![]() You’ll need to repeat this steps twice as one lack shelf doesn’t have enough depth to be a standing. You’ll need 2 brackets for a secure mount.įinally assemble a 2nd Expedit 2×2 shelving unit and a Lack 26cm as a base (similar to the first one), and use a 121cm Lack to connect the two, and secure it with similar metal brackets (Lack on Lack). The 26cm Lack shelf will act as a base for the 121cm Lack Shelf to be the actual standing desk. You can force screw the screws into the shelf but I wouldn’t advise it. You’ll need metal brackets, short ones would suffice, a some tools shown in the picture. I used a 26cm Lack shelf and secured that to the top of the expedit like so: Once you’re done you’ll get a nice desk that looks something like this…sorry I took the picture after the entire desk was complete. You’ll need 2 metal brackets to secure your desk, one along each of your expedit side. Depending on what you want to store, consider whether you need a bookcase with doors and drawers or open shelves. Choose between wide, high standing, narrow and low bookcases, in a variety of colors and different shades of oak. ![]() ![]() Clean out the garage with a storage shelf or tidy up the snacks with kitchen pantry storage. Our selection of bookcases come in many different shapes and sizes. What I did was quite simple, get an expedit 2×2 shelving unit and connect that to a expedit desk with some metal brackets I bought from my local hardware store. Shop IKEAs wide selection of bookcases, shelving units & organizers. You may check them out at (beware the fakes!!) The website is just amazing and it’s a constant source for inspiration to a new house owner like myself. (20 pages) Indoor Furnishing IKEA EXKLUSIVT Manual. (6 pages) Indoor Furnishing IKEA BESTA SHELF UNIT HEIGHT EXT 47x16' Instructions Manual. Side table (8 pages) Indoor Furnishing IKEA EXPEDIT BOOKCASE 58 5/8X31 1/8' Instructions Manual. The rules are simple, use one Ikea furniture for something it wasn’t intended to do…and that’s an Ikea hack. Indoor Furnishing IKEA EXPEDIT SIDE TABLE Instructions Manual. And yes, some furniture may be destroyed in the process and you may, please be cautioned, compromise the structural integrity of the furniture and its safety standards, so hacking does have its risk. Why I chose to call it a hack? In it’s own little way, it breaks into the IKEA code of furniture assembly and repurposes, challenges and creates with surprising results. If you’re wondering what hacking ikea means, well the ‘original’ Ikea Hackers says:Įssentially, an IKEA hack is a modification/repurposing of an IKEA product. I’m no master carpenter so our greatest hope was to hack ikea. So a comprimise was in order…in this case we’d have 2 desk one for each, mine would be a standing desk and hers a regular sit-down one. Problem is that I wanted a standing desk and my wife was having none of it. So I’ve just moved into my new place and my wife and I wanted to convert our upstairs hall into a study area for the both of us.
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