Daycare furniture should support children's independence in conducting their play and learning activities and in meeting their routine care needs. Furniture available from Kaplan to facilitate specific types of play includes sand and water tables, easels for art activities, dramatic play furniture, and workbenches. Basic daycare furniture from Kaplan for routine care includes cribs, cots, mats for rest or nap; tables and chairs for meals and snacks, including infant seats and high chairs as well as child-size tables and chairs; cubbies for storage of children's personal items and creative work; and diapering tables and storage for diapering supplies. Childhome Evolu 2 Chair Ikea Gulliver Cot Bed Ikea Antilop Highchair with tray Bugaboo Cameleon³ - Dark Grey Base With Fabric Set A Lovely Little Company Mini Cloud Light Baby Björn Baby Carrier One Cotton Mix Aden + Anais Classic Metallic 3's Mini 2 Go Deluxe- Mint Mini 2 Go Deluxe- Blue Mini 2 Go Deluxe Pink
Heico Toadstool Night Light- Small A Lovely Little Company Big Cloud Light Mila's Meal: The Beginning & The Basics Baby Björn Baby Carrier Miracle Black Mesh If you're in Cape Town, stop by and say hi! Welome to Kids Living We're all about family, fun and creating inspiring environments. We pride ourselves in providing fun stylish gear and furniture for babies, kids and you, the parent. You know that Swedish store we all love and adore… the one that’s known for its meatballs and furniture opportunity? The answer is four little letters: IKEA! Their modern styles are so popular and affordable that they’re found in many homes (and apartments) from coast to coast. Sometimes, you come across a piece that is so unique, that when you ask where it came from, you’re shocked to hear “IKEA!”. That’s probably because it’s an amazing IKEA hack. And they’re a slight obsession for everyone, which is why we’ve rounded up 22 ways to give your IKEA bookshelf a brand new life.
1. Dipped Svalbo: Okay, stop swooning over the peachy coral color of this hack and take a look at the whole piece itself for a minute. Originally a sideboard, this is just the right size for the entry table that houses your keys and purse. (via The Sweet Beast) 2. DIY Bar Cart: It rolls! An Expedit and some casters produce a very chic little cart for all your bartender needs. (via Sugar and Cloth) 3. Artful Expedit: This hack is the perfect way to clean up the look of your Expedit or the newer Kallax. Create these turquoise swinging doors with just a couple of hooks and painted canvases. (via Dans le Lakehouse) 4. Mid-Century Modern Sideboard: When you can add wood to an existing IKEA bookshelf, it’s hard to resist. Oh, and the mid-century feel of this hack is basically genius. 5. The Gold Shelf: Gold spray paint on IKEA furniture is so genius, we wish we’d thought of it first! (via Glitter and The Girls) 6. Train Table: An IKEA hack for kids? This train table is primed for imagination and storage, making it the perfect addition to your play room.
7. DIY Copper Shelves: This hack uses simple Lack shelves and copper contact paper for a shiny modern DIY. 8. Plant Pot Shelves: These shelves are the perfect place to display your potted herbs in the kitchen. Don’t those bright green and yellows complement each other so well? 9. DIY Dollhouse: Who knew that a dollhouse could be so easy? Just a simple Expedit or Kallax + some colorful wallpaper = a platform for some serious playtime. (via Zo Wie So) 10. Mid Century Modern Cabinet: Yes, believe it or not, this pretty cabinet is from IKEA. Two Besta shelves never looked so good. 11. Laundry Folding Area: A special area for folding laundry is a luxury, but if you have the space for it, this clean white IKEA hack makes the perfect place for it, plus some organized storage. (via Six 2 Eleven) 12. Banquet Seat: We probably all dream about a grand dining room at some point in our lives, and this hack can help those dreams come true. While we’re seriously diggin’ these stripes, the color and fabric is up to you (and your dining room table).
13. Closet Island: While those statement necklaces deserve to be displayed, we all have some girly things that aren’t so pretty. A closet island is the perfect place for storage and display, so you can organize it all just how you like it. 14. Open Kitchen Pantry: With a couple customized Besta shelves and some paint, you could have this gorgeous open pantry in your kitchen, too! Better start stocking up on some glass jars. 15. DJ Table: For the retro host, the Besta shelves in this hack make the perfect DJ center. Just look at all those records! 16. Expedit Platform Bed: If you prefer to stay organized, here is a way to keep even the most random things under your bed in place. And it looks awesome, too. 17. DIY Color: Contact paper is an easy and temporary upgrade for your IKEA pieces, and this awesome company just made it easier. Panyl cuts your chosen color or pattern to fit your shelves and drawers! Isn’t that just the amazing? (via Flax and Twine) 18. Yellow Etageres: Yellow is the color of sunshine, and we think that painting your Etageres shelves with it is a brilliant idea.
19. DIY Sidetable: This side table hack is so simple and leaves plenty of room for your own colorful styling. (via Sugar and Cloth) 20. Kiddie Storage: Bright adorable toy storage is a must for kids and the Fjalkinge shelf helps you do just that! Oh, and you get to stain wood in this hack. (via 100 Layer Cake-let) 21. Kiddie Closet Storage: Why do babies end up with more clothes than us adults? Sometimes it’s not fair. But, you can add more storage for all those clothes by dividing it down the middle with an Expedit. At least they’re cute, right? 22. Succulent Garden in a Cart: So maybe this isn’t exactly a hack for shelves but there are several shelves on this cart, right? And we kinda can’t resist anything that involves the Raskog cart. It even makes the perfect home for succulents! (via Succulents and Sunshine) What is your favorite IKEA hack? Have you invented one on your own? We’d love to hear about it!Today’s post brings me great pleasure to share!
It’s a secret project I’ve been working on since I was 7 weeks pregnant. It is my first DIY project for baby Crowder. (First person to come up with a solid nickname for the IBK Fetus gets a prize!) I’ve always been in love with wingback rockers. You might as well trade your first born child for one, and then, what’s the point?! The rocker on the left came from Nurseryworks, and the rocker on the right is from Pottery Barn Kids. And then, it hit me hard like my pregnant emotions during country music. I could EASILY make my own wingback rocker. All I would need to do is find a wingback chair, and some rocking chair runners. It was so simple. I thought “surely, this has been done a million times.” But I googled it hard, and didn’t find anything on the matter. (But in the Internet’s defense, my googling skillz are weak like a teenage girl at a One Direction concert.) We picked up the Strandmon Wingback chair from IKEA, for $279. I looked online and found a place that sells unfinished wood rocking chair runners.
I order a pair of adult large in maple. We measured where we would need to drill holes for the legs to attach to the runners. The holes need to be 1&1/8″ in diameter. The center of that hole needs to be 7 1/2″ in from each end. The hole needs to be 3/4″ deep. **DISCLAIMER** Double check those measurements by holding up your runners to the legs of the chair to make sure it ‘dry fits.’ It has been brought to my attention that there is variation in the legs of the Strandmon, and my measurements might not be a perfect fit for your chair. We used the drill press at my parents’ house. But if you have a cordless drill, you can use a forstner bit to drill the same kind of hole. My two favorite men! I spent countless hours in this shop, learning the ways of woodworking and DIY from a great teacher. We brought the runners home and fitted them to the chair. Fit like a glove. Now we had to match the runners to the legs of the chair. Instead of painting the runners, I thought it would look better if we stained them black.
I will admit, I did help with staining. BUT I was very careful to not get it on me (and when I did, I scrubbed it right off), and we had all the windows open, with a fan going. Aaron did most of the staining. The wood was so blond, it took several coats. This is how thin it still looked after the first coat. Several coats later, it was looking like a dead match to the legs of the Strandmon. We used a matte poly finish. I love this poly. And it has a soft touch. I don’t know how to explain it, but it is magical. Buy it and try it. After they were dry, it was just a matter of attaching the runners to the chair. We put the runners in place, and drilled a skinny little pilot hole to make sure the wood didn’t crack when we put the screws in. Let’s take a minute to talk about how much Buster loves the chair being upside down. Here’s a montage of Buster in his fort, on several different days. Now that your heart is sufficiently melted, we can get back to the real work.
Then we switched out for a bigger drill bit to make a hole (not all the way down! Just slightly below the surface) the same size of the screw head to counter sink the screw. Then we sanded the bottoms of the feet, and coated the holes in the runners with wood glue. After we put the runners in place, with the wood glue, we use spax screws and secured the runners. We filled the holes with black wood putty. And now, it’s ready to rock. And let me tell you, it rocks like you wouldn’t believe. It’s probably as good as Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the moon. Or when Adele came out of the womb singing her feelings. You sit in this chair, and you just have a good feeling about life. There is no real “skill level” required for this project. It’s just about taking the time to measure. No major tools are required. The simplicity of this project blows me away. This is a DIY project the average person can easily take on. The result is incredible and classy.