![]() ![]() That same year, Ikea began flat-packing its furniture for customers to assemble themselves. In 1950, Ikea published its first catalog, and its first showroom debuted in 1953. Five years later, he produced his first piece of furniture, and right from the start, it was affordably priced. He named the company after himself and his family farm: Ingvar Kamprad from Elmtaryd, Agunnaryd. Ikea was founded by Swedish entrepreneur Ingvar Kamprad in 1943 when he was just 17 years old. Get your DIY mojo on at Birdz of a Feather and subscribe if you don’t want to miss how we turned a powder room into a three-piece bathroom with a curbless shower!Īlso, you can also follow us on Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.While you probably first heard of Ikea back in the 2000s when one suddenly showed up in your nearest suburb and began slinging meatballs and flat-packing furniture with hard-to-pronounce names, the company has been around a whole lot longer than that. Soon to come is my Mom’s accessible bathroom build. There’s also a post on our laminate countertop installation. If you’re curious about the tile, we show you how to install a patterned backsplash. I actually share the laundry room with my craft studio. If you back up just a little, you can see my collection of antique irons. ![]() I think it’s so much nicer than solid wood! You can’t really see it in the pictures, but the glass lends a beautiful texture to the doors. Do you see what I mean by all the clutter? Right after that is when the glass panels went in. Here are the panels painted grey after the tile and undercounted lighting went in! This is before we tiled the backsplash and installed flooring etc. Here’s those white panels I mentioned earlier. Only 7 more pieces of glass to cut!īefore the reveal, to truly appreciate how far it’s come, I can’t help but show you the progression of our laundry room from start to finish. When I first moved in and plugged in my washer and dryer, it looked like this: It gets cut once it meets at the starting point. Push the retainer under the lip of the frame to hold the glass tight. Start the retainer at one corner and go all the way around in one continuous piece. The effect it gives makes it look like the glass is back painted. As you’ll see later, the front of the panels that show through the glass are the same light grey colour as our wall paint (Benjamin Moore’s Balboa Mist). So I reinstalled the solid panels behind the glass as a backer. Isn’t it pretty?Īs pretty as the glass is, I didn’t want to see clutter through it. Initially I was going to install the glass as-is. ![]() To keep the glass secure around the edges, I used this clear panel retainer. I used a glass cutter to cut the glass to fit each panel and popped them in. It was starting to come together, but I had something even better planned for the doors! For the second phase of our laundry room makeover, I purchased sheets of a beautiful patterned glass called Everglade. That’s a lot for one little room! Customize Ikea Cabinets with Glass Doors In the interim, we finish the drywall, paint, tile the laundry room backsplash and add under counter lighting and a new counter top. We temporarily installed solid white panels to hide the mess behind the doors (you’ll see how that looks just before the reveal). Once the cabinets were up, Hubs installed the door frames. The boxes go up very quickly thanks to IKEA’s rail system. Secure the boxes through the back of each cabinet. ![]() Hubs used a laser level to mount the rail.Įach box is simply put onto the rail system. There’s nothing in the middle of the frame right now (save for Hubs’ tools) but we installed temporary panels as you’ll see later. Hubs and a friend made custom dark stained doors. A lot more storage.Įnter IKEA! IKEA makes a great product that’s easy to install with their rail system! Hubs first builds the cabinets. To make it a bit more functional, Hubs threw in an old cabinet base and some drywall. Our laundry room was an unpleasant place to do laundry in for the longest time. So that’s exactly what we started with when we renovated the laundry room in our basement! Our laundry room makeover will show you how to customize and install Ikea cabinets. You just can’t beat the price or convenience. Even the most experienced carpenters we know buy IKEA boxes and then build their own doors. More and more people are realizing that you can customize IKEA cabinets. ![]()
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