Lack Shelf + Wallpaper = Disappearing Shelf

Wrap IKEA's Lack shelf with your favorite wallpaper to make an inconspicuous shelf that blends in with your walls. Click through to see what happens when you combine the popular floating shelf with a pattern that matches that of your walls...

The shelf all but disappears. The idea is shown here over a doorway, where the shelf could appear cumbersome and awkward. The matching shelf and walls, however, reduce the shelf's appearance, helping it "disappear". This example, from Canadian House & Home's small space gallery, uses IKEA's Lack shelf and wallpaper from Farrow & Ball.

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Photo: Mark Burstyn

Comments (8)

Brilliant!

posted by BrittanyO on February 18th 2009 at 3:46pm
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Great idea!

posted by RedMaiko on February 18th 2009 at 3:56pm
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OMG. I can't believe that's what happens...

posted by badg on February 18th 2009 at 4:20pm
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That wallpaper would make anything look cute.

posted by AngelaPeregrina on February 18th 2009 at 4:39pm
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N i f t e e e !

posted by Splomo on February 18th 2009 at 5:30pm
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interesting.....nice idea.

posted by EileenB on February 19th 2009 at 10:49am
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Wait! Where's the person who ususaly shows up to say, "Ugh. Horrid. I would never do that in a million years. Puh-leeze."?

;)

posted by pxlchk1 on February 19th 2009 at 3:03pm
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i'll be that person. :)

wouldn't putting stuff on the shelf draw your eye towards it anyway, making the "invisible shelf" all of a sudden a "focal shelf"? Especially if its in an unexpected location, like above a doorframe???

posted by mh330 on February 19th 2009 at 7:41pm
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