Looong bench-cabinet

Materials: "Faktum" wall cabinet, tape measure, power drill, cirkle saw, screwdriver.

Description: Before we moved to our house we lived in a very beautiful apartment witch was housed in an old school built in 1900. Our apartment was built in the old music study, with big windows and since it was an old class room the living room/kitchen was very spacious.

The only problem we had was that the kitchen part was a bit small and that there were not a lot of storage cabinets.

Since the room was very big I had a 7 meter long wall which I could use for storage. Initially I wanted to hang some kitchen cabinets on the wall but after some investigation I dropped this idea because the wall was too weak.

Instead I decided to get a base-frame welded and put the (in my case IKEA) wall cabinets onto the frame.

I wanted the whole furniture to be as floating as possible since I couldn't hang it on the wall so I designed it to be a bit industrial with an (in my mind) oversized dimension steel frame and just 3 pair of legs. Later in the project I realized that the dimension of the steel was not oversized at all, because of the wide gap between the legs and the weight of the stuff in the cabinets the dimension was good. If you then add the weight of the people that used it as a bench to sit on I realized I should have gone even more industrial.

I purchased 6 "Faktum" wall cabinets and doors, since I had a long wall I choose the 92x40cm one. As seen in the pictures I put the wall cabinets upside down so that the doors opened downwards. The cabinet had a door lift for "gentle closing" which had to be inverted since the cabinet was installed upside-down.

The first one was a bit tricky but if you just open the tightening screw enough you can adjust it so it will work inverted. DO NOT disassemble the unit totally! After this modification and some fine tuning the door will be hard to open (It will stay in half open position and not drop by itself breaking the hinges), and very easy to close. As an addition I mounted some magnetic locks to that the door and cabinet so that closed tightly.

When I started this little project I wanted to have a solid wooden top on the cabinets but I quickly realized that the cost would be too high. Also I think it would be almost impossible to get that piece into the apartment. So in the end I had 2 workbench/kitchen bench tops cut in half and used 3 of the 4 parts.

I choose the same type of top as I had in my newly renovated kitchen and also the same handles.

~ BR Richan, Land of IKEA, Sweden

Sideboard 320 cm

Materials: Faktum/Abstrakt

~ philipp petersen

Mismatched kitchen doors

Materials: Faktum

Description: The video below explains what I did.

~ Pascal Anson

Table Head Cabinet

Materials:
From Ikea: Billy bookcase, Billy Height extension, 2 Faktum base cabninets 40cm wide, Faktum wall cabinet (40 x 92cm).
Other stuff: Plasterboard, wooden slats, monitor arm and wallpaper (Cole & Son Wood).

Description: We needed to add some extra storage space in the our living room and we were looking for a cabinet that would blend in. We came up with the idea to make a cabinet at the head of the table. First we thought to make the cabinet entirely from MDF, but we also wanted the wallpaper that we have in our kitchen to repeat somewhere in the living room. Wallpaper on the side of a thin plate of MDF didn't feel right and for that reason the side of the cabinet had to have a more "wall like" appearance.

Finally we came up with this solution. We stacked up 3 Faktum cabinets (for hidden storage) on one side and a Billy bookcase with height extension (for books) on the other. Both sides with their backs to each other. Both Billy and Faktum have a width of 40cm. In front of the Ikea storage heap we constructed a frame of wooden slats, which in turn was covered with plasterboard. We took 36 mm slats and 12.5 mm plasterboard. This results in a "wall" of approx 5cm. After plastering the bumps we gave this "wall" a wallpaper finish.

Finally we mounted our monitor on the wall with a monitor arm that can fold back completely. This way we have a working space on the table that can easily be pushed aside or made into a interactive picture frame for a diner with friends.

The only thing missing now is a nice colorful fake bird on the wall. A new table project will be next.

~ Roel, Netherlands

Custom computer desk

Materials: Faktum, Rationell

Description: Because I couldn't find a computer desk that was satisfied me, I decided to build one.

The base consists of 3 Faktum kitchen cabinets with Applad doors, placed directly on the floor (on felt pads) to get the proper height. I wallpapered the sides of the cabinets to make them more interesting. I had wanted to use Nexus oak side panels and doors, but these were unavailable, and maybe wallpaper is better for my wireless reception anyway. The printer and scanner are mounted on Rationell drawers (in retrospect the scanner didn't require a "deep" drawer).

The cabinet that houses the CPU was provided with a ventilation grille that also functions as access panel to the rear of the unit.

The desktop is an oiled oak countertop (non-IKEA). I cut a heat venting slot over the CPU cabinet, covered with a removable oak grille. Because the grille is wider than the cabinet, the slot also allows cables to run between the cabinets.

Cost was 90€ for the solid oak desktop and about 150€ for the IKEA items.

~ Eli, Belgium

Extra long media furniture

Materials: FAKTUM wall cabinet, FAKTUM legs, SIGNUM cable outlet kit, PERFEKT SOLÄR plinth

Description: So, moving in to my new apartment made me realize just how much stuff I had and how little extra space I actually had available. Therefore I had a little brainstorming session, and this is what I came up with.

Instead of using a normal media furniture (I couldn't find any that wasn't super-expensive), I decided to use the FAKTUM wall cabinet made for kitchens. In this case I used 4 double door and one single (HÄRLIG doors, doesn't get cheaper than that).

With a little magic called FAKTUM legs, 2 pieces of oak-worktops (not IKEA but I saw that they have them now as well) and PERFEKT SOLÄR plinth it ended up really really good.

To continue the magic, do the finishing touches with SIGNUM cable outlet kit and hide all the ugly stuff inside one of the cabinets, like in my case printer, WLAN, the base station for the music etc and most of all the cables.

~ Johanna Bergman, Sweden

Shoe cupboard

Materials: Faktum, Rationell, Abstrakt

Description: Where to do go with all my shoes? We used the empty space underneath the stairs to build a shoe cupboard from kitchen elements, and added a shelf and doors on the top to make space for boots. It holds three pairs of shoes per drawer.

~ Anne Vogt, Zurich, Switzerland

Whisky cabinet

Materials: Faktum cabinet, Perfekt bottle shelf, some boards, small angle braces

Description: My partner needed a cabinet for his whisky collection. We couldn't find a suitable one with correct dimensions and features, so he made an Ikea hack.

First he built a sturdy table-like frame to support the combination of the bottle shelf and the cabinet. He removed the bottom board of the cabinet and attached it a little lower in the frame to make more room for the bigger bottles. In the end, all parts were attached together.

The little table surface on the front side is handy, you can have the glass standing on it while you pour the drink.

~ Milla Bäcklund