2 x Frosta into a dress hanger

Materials: 2 Frosta stools, Blecka hooks, wood, jigsaw, drill, screws

Description: I was looking for a birch self standing dress hanger, but Ikea has unfortunately has little choice... so I decided to hack Frosta stool, inspired by previous hacks seen in this site.

I simply mounted inside-out the legs of the first stool, inserted and screwed a 140x4x4 cm wood stake; on the top of it I screwed the other four legs; I added 4 Blecka hooks; from the seat I cut 4 "slices" and mounted them as coat hangers....TA-DAAA!

~ Serena, Novara - Italy

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Frosta Dual Speaker Stands / Bar table

Materials: Frosta Stool, Malm 3-cabinets drawer

Description: As I got some new speakers and limited space, I've been trying to find dual speaker stand which can position two speakers on top of one another. Standard speaker stands are not available, and I tried to google Ikea stuff, and voila! I got my inspiration from the Frosta speaker stand which was posted about a week ago.

Based on the same idea, I bought four Frosta stools, and here's how I made them into speaker stands (two levels).

1. Attach three legs of Frosta to the round wood. I made mine positioned at 120 degrees from each other.

2. Prepare backside of Malm drawer, attach three legs for base, two legs stick out to one side (front)' another one to other (back ) side. Let's call it base and center section.

3. Attach two legs into round wood, make sure these two legs stick out to front side of Malm board (see step 2)

4. Attach the assembly on point 3 to base and center section.

~ Andre Lim, Singapore

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Frosta Speaker Stands for Bookshelf Speakers

Materials: 2x Frosta Stool and some metal

Description: After seeing this other Frosta Speaker Stand Hack I wanted to try it myself but wasn't quite satisfied with the results. So I started to try out some other combinations of the stools legs and came up with this as a type of floating stands.

I bought two Frosta Stools and only took their legs for this Hack. At first I had to put together pairs of equally shaped legs - which is harder then you think since this 7.99€ stool isn't made with highest precision. At first I put together the inner pair of legs that will hold the speaker with 3 screws, then I added the outer legs with two bigger screws.

To get a total height of approximately 52cm (20.5inches) I offset the outer legs by 7cm (2.75inches). Because of the soft wood floor in our apartment I did not want to use spikes and went for soft feet instead. To get a consistent look I went for copper with all the metal parts.

The stands aren't very solid if you push them softly but they are solid enough for me to trust them with holding my Audioengine A5 speakers. To get more solid stand you can widen the base - maybe by reusing the round seat of the Frosta stool...

Overall I am very satisfied with the result and even my girlfriend likes the stands. I payed about 35€ overall, but you can get for cheaper if you use more standard metal parts.

~ chinoCHINOchino, Germany

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Draisienne - the Frosta bicycle

Materials: Frosta stool

Description: This is a collaboration between Andreas Bhend (whose Frosta X and Z we love) and Samuel N. Bernier who has an impressive collection of 3D printed lampshades made to replace the flimsy Regolit lamp shade.

They came together to create the Draisienne and then realised how they had just put together a great "€œfather and son" project. Andreas says, "Building something as a team is one of the greatest feeling you'll ever experience. It is even more important when done with a parent. Bernier still own a wooden plane he built with his grand father when he was only four. To make the wheels, the old man reused an old Tonka truck found behind the barn. That probably was the kid's first experiment with upcycling. Objects that are hand made always carry a story. They are kept longer and often stay in the family. The act of making revives your self-esteem and gives you something to be proud of. To make is a therapy for the soul."

Please find the whole manual here and the 3D models here.

~ Andreas Bhend, Switzerland

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The 40 Euro Wardrobe

Materials: Gorm shelf, Grundtal rail, Frosta stool, some additional short screws

Description: We needed a temporary solution in a new flat to use as a wardrobe since we were not sure what to do exactly with the existing space. So we headed for Ikea to find a simple and cheap solution.

When I came across the Gorm shelf (the 55cm's wide version - €24,99) it seemed to be perfect in size so I started collecting other items that would do the job of hanging some clothes on. In the end I found the Grundtal rail (kitchen stuff - €3,50) and the Frosta stool (€9,99) to be suitable. The €40 Wardrobe was born!


1) So for starters build up the Gorm frame and install the shelves at the lower part of it. This in order to keep space for the hanging section. As you can see in the overview picture, I installed the shelves on each second level from the bottom.

2) Then smash 2 of the brackets that come with the Gorm shelf flat with a hammer. You won't get them entirely flat of course, but the most important part is that you screw it to one of the stool feet as flat as possible so the Grundtal screw has no space to get loose.

3) Screw one bracket onto the long part of a Frosta stool leg. Hang this one over the shelf, then screw the other bracket into a second Frosta foot. An alternative approach is screwing both brackets into a Frosta foot first, then unscrew one of the top Gorm screws which will allow you to hang the hanging section onto the top Gorm shelf (I hope this is not too confusing?).

Now "The 40 Euro Wardrobe" should be finished. The fun part of the Frosta feet and Grundtal rail is that you can slide it forwards and backwards as a drawer. An extra "finishing touch" that I did was screwing two left over Vagen curtain rod wall fittings on the upper side of the shelf, making perfect jeans hangers. You can also buy the Vagen or Beskada Double wall fittings separately for €2,99, giving you space for at least four jeans.

~ Jesper Engels, Austria

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Frosta Z

Materials: 2 Frosta Stool

Description: It's one of three hacks I made with the Frosta stool.

See the whole plan here.

If you want the plan in PDF from one of the Hack, please just write: andreas.bhend@gmx.ch

See more of the Frosta Z

Also check out Frosta Y.

~ Andreas Bhend, Switzerland

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Frosta X

Materials: 3 Frosta Stool

Description: It's one of three hacks I made with the Frosta stool.

See the whole plan here:

If you want the plan in PDF from one of the Hack, please just write: andreas.bhend@gmx.ch

See more of the Frosta wall storage.

~ Andreas Bhend, Switzerland

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