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How to Build a DIY IKEA Freestanding Shelf

Hot diggity. We totally want to take this latest Instructables project on to add a little more storage space in our tiny media room. The best part? It's made out of nothing but readily available parts...

How To Mount a Turntable to the Wall
Home Hacks

This is kind of a simple project, the results of which will reflect the amount of time you put into it. I have a few crappy turntables but the crown jewel in my collection is my Pro-Ject Debut 111....

Pam's Before & After Wall-mounted Charging Station

Unplggd reader Pam Fitz of Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Beautiful sent us this Home Hack-worthy DIY project that transformed her kitchen catch all area into a nicely organized charging station for all her hand hel...

Short Circuit Shelves Adds Spark to Home Office

Alexandra DiCairano's Short Circuit Shelves take the recognizable patterns and lines of modern circuit boards and magnifies them in size into functional and decorative storage units. These would look ...

iMac Shelf Helps Cut Down On Desk Clutter

The iMac shelf is a cute little thing that will help you cut down on your desktop clutter. It's handy to put down quite a few different accessories. ...

Final Frame: Live & Work Life

Coalesse's Denizen Desking System shows how one can beautifully integrate slick, modern pieces into a home office setting. So you can... you know, work all day (Yeah, we know you're all workaholics!)....

James Hopkins and His Great Wall of Musical Tech

Sometimes art just happens by mistake. The Selby comes to mind as a great example, with their excellently composed shots of creative folks and their spaces. Then, there are those like James Hopkins, w...

How To: Remix an IKEA Media Shelf Into a Window Seat

We've seen bookshelves turned record storage and vice versa. We've also seen them turned into desks, as well as other types of workable surfaces. But what about a window seat? This is where Instructab...

ShelfSpeaker Combines Furniture and Home Theater

We usually tend to separate furniture and home theater items, however that didn't stop an enterprising designer from trying to combine shelves and speakers. We know that your speakers probably have al...

Lacking Bathroom Space? DIY a 'Plug-In Shelf'

Ah, the power outlet... it's the lifeblood of all of our favorite gadgets. But it can also help out in other ways around the house, like storing your toothbrush—wait, what?...

Sawhorse Console: Less Work, More Play

Don't tell us you thought desks were the only thing with sawhorse legs that were in? Well, we did too, until we stumbled upon this fantastic piece of woodwork in the form of a classic media console. T...

The Do-All Media Wall

If you're the type that's short on space - even more so if you're living in a small loft in NY - why not go all out with custom shelving all along the living/dining room wall? Feng shuist be damned, t...

Ikea Besta Hacked Into Floating Media Center

Why is it that we want our home-sweet-cozy-home to feel like a chic boutique hotel room? We don't have any clue 'Why' but we sure know how to make it happen. Try switching out your media center shelvi...

Old DVDs Hide Secret Storage in this DIY Project

For those of you with valuables to hide, we've shown you how to hide a 'safe' inside of a vintage radio. Here's another DIY storage solution that will make you feel like James Bond......

DIY Project: Make Your Own Floating Computer Desk Using Countertops

We love floating shelves. Why? Well because they seem to float and take up almost no space. What if we told you that you could easily transform an Ikea countertop into a neat little computer workstati...

Make Your Own Charging Pocket from a Shampoo Bottle

At home, we've got our cell phone's power cord "wired" (read: we taped it) behind the headboard, giving us just a little piece of the business end of the charger sitting on our pedestal nightstand. Bu...

Inspiration: Gemma's IKEA Shelves For Record Storage

After drooling over Gemma Ahern's breathtaking sneak peek over at Design Sponge Online, we couldn't help but fall in love again with an idea we've seen time and time again - pairing IKEA LACK shelves ...

Flickr Finds: Diagonal Multimedia Storage

We started getting a little seasick after running into these interestingly structured wall-shelves over at the Program offices in Berlin......

Gone IKEA Crazy: Johan's Ultimate Home Theater Hack

click for more picsEver wonder what it'd be like to take a bunch of IKEA LACK components, get hack-crazy, and build the greatest home theater you can imagine? Well, that's pretty much what Johan from ...

Graphic Lamp/Nightstand Combo in Milan

One of my spring cleaning tasks is to tackle my nightstand because right now I'm pretty much using my low-and-large table as an impromptu vanity. I've got almost all my jewelry, a hair brush, tweezers...

Look! DIY Speakers Hidden in Real Books!

There's something a little puzzling about this messy and less-than-chic bookshelf—and it's not "Why in the world does this person own and display a lava lamp?" No, the head-scratcher is "Where t...

Look! Shelving Meets Technology

Two of the most prominent pieces in a home theater living room are usually 1) the extra large speakers that accompany the receiver and 2) a stack of unsightly DVD and Bluray discs that the owner has c...

Li Jianye's iShelf Brings Cover Flow To Life

Inspired by Apple's unique Cover Flow design, Li Jianye decided to cut a few corners in functionality (it only holds 5 jewel cases, after all) in order to create the ultimate homage to clever interfac...

Graffititek Bookshelf: A New Way to Store

It's always a struggle to find adequate shelving for books, CDs and DVDs. Most of the time we end up with a patchwork of shelves that don't like they were put together with any sort of concept. That's...

REK: An Amazingly Unique Tetris-Like Bookcase

For anyone who loves books, there is always a quandary: how to store them efficiently. The other thing is that most book collections will expand over the years. This makes you add bookcases, usually f...