ikea hack cabinet size

Cutting down IKEA units

Although there are many different sized cabinets these days, sometimes you need a size which just isn’t available. Being able to modify a cabinet gives you more options. Bear in mind though that it’s often not just the cabinet you’ll need to modify, but the doors also. Arguably the doors are much more problematical. This week I needed a cabinet 2.25cm tall, a figure in the middle between the 210cm and 236cm IKEA offers. Right, time to pull out the saw. First up, you’ll need to decide whether you’re cutting …

IKEA hack to save an Expedit shelving unit from the dump

Dearest daughter complained about not having enough floor space for a desk in her bedroom, so what to do? She still needed the shelving unit so I had a think. How to free up floor space? Then I had a eureka moment, cut the shelves in half and shouted  Wingardium Leviosa!  Actually casting a spell would have been much easier, but I had to make do with an extra pair of hands to hold the shelves up whilst I popped a few timber trims around the shelves to support them. …

IKEA Sektion Ultrusta Cabinet Hinge: Making a Template

Want to use the new style, IKEA Ultrusta cabinet hinges from the new Sektion system on a custom build project? Then you’ll need to know a few measurements to help you set out the hinge position. You might not know this, but the IKEA hinge system is contracted out to ‘Blum’, a leading hinge and furniture hardware supplier in the UK. The new Sektion hinge system utilises a horizontal pair of holes (previously they were vertical), which gives more shelf arrangement options inside apparently. Here are the measurements… Hope that’s …