Quick Ikea Hack
Posted by Jeremy on October 15th, 2007
Although not as clever as the majority of ones at Ikea Hacker, I too have improved the use of some Ikea furniture!
Although they are no longer listed on Ikea’s online catalog and I neglected to take a picture beforehand, awhile ago I bought 2 DVD holders from Ikea. They each had 5 shelves, made out of metal, and neat concrete bases. I bought them before I lived in a loft, because I knew I wanted to live in a loft, the one we’re at specifically, and thought they would look great - and they do. Problem is, we have way to many DVDs - more then enough to fill both towers up to the brim and more! A few of them were larger box sets and I didn’t want a line of DVD holders stretched along the wall so I ran to the hardware store and came back with five 3 foot long boards. They are 6″ wide and 3/8″ thick and fit perfectly if you turn the DVD towers sideways. Now I can just buy longer boards if we have more DVDs to store - I think it looks great as it is, but with a little gunship gray paint I doubt you’d be able to tell these are wood from a distance. For added safety, bolt them to the stands, and then screw some angle iron into the wood to hold the DVDs and prevent sliding.
Here’s a few pictures - click to make ‘em bigger!
Here you can see the board on top of the old stands:
The finished holder, already filled out:
