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Posts tagged “IKEA”

Ikea SIGNUM Cord Management

Ikea seems to have been listening to the $5 Cable Gutter hack and the DIY Ikea Vase Charging Station, responding responding with the SIGNUM line of cord management products. See what they're about, ...

Mathieu's Maximized Workspace
DeskTops – The Best of Readers' Desks

Name: Mathieu Douville Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada It is my pleasure to introduce my little workspace at home. The office is actually a recovery of a former office secretary, which was offe...

Ikea Hemma Chandelier Hack

Want a spontaneously sexy chandelier? With a handful of those $3.99 socket cords and a little creativity, you can create this gorgeous Ikea Hack....

IKEA Lack+Network Rack=The LackRack

Ah, the ubiquituous IKEA LACK table, that quasi-classic affordable side surface which we ourselves have owned in many colours throughout the years. Yes, it's not the sturdiest, but it's affordable, ma...

The IKEA/Nuforce Amp Mount Hack
DIY Project

Unplggd is a veritable hotbed of modding activity. We love to hack, build and otherwise appropriate technology for our own unique needs. I recently realized that my headphone cable was just never ...

Ikea Hacked Desk and Shelf "Hutch"

Small-space desks don't always have all the storage our work spaces need. Get a little creative and build some extra storage into an Ikea-Hacked "hutch" shelf. ...

Wow! Look at this Ikea Hack Latte Frother!

This device looks so über-professional, we'd never guess it was an Ikea Hack. Can you guess what pieces this high-design milk frother was crafted from?...

An IKEA Lamp Made Out Of IKEA Dog Bowls

We know that IKEA furniture can be hacked in a bunch of different ways, but this is the first time that we've seen dog bowls being used in this fashion. This lamp is actually made out dog bowls!...

Ikea Hacked Audiophile Work Table

If you've never been inside Ikea's cheaply discounted "As Is" section, you're missing out. You could've built this inexpensive everything-in-its-place workspace yourself. ...

July: Most Popular Posts
Best of 2009

1 How to Make Your Own Sun Jar and Save Money 2 The Best of Sexy Sex Tech 3 Before & After: Dr. Rabbit's IKEA Home Office Makeover 4 Bookmark This: Free Art to Save, Print, and Frame THE LIST CONTIN...

5 Best Online Store iPhone Apps

Tis the season when we are spending more than the average amount of time shopping, so we've decided it was about time to roundup 5 iPhone store apps that we've tested and found the most useful. Sinc...

DIY Light Sculpture from Ikea Lamps

You know who puts one lamp in their home? An amateur, that's who. Home tech baddies wire up as many Ikea lamps as they can get their hands on and create a light sculpture....

Creating a Mood with LED Lighting
Inspiration

With a minimalist style that goes naturally well with home tech, we already liked Fischergrasse 27's Office Loft F27 plenty (look at this staircase and the whimsical clothes hangers). But what where w...

The DIY IKEA Vase Hideaway Charging Station

Unplggd reader Michael Papitsas sent us some photos and information about a novel DIY solution that invisibly hides away what can quickly become an eyesore in a household with numerous handheld devi...

Art's Closet Home Office Before & After

Unplggd reader Art was kind enough to share his home office project, transforming a guest room closet into a bright and organized space to get his work done without too much clutter and with an effi...

Create A Cheap Laptop Bed Stand From A Dish Rack

With more and more people going for laptops instead of desktops, users are finding new, comfortable ways of working on their machines. The great thing about a laptop is that you can pretty much work o...

IKEA 2010 UK Catalog Gets an iPhone App

Although companies like SwedeShop have tried to improve the IKEA experience by offering ways to track items and your budget, there's nothing like experiencing 310+ pages of IKEA goodness from the palm...

A Custom Entertainment Unit from Ikea Pieces

When you're shopping for a TV unit, you've got to find a piece that complements your decor and that is the right size for your TV and your room. With so many stipulations, you might just find customiz...

DIY IKEA LED Dioder Room Divider

Xed Mada of Dallas works in the lighting business, so it shouldn't be a surprise he was able to devise a way to combine the utility of IKEA Dioder LED lighting with a Orgel paper lamp shade to create ...

A/V Room Divider from Ikea Kitchen Cabinets

Some floor layouts call for a creative use of space, especially when audio visual equipment is involved. TVs need perches, speakers need shelter and cables need a place to call home. Get it all done...

Give New Life to Old Lamps Using Fabrics

When some of your lamps go out of date or just become ugly, you can have a ball in trying to revitalize them with neat fabrics. Sophie had an old lamp that was yellowing in her living room and came up...

Pimp Your Seats With Seat Heating

Are you finding your leather seats too cold? Well, look no further, because we've found an idea that's quite interesting. It involves installing some seat heating into your seats to make them warmer ...

Mac Fits Right In with MonoChrome Kitchen

No matter which side you're on in the computers-in-the-kitchen debate, you can't argue that this Mac laptop looks right at home in this retro-modern monochrome home....

Create a Small Floating iMac Workspace With Ikea Shelves

Some people argue that they need a big desk with a lot of surface space to pay bills and file things away. But others, myself included, know we don't need all that extra table space......

The $8 IKEA Parts Netbook Stand

You've got you pint sized netbook but are missing a stand for optimal viewing while you hook up a full size keyboard and mouse for work beyond surfing the web? Kathleen Henri has posted a tutorial at ...