Custom Bathroom Unit with Adils legs

Materials: 8 x ADILS Black Legs, 1 PRÄGEL Countertop

Description: I made a custom Bathroom Unit out of ADILS legs and PRÄGEL countertop.

Description:
I customized the PRÄGEL into 2 Units that fitted the width of the niche. I also made them trapezoids with one of the sides longer than the other.

I then drilled holes in the PRÄGEL for the pipes from the sink.

The nice things with the ADILS is that they are made of hollow metal, so they are easy to cut. You just pop out the plastic feet off the leg, cut it to the desired length, and pop the plastic feet back on.

The feet can also be adjusted to fine-tune the height of the legs.

I screwed the legs under the two PRÄGELs and put them on top of each other. I also used some L-brackets to fasten the PRÄGEL to the wall.

Ingredients:
8 x ADILS legs
1 x PRÄGEL countertop
2 x L-shaped brackets

Tools used:
1 Hand Saw for cutting wood (For cutting the PRÄGEL)
1 Hand Saw for cutting the metal ADILS legs
1 Hole Saw for cutting the holes for the pipings
1 Screwdriver to screw the ADILS legs on the PRÄGEL and the brackets to the wall.

~ Stein, Norway

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T Kitchen Island/Dining Table

Materials: Expedit Shelving unit, Pragel Countertop, Galant Tabletop, Vika Byske legs, wood and hardware

Description: 1. Attach the countertop to the bookshelf using Gorilla Glue and L-brackets. I used 8 brackets total: 1 on each short side and 3 on each long side.

2. Drill holes into the countertop.
I taped the area around the hole to prevent the laminate from shattering. I also started with a very small drill bit and gradually increased the size of the hole.

All the while, I had the drill in reverse to further prevent unwanted damage to the laminate. The metal attachments on the underside of the table will simply sit in the holes (about .5" deep). I initially thought the diameter of the metal pieces was 1.5 inches. It turns out the diameter was slightly larger than that, so I had to twist the drill around in a way that would make a real carpenter cringe.

3. Attach legs to the other end of the table.
I cut a 2x6 to about 24" and painted what would be the underside. I used the same 1.5" spade drill bit to put in holes (about .5" deep) into the wood. I then drilled a .25" hole so that I could run a bolt through the wood and screw it into the metal pieces on the table. I'd recommend starting with the small hole (I didn't, and what I did to get things to line up right would've made that carpenter cringe again).

Once the wood is attached to the table, just drill small pilot holes and screw the legs onto the wood.

4. Put it together. Have the metal sit in the holes on the counter (mine is pretty snug), and adjust the legs on the other end until everything is level.

5. Throw a party.

~ Glenn, Washington, DC

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Kitchen cabinets as a bar

Materials: FAKTUM, PRÄGEL, HÄRLIG, PERFEKT APPLÅD

Description: We built out own bar with FAKTUM kitchen wall cabinets, since they aren't as deep as regular cupboards. This bar is 120 cm wide, and we found four already used 30 cm cabinets for a fourth of the regular price at the store, at the "bargain corner" (don't know what that's called in English..).

Then we used a regular countertop (PRÄGEL)and PERFEKT APPLÅD (for high cabinets) cover panel for the side of the bar.

For the front we used two 60x125 HÄRLIG doors since they were cheaper than a cover panel that size. Since the bar uses regular FAKTUM legs it's exactly 125 cm high, so the doors were perfect in size.

The countertop is deeper than the cabinets and we let it "hang over" the front edge about 20 cm. Under that we placed LED lights to make that cool light effect.

As you can see the cabinets are perfect for a bar since the shelves are adjustable in height, making it easy to make place for extra high bottles and so on.

Behind the bar we have BILLY bookcases with BILLY MOREBO doors with the nicest bottles, glasses etc.

If you do a bar yourself, don't forget to fasten it to the wall real good, people are gonna literally hang there all the time!

We're still thinking about getting some sort of doors or maybe a sort of curtain at the back side to hide the mess, but so far it's good enough.

~ Emmeli Hultqvist, Sweden

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Kitchen island - All ikea material

Materials: FAKTUM Wall cabinet, Applad white FAKTUM Base cabinet for recycling, Applad white, CAPITA Leg, stainless steel JULIUS Bar stool, Stainless steel, black PRAGEL Countertop, black stone effect, White paint, Hooks

Description: When we bought our house we wanted a kitchen island but we have a smaller kitchen so all the Islands we looked at were to big. So we decided to build our own. Buying everything from IKEA.

I put together the cabinets.
Then on with the legs.
I drilled holes in the cabinets and screwed them together.

I drilled holes for the countertop and screwed it together with the cabinets.
Painted the back with white colour and screwed some hooks under the countertop for dishtowels and pot holders.

It fits perfect with 3 Julius Bar stools.

See more of the Faktum kitchen island.

~ Jacob, Sweden

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