We first saw this clever Ikea hack (the alteration of an Ikea Lack unit into a sliding-doored media cabinet) on a NY Flickr Find: the apartment tour of Portland-based Artdsgnr, aka Matt.
Then a similar hack appeared here on the SF blog, in Ryan's tour of his media room. Reader jp commented that instructions on how to make the cabinet had been posted on ikea hacker.
And when we visited ikea hacker we learned that Artdsgnr/Matt had been sent there (to share the details of how he did it) by an AT reader.
We're a little dizzy, but that makes no nevermind. Here's Artdsgnr/Matt's slideshow and even better, his instructions.
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Matt thank you for, by extension, inventively solving my media center problem!!!
i have been wanting to do this same hack to my Ivar for soooo long. but i don't have tools or know anyone with tools. how do you get someone to hack your Ikea things for you??
I am planning to go to the Paramas, NJ Ikea Saturday to pick up 2 of these but haven't been happy about the fact that they are open.
Now I know what to do. Thank you!
I saw this on flickr awhile back - my version below. Great hack Matt!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21979009@N00/sets/72157594537398652/
Hey Rucy and Jackie, glad to have helped!
Aquarabbit, you really only need a drill and screwdriver... probably can have the hardware store cut the channel to length for you? Sorry I'm not closer, I'd sure help!
Kovacs, nice job! I really like the legs on yours - has me thinking of a possible future change now...
Legs link
http://www.kehardware.com/Table-legs/ABS-furniture-legs
Ooh, I wonder if jp stands for jamie pup