Yep... long time, no blog. It has been busy all around, including migrating into our next fixer home here in Boulder. We have been working on some updates to spaces prior to the bigger project of adding square footage and a mega kitchen and exterior redux happening sometime this coming spring. After renovating this room to serve as my office (more on that later), it became clear that I needed more storage space than the little desk I had placed in there. Here is a shot of the before space.

From turning shoe cabinets into custom storage to crafting built-in bookcases and colorful bar carts, these 2023 IKEA hacks are incredible.

Materials: (2) Stock Wall Cabinets (36in x 30in x 12in) (1) Birch Plywood (3/4in x 4ft x 8ft) Edge Banding (1) Pine Board (1in x 3in x 8ft) (6) Furniture Legs (I bought 2 packs) Furniture Leg Hardware (I bought 2 packs) Hardware Tools: 1 1/4in #8 construction screws 2in brad nails Miter Saw Table […]

We had just moved into our new home and we needed nightstands for our bedroom. I had a vision of what I wanted and after looking for it for months I decided I would try to make it myself. So I bought two of IKEA IVAR cabinets which are made up of untreated solid pine, perfect for what I needed. Or so I thought. Once I incorporated the height of the legs it turned out that the cabinets were much too high to be nightstands.

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This IKEA hack sideboard is the easiest DIY.

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Our dining room space is a bit tricky because it’s huge, but it’s narrow. So, once we settled on a table and chairs we liked, there wasn’t much space around the perimeter for furniture. I looked everywhere, but I never found something wide and shallow enough for that huge wall. So, when I can’t find