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What to do with Old IKEA furniture??

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Home Stager with Prep This House Interiors Inc.

What can you do with Old IKEA furniture???  Found this cute blog that has differant ideas on what to do with misc pieces of IKEA furniture.. kinda quirky... just goes to show that every can be repurposed into something differant.

How about making a bed with built-in storage using old bookshelves? Just one idea showcased at ikeahacker, a brilliant blog that showcases inspired revamps of Ikea products. If you’ve never had a look there, take a minute to browse some of its quirky and inventive projects.

Check it out you get either a good idea or a good chuckle  IKEAHackers

 

 

 

 

Comments(13)

James Harner
Considering Selling Your Home? Call 610-310-7646 first - Royersford, PA
James Harner Group - Philadelphia PA Real Estate

This is neat, Kym! Thanks for sharing!

Dec 26, 2010 01:45 PM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging

hmmm.... intriguing.... I'll have to go check it out!

Dec 26, 2010 03:16 PM
Mary Lou Teague
HOME STYLE AND STAGING LLC - Knoxville, TN
Home Style and Staging Knoxville. TN

I will also check this out...should be interesting, thanks for sharing

Dec 26, 2010 11:08 PM
Cathy Lee
CL Design Services Home Staging - Danville, CA
ASP, IAHSP, RESA Danville, CA

Kym-thanks for sharing!!

Dec 27, 2010 02:01 AM
Nancy Lee - An OrderLee Home,
Hendersonville, NC

Wouldn't those bedroom dress boys be a distraction in staging?  I adore taking one thing and converting it to something else - what a fun website!

Dec 27, 2010 03:25 AM
Lisa Roy
SPACELiFT HOME STAGING, Greater Vancouver - Vancouver, BC

Hey Kym,  Hope you are doing well!  This is a fun website, who would have thought... :-)

Dec 27, 2010 03:55 AM
Brian Madigan
RE/MAX West Realty Inc., Brokerage (Toronto) - Toronto, ON
LL.B., Broker

Kym,

One thing for sure, you'll never reassemble any of this stuff. It's not worth moving.

So, alternative uses makes a lot of sense.

Brian

Dec 27, 2010 05:01 AM
Kym Tarr
Prep This House Interiors Inc. - Kelowna, BC
Its all in the details!

James yes this is pretty cool  if you have any new inventions you get the opportunity to post those as well.

Melissa might give one some ideas if they are crafty at all lol

Valerie:  anxiously awaiting your next post in the reveal!

Cathy-Lee:  it is amazing what you can find on the web huh!

Dec 27, 2010 03:06 PM
Kym Tarr
Prep This House Interiors Inc. - Kelowna, BC
Its all in the details!

Nancy:  yes it is a pretty cool site... it is amazing to see what people have done with the furniture

Lisa:  I am GREAT, how about yourself?  Trust Ikea to have furniture that can go one step further

Brian:  your right on that one!

Dec 27, 2010 03:09 PM
Sandi Gerrard
Toronto, ON

Hi Kym - fun idea with the chairs, perhaps with an old beat up one for a cottage bedroom ...

Dec 29, 2010 12:03 AM
Laurie Logan
Keller Williams Realty, Inc., Broker Associate - Madison, WI
South Central WI Real Estate

I love the dress boys!  I don't think they'd work for staging, but the idea is really neat.

Converting the shelves to a bed works...

Dec 29, 2010 11:26 AM
Michelle Finnamore
Toronto GTA, Alliston, Newmarket - Vaughan, ON
Preparing your property for sale

Hi Kym, this gives me ideas to use with my clients that are ready to throw out their Ikea furniture as they think it has seen better days.  I especially love the Besta cabinet that was upholstered and silver studs applied.  Here is a Pong chair that I recovered to update the look and a couple of large accent cushions that I made to go with it. Thanks for the link, I am book marking it for future reference

ikea chair make over

Dec 30, 2010 01:59 AM