA HACKING of your own!

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Bamboo House - Reconfiguring a Wraparound Desk

Part of settling into Bamboo House means "tweaking" what is already there - a bunch of 20, 30...even 40 year old things that were too big or too customized for the place to be moved or even hope to fit in anywhere else.

A case in point is this wraparound desk, which visually defines the "Office".  This is by far the most attractive feature of Bamboo House, the ability to look out floor to ceiling glass doors when its hot and to open the office completely when the weather permits.

Only one problem - the desk was not positioned correctly in the room!  For some odd reason, it had been jammed too close against one wall, and not far enough against another wall.  I had also been extensively wired in (both data and power) to the point where considering moving it was probably too much to contemplate for anyone not familiar with power. telephone and alarm systems.

For MMTM, not that big a deal, actually.  I just cut the power to the house and started stripping out wires that I didn't think that I wanted/needed.  Once the wires had been disconnected, it was easy to then reposition the desk to where I felt it best integrated with the shape of the room.  

Once the wiring had been addressed, moving the desk was simply a matter of applying a little bit of muscle.  After that, a bit of re-wiring to bring the desk back into service and voila!  A much more visually appealing and higher utility working environment for everyone!

Le Corbusier LC3 - New Feet!

Le Corbusier LC3 - New Feet!
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We have had a Chinese version of the Le Corbusier LC3 for some time now, but the feet on the bottom have perished and the tube steel was cutting through, risking damage to the floor.

After some searching online, we found replacement feet that fit the tubes of the legs perfectly, so we could remove the temporary protectors I had fashioned from kraft paper.

We couldn't be happier!

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