I took some 1×2 pieces of wood and gave the bookcase cabinets a face frame. So we did that, and that project took so long that we put off the loft again.Īt one point I started working on it again. But before I could do that, I knew I needed to paint the balusters. I was planning on putting them together and having them be like a built-in on the window wall of the loft. It sat like that on either side of the Expedit for awhile. I would just cover the entire visible sides with a panel of 1/4″ plywood or MDF before installing a face frame. But I looked around and found that these bookcases are the same height as the Kallax (The IKEA Expedit replacement) turned on its side so you can buy them together and recreate this! The depth doesn’t matter that much except for the sides. These ones were free and just happened to be the exact perfect size. ***Update: I’ve gotten lots of questions about where to find bookcases this size. They were the exact height of the Expedit. I flipped it over and attached a shelf to the other side to be the other bottom. Basically I had one piece that had a top (former middle fixed shelf) and a bottom (bottom of the bookcase) and one that had a top (top of the bookcase) and no bottom. I wish I had taken more pictures of this but it was so spontaneous and also a very long time ago. I’m not really sure what inspired this move, but before I knew it, I was literally sawing the bookcase in half. IKEA Expedit, Kallax or similar cube storage about 30″ highįirst came the circular saw.1 Tall bookcase to cut in half or 2 short bookcases about 30″ high. (affiliate links- see my disclosure here) Here’s a list of supplies I used for this project: So I decided to DIY this stuff and IKEA hack my own long storage unit. I moved it around from wall to wall, but never really liked it anywhere. I took one bookcase downstairs to our empty laundry room and left one upstairs. So one day, I was sick of looking at the two bookcases flanking the Expedit and started moving furniture around. But the white paint I had was such an ugly white…it turned this ugly yellowish cream over time and looked terrible. They were laminate to begin with and I had painted them white when we moved to Utah. We had these two bookcases for the last four years, given to us. Sorry for the crazy picture with a zillion kids…it was the only one I could find of everything still in its original form. I love it! It turned out exactly as I pictured it in my head…don’t you love it when that happens? It was one of those things where no one thought it would work and I kept saying, “Don’t worry–it’ll look good.” and eventually it did. But I took one tall bookcase and an IKEA Expedit and turned it into this: Though technically I didn’t really build much. I’m always pretty proud of my latest builds and this one is no different. Check out my latest IKEA hack–in my Farmhouse Loft.
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