After his son went off to college in August, Craig Norberg-Bohm was ready to downsize. In less than two weeks, he sold his five-bedroom home and bought a three-bedroom. But almost a year later, he is still trying to get rid of his extra furniture. Friends have been through to cherry-pick the contents of the 62-year-old's Arlington, Mass., home. He put shelves, a childhood dresser and other furniture in storage. Now, with his moving... The Moment Kim Jong Nam Was Attacked: CCTV Footage Light Plane Crashes Into Shopping Mall in Australia French Cafe Receives Michelin Star by Mistake Anti-Trump Message Projected on U.K. Parliament Building A Child Is Pulled Alive From the Rubble in SyriaA pair of original, carved, French, balloon back chairs for restoration.Cut shapes out of contact paper and stick them on your side table to give it a modern look. Learn the steps here. Add brass corners ($9 for a set of eight from Amazon) to a coffee table. This IKEA LACK table ($10) looks fancy.
Put leather pulls on your dresser. Get the directions here. Use adhesive-backed wooden strips, called StikWood, to upgrade a headboard. At about $14 per square foot, you can DIY small projects with zero carpentry skills. Just paint the outside. Leave the drawers unpainted for a cool contrast. Learn more about it here. Or you can paint the bottom. Get more info here. Spray paint it gold. The ultimate IKEA hack: Gilding the Vittsjo shelf ($80). Get the tutorial here. And don’t forget about spray painting hardware. These IKEA EKBY brackets ($22.99) are looking mighty fine. And yes, you can even spray paint cushions. Works for sun-faded cushions, as well. Get the directions here. If you want a quick transformation, replace furniture legs. Pretty Pegs makes custom legs for IKEA couches. Get the tutorial here. This bookshelf was turned on its side before the legs were attached to make a mid-century console.
Try it with the IKEA Expedit (now the Kallax, $59.99). Get the steps here. If you don’t want to break a sweat adding legs, you can just prop it up. Bed risers ($11 at Target) are your friend. Get the DIY here. Cover a table with marble contact paper. Get contact paper here for $13. And click for more info. Or you can use a pretty wallpaper. You can use wallpaper to upgrade an old chair, too. And get it to stick with Mod Podge ($11). Paint on colorful splotches. Or you can apply painter’s tape before spray painting for a striped pattern. Such an easy way to transform an IKEA SELJE nighstand ($30). Paint frame mats to add color to cool typography prints. Keep it cheap and use IKEA RIBBA frames ($10 each). Wrap three-ply jute twine around your pendant light cord for a rustic look. Get the twine on Amazon for $3. Get more info here. Replace drawer pulls with library card catalog hardware. Buy them here for $2 each.
Cover a dresser with O’verlays ($39 for 3 panels). O’verlays are decorative fretwork panels that come in different patterns and sizes—there’s even a collection to fit IKEA’s most popular pieces. For more info, click here. Or just add some colorful decals. Check out cute scalloped decals here ($27). And get the DIY here. And lastly, you can just scribble on words with a permanent marker. Want awesome DIY tips in your inbox three times a week? Sign up for the BuzzFeed DIY newsletter! The following is a partial list of chair types, with internal or external cross-references about most of the chairs. Barrel chair, c. 1465, Raversijde, Belgium An example of Elijah's chair, used at Jewish circumcisions A reproduction Glastonbury chair in the Bishop's Palace, Wells High chair by Cosco, 1957 "Pop" (2005), A whimsical variation of a patio chair by the American industrial designer Brad AscalonThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.
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