Tuesday, July 8, 2014

DIY Ikea Build-Ins for under $500


With our baby boy growing so fast and  needing more storage for toys, we needed to come up with a solution! I wanted to utilize the space in his nursery better and doing built-ins along an utilized wall, was the perfect solution. However, hiring someone to come in and do custom built-ins would have cost thousand of dollars. With a little DIY and everyone's favorite go-to store, IKEA, we made our own for under $500.

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Ikea List:


We framed everything in molding from Home Depot and added in a return vent. We also added in some molding along the side to hide some spacing. You may not need to do this.

What you will need:
Base Molding and crown molding and the following from Ikea: