Recently my brother noticed my name popping up in a blog by Recomn. It was about a post I did on wood prices circa 2012 - back when I built the playhouse for Yaya.
Since then I did a couple of projects, but not as extensive as the playhouse.
I did build an IKEA KURA bed for Yaya from scratch (like 3 years ago) - though I was really (like REAALLLYY) lazy to jot it all down in the blog.
Having gone through the earlier mentioned blog - I guess it's probably a trend nowadays to build your own furniture. So to those out there looking for a how-to : I hope you'll appreciate this post.
1. Get your dimensions from IKEA. Like seriously. I went to IKEA a few days before I started the project with my measuring tape and got all the dimensions. Thinking back about it - I'm glad they didn't kick me out of that place for stealing their ideas. :P
2. Buy your pieces of wood as per your measurement, cut, and sand them.
3. If you did the cutting right, you'll realize that piecing them all together is really not that hard. In fact it's more or less like assembling an IKEA furniture. For those who are lazy, you could just nail them the pieces together or screw them up. In my case however, I've joined them using a bolt and barrel nut (update: and dowels) so that I can disassemble them later without worrying whether the joined parts will loosen up or something.
4. This is what it looks like once you've pieced them all together. I bought the bed support slats at IKEA since I wanted to fit an IKEA mattress on top (ok..that's a really lame reason i know. Actually I was just lazy to piece them all together.)
5. The rest are just aesthetic I suppose. I bought some laminated plywood and nailed them to the sides.
6. Some painting... (thanks Bibik)
7. Some wood finishings...
8. And we let it dry off.
Finally, one happy customer.
After all said and done, I'm sure most of you might be thinking about the cost. Fret not! After digging up my old notes, here's what I found:
At this juncture I'm thanking my old-self for being so anal about documenting things. A check at IKEA's website showed that the KURA bed itself costs around RM 749 (without the other accessories) - so I guess you're still saving some money. Plus I was using the Balau wood for the bed - which is way stronger than pine in terms of durability - I'm hoping that it'll last for decades.
After awhile we've decided to flip the bed over since ... well I can't remember the details since it was like 3 years ago. In any case this is how it looks like when flipped.
Update: I used to have this habit of using Evernote for my projects. Luckily, my account is still active. Hop over to my notes for more insights (ie wood pieces dimensions, research notes etc)
Since then I did a couple of projects, but not as extensive as the playhouse.
I did build an IKEA KURA bed for Yaya from scratch (like 3 years ago) - though I was really (like REAALLLYY) lazy to jot it all down in the blog.
Having gone through the earlier mentioned blog - I guess it's probably a trend nowadays to build your own furniture. So to those out there looking for a how-to : I hope you'll appreciate this post.
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| Tools of the trade. |
1. Get your dimensions from IKEA. Like seriously. I went to IKEA a few days before I started the project with my measuring tape and got all the dimensions. Thinking back about it - I'm glad they didn't kick me out of that place for stealing their ideas. :P
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| Busy helper. |
3. If you did the cutting right, you'll realize that piecing them all together is really not that hard. In fact it's more or less like assembling an IKEA furniture. For those who are lazy, you could just nail them the pieces together or screw them up. In my case however, I've joined them using a bolt and barrel nut (update: and dowels) so that I can disassemble them later without worrying whether the joined parts will loosen up or something.
| Barrel nut. |
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| Bolt |
5. The rest are just aesthetic I suppose. I bought some laminated plywood and nailed them to the sides.
6. Some painting... (thanks Bibik)
7. Some wood finishings...
8. And we let it dry off.
Finally, one happy customer.
After all said and done, I'm sure most of you might be thinking about the cost. Fret not! After digging up my old notes, here's what I found:
At this juncture I'm thanking my old-self for being so anal about documenting things. A check at IKEA's website showed that the KURA bed itself costs around RM 749 (without the other accessories) - so I guess you're still saving some money. Plus I was using the Balau wood for the bed - which is way stronger than pine in terms of durability - I'm hoping that it'll last for decades.
After awhile we've decided to flip the bed over since ... well I can't remember the details since it was like 3 years ago. In any case this is how it looks like when flipped.
Update: I used to have this habit of using Evernote for my projects. Luckily, my account is still active. Hop over to my notes for more insights (ie wood pieces dimensions, research notes etc)
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