This IKEA hack turned out so good it actually looks like custom built-ins. She took regular bookshelves and completely transformed them by focusing on the details most people skip — removing baseboards, working around outlets, securing everything properly, and finishing it off with crown molding. The end result is... clean, polished, and looks like it cost way more than it did. It’s proof that with the right prep and finishing touches, you can make affordable pieces look high-end. Would you ever try something like this in your home?show more

This is our @IKEA bookcase hack. It does look like built-ins.

This is how ours turned out. Used @IKEA bookcases. We removed the baseboards and did crown moulding, also trim in between bookcases. It turned out amazing!

did just this 20 some years ago

Ugh. as an owner of these exact IKEA shelves, they are cheap AF. the back is simply a cheap thin board that gets dents easily. if you lose the pegs for the shelves. you are out of luck. plus complete dust traps. i’m actively trying to give away a set now.

Literally would’ve been 15,000 had you called a carpenter.

Loosing a tooth is not traumatic. What is traumatic is growing up in a house where the mother is addicted to vanity and internet clicks

Good quality wood lasts more than a lifetime. In this age of cheaply made and terrible quality, visit antique shops or secondhand shops and scoop up treasures that are abandoned in estate clearouts. They'll be lifelong friends.

The trick to a good ikea hack is to have your husband stand out of frame so he can show you what to do first then you follow up and make it look like you did it all ! 🙄

it's still cheap melamine crap that will bend soon. she'd have been better off buying pine boards & learning how to cut them & build it herself.

I'd pay $15k not to listen to her narrate a video every again and be dramatic about everything

What a refreshing change from all the horrific economic and political stuff on my timeline. And relatable (with kid's tooth - I feel you). Followed

I know this bitchs shelves look like dog shit in real life

Easier and cleaner to take a fillet out of the upright sections on the back of the shelves instead of removing the skirting boards

This hoes gay husband has the tools

Nice job, I'd be able to do exactly zero of this, I'm useless at DIY.

Guys, this ikea hack might be the dumbest shit I’ve seen

It is impossible to just spraypaint a white laminated IKEA bookcase in one time. Applying the paint takes a lot of preparation.

@4real_Emenefee

very impressive

It went from 6 shelves high, and not reaching the ceiling, to 7 shelves high with it reaching the ceiling at the end...

All those shelves will bend down in a couple years, they are too thin.

the baseboard and crown molding details are what separate a hack from a build.

Wait until the shelves start to sag from all the weight.

Lembrei da menina @danibarrichello e da outra menina @alinefortuna2 🤭🥰

Quién demonios monta muebles descalzo? ¿Y quien tiene todas las herramientas sofisticadas de Leroy Merlín en el piso?

1:40 I HAD to leave.. sry

did she scribe the crown or just caulk it

Very good

WOW! Impressive girl! Well done!

That’s the part people usually underestimate. The bookcases are the easy part — removing baseboards, securing everything properly, and adding trim are what make it read like built-ins instead of furniture lined up against a wall.

What’s her @ ?

= junk. Make them yourself it is not hard,

Aaaaaaaaamazing 👏👏👏👏

I like how she shows her mistakes - failure is giving up, not making mistakes. I constantly make them, take it apart and start over.