In this climate, you spend more time inside your home than in your garden so these are ideas to make your home unique.
A very large work-from-home desk from two IKEA kitchen units and a discounted kitchen counter-top for less than the price of a desk from a store.
Modify IKEA Trones shoe storage bins to give landing storage
Modify IKEA Hejne shelves to fit into a porch and fit – cheaper and faster than bespoke shelving and stylish.
Join two IKEA shoe storage cupboards to disguise a meter box and increase storage space.
Modify curtain poles to keep light out and keep heat in
Curtain poles usually come with very long stanchions so a lot of light penetrates at the sides of the curtains and heat leaks out the same way. By shortening the stanchions, the curtains are brought closer to the wall and the room is darker and warmer. This is a cheap and fast way to save on heating bills and to stop light from entering a room when it’s not wanted.
Flooring for a two-bedroom terrace – ground floor
Mantlepiece and shelving for living room
Construct dais for beds and shelving and curtain rail for a tiny bedroom.
Small open wardrobe and bedside shelves / dressing table for a small bedroom.
Cheap laminate flooring in a small terrced house – still great after 4 years
Transform the look of an IKEA Trones shoe storage box by adding a simple shelf
Using scaffold bars and slightly damaged, discounted kitchen worktop to make a study/craft table for a teenager (2.4m long).
Bedroom floors
Ground floor flooring – still perfect after three years
Sliding doors to replace conventional doors
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