Ikea hack post (and update - we were nominated for Ikea Hack of the Year 2010)
We live in a converted space in Downtown Los Angeles…not a large place…and so space is at a premium. We needed to find a place for our desk and to put it in a command position with a ton of windows meant it would be where the bed normally goes. So we moved our bed further off the wall than normal and needed some kind of divider between the back of the desk and our head.
We saw some cool narrow planters in DTLA with mother in law tongue plants and though that might make a good divider. However, those planters were very expensive. Cue the trip to Ikea and searching for something purpose built or that maybe we could modify.
We found it in the Benno DVD towers.
Read more in the link above.
UDPATE: OMG we GOT NOMINATED FOR HACK OF THE YEAR!!!. HOLY CRAP. THAT’S REALLY A TRUE HONOR. We never even considered that a possibility. Just flabbergasted. Amazing day.