SNIGLAR trundle crib

Materials: SNIGLAR crib, bed base and VIKARE guard rail

Description: My two daughters are just 18 month apart and houses in Spain are not very big. Since they had to share room, and I didn't want to invest in a big, bulky trundle crib, I decide to build one from my SNIGLAR crib.

Easy as abc. I already owned two SNIGLAR cribs so I just had to put a VIKARE guard rail into the second bed base, add some felt to the bottom of the base so that it would slide with ease and put this bed under the crib.

My older daughter gained a new "big girl" bed while the small one passed to the crib.

Happy kids, happier mother! :)

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~ Bebestilo, Spain

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Ikea Sniglar Changing Table to kids desk

Materials: Hinges, screws, saw, sandpaper, Sniglar changing table

Description: Saw it in half. Put the hinges and screws to set the wooden top.

~ Roula, Greece, Thessaloniki

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Condo Perfect Baby Changing Table

Materials: 1 Sniglar Changing Table, 1 Kusiner Wall Pockets, 2 hooks and eyes, 5 metal hinges, 1 bead chain, 1 pack of small cork or rubber pads, handheld drill with various bits

Description: Living in a small apartment or condo, with no room whatsoever for the baby's changing table, you can make a sweet fold-up table out of a cheap Sniglar unit that will live on the wall only 5 inches deep, with parts to spare. It took me a few hours of design and installation but it was worth it!!

Instructions: Assemble one of the two tabletops per Ikea. Optional: cut up one of the legs to add mass to the four ends of the tabletop's long sides.

Make the bolts flush to the tabletop's sides by drilling in slightly to the wood. This will allow hinges to sit nicely over top of the wood.

Fasten two of the four legs to the tabletop using your hinges. Best to drill guideholes into the wood first to make some space for screws. Measure the unit to the wall at the height of the legs, and attach it with hinges using any necessary reinforcements (I used Zip-It anchors into drywall, not as strong an anchor as wood, but holds the weight fine).

To prevent the legs from buckling if knocked accidentally, measure the distance from the bottom of at least one leg to the wall. (Mine was 20.5 inches to the baseboard.) Cut the last leg to that size and attach it to one of the other legs at the floor with a hinge. Fold it up vertically and install a smaller eye and hook so the legs can stay closed together. Including a small chain will make it easier for mom and dad to lift up and close.

Lastly, fold the whole unit up against the wall and measure out a larger eye and hook to hold it up and out of the way. Stick on small cork or rubber pads as needed to make it all quiet! Refer to the photos if my words aren't enough. Cheers and good luck.

~ Nathan Medd, Vancouver, Canada

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Making a drying rack

Photo: IKEA.com

Materials: Baby bed Sniglar

Description: For drying our printed candy we needed a drying rack. Of course it is much cheaper and easier to have Ikea make it.

Unfortunately they don't have such an item in their collection, but if you ignore the Ikea instruction manual and simply try to build the rack in a way you think a rack should be built, this is what you get.

Don't forget to use a saw and some screws, but you will do so in the future with every item you'll buy.

~ Frans Tielen, Kedichem

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From change table to two level play table

Materials: Sniglar change table, Trofast container

Description: Since our little one has outgrown his change table we thought we "hack it" into two tables. But before we did this, we fixed the legs with an additional screw to the frame on each corner, so the legs won't swing.

Once we had the two tables, I had the idea of making a DUPLO/LEGO playtable out of the higher one. We cut a hole into the table top to match a Trofast container. It fitted perfectly next to the DUPLO board, which we stuck on with some 3M double-sided stickers. That way I can later replace it with a Lego board if they have outgrown DUPLO!

Our bigger girl was happy with it. But then we thought what to do with the other (lower) table.

Since we don't have that much space, I had another great idea...

Why not have a two "level" play table and use the second level for anything they like (like craft, train, etc) that's easy to be removed and put on again?

So we totally cut off the legs off the second table and drilled four holes in the bottom of the frame of the top table in which we glued some wooden dowels. Matching these we drilled slightly bigger holes into the top of the bottom table, so the top table can easily be put on and wont move. Done!

We yet have to put some handles on the top table for easier removal and placement.

~ Silvia, Perth, Australia

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Baby Changing Table and Dresser

Materials: Velcro Tape, Peel and Stick Wallpaper, Sniglar Changing Table, Brimnes Chest of 3 Drawers, Driller & Screws

Description: After a futile search for a reasonably priced nappy changer/chest of drawers I decided to make my own first IKEA hack. Here it goes.

First I assembled the chest of drawers according to Ikea's instructions.

Then I covered the Sniglar's top shelf with peel and stick wallpaper (just because it did not match the decor), assembled it and added screws for support.

Finished the changer by sticking the Sniglar shelf to Brimnes top with adhesive Velcro so it won't slide off.

~ Lyn, Dubai

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Baby Hack Attack

Materials: Rast Table & Commodes, Sniglar Change Table, Latt Kids Table, Eivor Leva Fabric, Bygel Rails & Containers, Satta, Oskar, Panna, etc...

Description: With 4 (yes four!) Ikeas in Berlin we can't help but poke through the As-is section(s) on a regular basis and pick-up a bargain or three. *even if the As-is turns up nothing we always manage to find a deal in another area, especially since discovering the awesomeness that is Ikea Hackers - Your wondrous collection of creativity inspired us to hack these beauties for our little munchkin!

For more info, photos, how-to's & Ikea product links click here.

~ S., Berlin

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