There are 1,000 different ways to hack furniture from IKEA — although this transformation is so extreme you won't even recognize it. This ho-hum piece has gone Mid-Century!
Inspired by Mid-Century pieces from Paul McCobb, this basic IKEA entertainment stand was given a makeover.
With the addition of sliding front panels and retro-style feet stained to match, this piece is anything but basic anymore. It's a great example of using inexpensive materials when you can't find the exact piece you want, in order to make something that fits the bill. The only thing this look needs now is inlaid finger pulls to finish it off!
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This is a pretty fantastic hack, and I love the legs.
oh...wow... you changed the tv!
Wow! Worthy of the new TV!
I love a good Ikea hack - but I'd worry about the sturdiness here. I don't think this one is going to last very long.
It really doesn't look like the same cabinet..... assuming that it is: there's more work done here than just slapping on different legs and doors. The bottom has been completely changed.
Nothing like a good Ikea-hack to last you until you can find/afford the real deal. Cool!
Pretty fantastic. Cutting the sides and dumping the toe kick was brilliant!
How fun that Apartment Therapy picked up our hack! Thanks for all the nice comments.
And to the skeptics out there, it really is the same cabinet. (What a bizarre thing for us to bother lying about, right? LOL!)
We really did just hack off the sides and obviously, we did not screw the kick plates back in. I agree that it makes the piece look totally different though -- that's exactly what we were hoping for.
So far it is very sturdy, but time only will tell. The way I see it, if we bought ourselves another year of useful life, it was time well spent. And if not, lesson learned for the next hack attempt.
Thanks again for looking!
Cheers,
RiDas
You might need some kind of additional support in the center, maybe another pair of legs?
I don't think it's that different, so I'm not quite sure what all the crowing is about. Got rid of the plinth, sawed down the sides to be level with the base, changed the sliding panels, added legs. Doesn't seem like a big deal to me. But it does look nice.
I love the fact that it now looks like a 1960s speaker cabinet. Clever!
We have the Benno in blond. We're selling it at our next garage sale when we move to the new place.
Brilliant. The simplest hacks are the best.
Absolutely amazing! I've been thinking about doing something similar with the Lack TV unit I have in my living room (pictured here).
Can a remote control work through the screen of the renovated piece?
Fantastic improvement!