![]() I don’t remember seeing this option when I was furnishing my apartment in the fall of 2021, so it must be new. They sell this square-legged metal base in white and black for $27. UPDATE 7/1/22 – I just noticed that Ikea is finally offering their own legs for Kallax. If you’re thinking about adding legs to a Kallax shelf, go for it. Plus, I like to tuck my slippers under it. It’s a small change, but I feel like the legs make a difference. (If you’re curious about the bed, check out my review of the Thuma bedframe and Saatva mattress I decided on.) I even contemplated moving the Kallax out to another room to get a photo for the sake of bloggery, but eh, that’s a lot of work. So, I can no longer get a clear shot of the Kallax from the front. But in between the very first photo in this post and this last one, my bed arrived. I wish I had room to take an after photo of my Kallax with legs from the front view. My nightstand (the Knarrevik) is right between the bed and Kallax, so I only keep things I don’t need to access often in that bottom left cube. See, I’m not kidding about it being a small room. Once we had the metal plates in place, we screwed on the legs. Because Kallax is kind of hollow - the frame is chipboard or fiberboard, but the inside is a honeycomb filling structure made mostly of recycled paper - it’s not hard to use a screwdriver by hand.īut of course, things go faster with a drill if you have access to one. Just a few taps will make a hole to help guide the screw in. Then I taped them down with painters tape. ![]() First, we placed the legs where we wanted them. They took about a month to ship from China.Īdding the legs to the Kallax didn’t take long for me and the Mister. I ended up buying these gold-colored aluminum legs on AliExpress. But some sellers only offer furniture legs in sets of 4. To be on the safe side, I opted for 6 legs to better distribute the weight. Available for purchase in a quantity of 6.Adjustable since I live in a 100-year-old building and the floors can be uneven.Brass or gold colored - I thought that would look best with the high gloss gray of my Kallax.While some folks on Etsy are artisans and woodworkers, there are lots of manufacturers that list to the platform and crosspost to Amazon too.)įor me, my requirements for furniture legs were: (A word of caution: Etsy bills itself as a marketplace for handmade and artist-made items. There are also companies that specialize in this, like Prettypegs. A few places to look: home improvement stores, Amazon, and Etsy. Honestly, shopping for the legs was the most time-consuming part of this whole process. There are lots of places that sell furniture legs. Raising it by 6 inches also made it a better height in relation to the bed. Visually, it just seemed kind of heavy, especially in such a small room. Ikea even sells its own legs for the Eket.)ĭrona storage box in dark blue – $6.99 (These used to be $5, but Ikea recently raised prices on a lot of items, probably due to supply chain issues.)Īfter I loaded up my things in the Kallax, though, I didn’t feel satisfied. (Another option is the Eket cabinet, which is even smaller at 13 3/4″ deep. I also figured that cube storage is easier to access in a tight space than pulling out a whole drawer. Kallax is 15 3/8″ deep and those couple of inches make a difference. There’s just not enough space to both open the dresser and stand in front of it. While I could probably squeeze a dresser in, opening it would be awkward. ![]() The bedroom in my Brooklyn apartment is only 10 by 10 feet. In my case, I wanted to turn a Kallax shelf into a dresser. Using the Ikea Kallax as a Dresser for a Small Space But on the other hand, I feel like you can really get around a piece of furniture and vacuum better when it’s off the floor. On the one hand, you’re creating more area to vacuum when you raise furniture off the floor. Raising your furniture keeps from blocking them.ĥ. In some buildings, you might have vents or radiators near the baseboards. Depending on the height, it could create some storage space underneath.Ĥ. It could make accessing stuff a little easier.ģ. Adding legs instantly elevates (pun intended!) the look.Ģ. Reasons for Adding Legs to Ikea Shelvesġ. Today I’m sharing a super easy Ikea hack: adding legs to a Kallax bookshelf.
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