Ikea Hacked!

Are you in the mood for a couple of Ikea hacks?  Sure hope so, because that's what you're about to get!

I happen to have the Ikea bookcase that looks almost exactly like this one below, and I've never liked how clunky it looks sitting flat on the floor.  Griffin solved that problem with hers by removing the base, using it as a brace on the back, and mounting it to the wall. She stained a wood panel to make the countertop and painted the rest to match her walls so it looks like it simply belongs there.

PS: if you want to get all nitty gritty about details, Griffin's bookcase is not actually from Ikea.  She found it in a thrift store, but you could certainly find something similar at Ikea, should you want to recreate this look. See more on her blog Design Itch.

And Jenna at Paddington Way made over this simple Ikea children's set with coral, cream, and chalkboard paint.  Isn't it adorable?  Just like Jenna, who I've met/towered-over once in real life.  (She's pixie-sized; it's the cutest thing).  And her claim to fame is that Justin Timberlake once flirted with her at a pool in Las Vegas.  I don't know if she wanted me telling the whole world that, but if it happened to me, I would be telling everyone I know!  Heck, I'd tell people I don't know!

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