With these expert tips , custom-make your home has never been so easy .
Carla Antonio
The feeling is all too familiar — committing to and starting on aDIY projectyou’re shake about , only to get stuck midway through with an bare project you ca n’t seem to get veracious . Despite the " tyro - friendly " promise , many DIY undertaking end up being more than you bargained for . fortunately , there are a few expert hacks you may use to successfully fill out a DIY project for your home plate .
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One of these hacks is to customise pre - made furniture for a more low-pitched - rhytidoplasty project . In her YouTube video , Alexandra Gater , a dwelling interior decoration YouTuber and generator ofOwn Your Space , helps renters transform their ( often small ) homes into spaces that sense custom and curated . A central part of many of her rental transformations is the DIY spin she puts on on piece of furniture so that it perfectly fit tight size restrictions and unique personal need . And her enigma to creating custom DIYs is more attainable than you would imagine .
Alexandra Gateris a home interior decoration YouTube Almighty and source ofOwn Your quad .
" I ’ve always make love IKEA because they get it on how to make functional patch , " Gater says . " Because they come in bit , it ’s easy to replace sealed part , like the legs for example , which take them fun to customize . " From loo and shoe cabinet to couches and hiddenpet supply storage , Gater is letting us in on her favorite ways toDIY canonical IKEA furnitureto grow it into customized statement pieces .
1. Entryway Storage
One of Gater ’s favourite IKEA pieces to use in her rental shift ( and even in her own base ) is a pluck - out brake shoe storage locker — specifically the Hemnes console . " It ’s consummate for small spaces because it has a modest profile butholdsa lotof shoes , " she says .
Gater has three go - to projects to make this basic , IKEA piece look custom . First , she sum up a coat ( or two ) of paint . If the storage locker has aglossy goal , Gater reminds DIYers to use ashellac - based primerbefore painting . After she paints the cabinet , Gater swaps out the cabinet ’s mere black knobs for ones that meet the style she ’s designing for . last , Gater likes to add a custom top to the locker — which is an easy projection than you might think . Instead of attaching the top piece that get along with the cabinet , merely switch it out for a patch of lumber with the same dimensions . gumption , stain , and seal the wood before drilling it onto the storage locker .
The Hemnes storage locker is made to bind to the wall , so when your cabinet is complete , mount it to the bulwark using screws and a drill . After this , Gater remove the skid cabinet one footprint further : " The closed book to those DIY built - Indiana using IKEA article of furniture is trim , " she say . Either use supernumerary pieces of wood or trim to spread over the storage locker legs to make it take care like the cabinet was custom - built in the space .
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2. Pet Supplies Cabinet
Gater also uses IKEA cabinets to blot out not - so - glamourouspet supply . " ( One of ) my favorite IKEA DIYs I ’ve completed has got to be my hidden cat litter box hack , " she say . In a YouTube video , Gater showed how to transmute an IKEA Ivar cabinet into a fashionable home for her qat , Lottie ’s , litter box . The cabinet originally came as untreated pine , so Gaterpainted the entire locker a blue - gray color . To make the cabinet match her mode and face more custom , she curve arched Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe in the cabinet front and attach cane webbing to the back of the doors with a tacker .
Gater also coat the inside of the cabinet with polyurethan to seal the untreated Mrs. Henry Wood and write out a muddle in the side of the cabinetwith a jigsawso her quat could enter and exit the litter box bearer . For finishing touches , she switch out the cabinet ’s original IKEA branch for different wooden 1 and styled the top of the cabinet with books and dried florals .
" It ’s the gross path to hide a bedding box if you have cats and add additional storage for all of their accessories , too , " she says .
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3. Kitchen Cabinets
For a with child transmutation , Gater advocate throw out the fronts of your IKEA kitchen locker . " IKEA kitchen are celebrated all over the earthly concern because they are so easy to project and oblige up for year , " Gater allege . Because IKEA cabinet are comfortable to design , they are also easy to custom-make and change over time . With a little cubitus grease , Gater says you could switch out cabinet fronts ( her favorites are from Nieu Cabinet Doors ) to completelytransform your kitchen .
" There are some amazing companies that deal custom fronts of IKEA kitchen , so you may rightfully have a custom - looking kitchen without a usage kitchen budget , " she says . terminate the storage locker off byswapping out old hardwarefor newfangled node and pulling that equalise your kitchen ’s looking .
4. Customized Sofa
Gater transforms sofas and couches with low - lift projection that do n’t require any DIY experience . An light means to customize IKEA sofas and chairwoman is to buy slipcover . Gater uses Bemz , a slipcover ship’s company , to make customize sofa and chairman covers in dozens of dissimilar colors and fabrics . " That means you’re able to have that perfect pinkvelvet sofaon a budget , and not have to worry about it going out of style because they are completely interchangeable , " Gater says .
In improver to lend colorful covers , Gater says she also likes to switch out the couch or chair wooden leg for one that match the space ’s mode — Pretty Pegs is her go - to shop .
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