Why hello there! For my inaugural post (which will surely be preserved forever in the Library of Congress at some point), here’s a LEGO table made largely from supplies from the furniture-equivalent of LEGO, IKEA. This is a birthday present for my nephew who will turn 4 in a week. Hopefully, he doesn’t read my blog yet.
Supplies
- IKEA Lack side table
- IKEA Trofast bin
- IKEA Trofast drawer slides (I went to the Returns counter and asked about these – they gave them to me for free)
- IKEA Grundtal tins
- 4 LEGO 10″x10″ baseplates
- Magnetic knife holder (I had one in my kitchen that was not useful, so I repurposed it here. Similar to this.)
- Small scrap piece of wood or trim, about 6″ long (any length will work)
- Serious glue (E6000, Loc-tite, etc. – whatever you prefer/have on hand)
{All links are here only as a reference. I’m no where near having my act together enough to have affiliate links on this thing.}
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After I put the legs on, I remembered “Oh right, pictures for the blog.” I’ll get better at documenting the steps.
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Finally, I glued down the 4 baseplates. This is where I aaaaaaaaalmost messed the whole thing up. Did you know that if you put two baseplates right next to each other, the bricks won’t fit on the seam? I do… now. For some reason unknown, the edges of baseplates aren’t quite wide enough to create the proper spacing when placed up against another baseplate. I used some spare LEGO bricks (or, more accurately, had my sister swipe some from her children) and connected the baseplates to each other. After positioning the 4 plates where I wanted them, I unconnected one baseplate at a time, added a bunch of E6000 to the back, flipped it over, repositioned and reattached it with the bricks. After all 4 were glued down and connected to ensure proper spacing, I piled the heaviest books on my bookshelf on top and let the glue cure overnight.
All done!
Baby Hulk says, “SPOILER ALERT, Metz!!” Great job, on the table and on the blog. I look forward to more posts about awesome stuff that will end up in my house!!
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This is fantastic! So basically you AND your sister AND her husband (and at this rate their kids) are ALL super skilled?! Hugo, the boys and I need to get some skills asap so we have something to barter during the zombie apocalypse when you guys still have solar energy, heat, yummy food and clever crafty items!
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