Campaign chests are both attractive and practical, with the signature metal hardware serving as both a shiny decorative addition and protection to the furniture. If the style appeals to you, and you're the crafty sort who welcomes a project, take inspiration from Louisa of the design blog For Chic Sake who turned a simple IKEA Rast into a colorful campaign chest.
The Rast costs $35 and Louisa only spent another $50 or so to complete the project. You can find the full instructions and more photos at For Chic Sake.
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is this the best Rast redo ever? I think so! I like it better than my own :) and I LOVE mine ;)
Amazing! But aren't those recessed-mount handles? That takes a bit more exacting work than was mentioned on the blog.
beautiful work.
brilliant!
Haven't we seen this one before?
Rural - nope. They're mounted and not routed.
Wish I had the space for one!
your first Related on AT link is broken, needs an H before the ttp://
OH SNAP!
The exact same DIYwas posted on Apartment Therapy last month - it's just a different colour. Anyway, I literally just left another moany comment about recycled content on AT, so I'll shut up now.
LOL
holy moley
Ummm, check out Molly Madfis designs IKEA RAST, she did this to an Ikea RAST over 7 months ago. Her RAST Re-Do was featured on the little green notebook.com.
Oh, man, AT, that's weak. I agree w/ ElleOh. It's a great project, but not when it's the exact same Ikea hack. C'mon...