{"id":2400,"date":"2016-08-24T16:30:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T16:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/?p=2400"},"modified":"2016-08-24T16:30:48","modified_gmt":"2016-08-24T16:30:48","slug":"ikea-hack-apartment-sized-tiny-desk-lack-shelf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/ikea-hack-apartment-sized-tiny-desk-lack-shelf","title":{"rendered":"Awesome Ikea Hack of the Week: A tiny desk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Space is a luxury we can\u2019t really afford in TO, so how can you outfit your tiny pad with a desk without taking up too much of your living room or bedroom?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The answer is a tiny, wall-mounted desk that can be installed anywhere you have just a few feet of free space and a wall. Today\u2019s Ikea hack gives you a desk for your Toronto apartment on the cheap, is relatively easy to build, and is actually a hack of a hack, since Ikea\u2019s product line has changed since the original instructions were written.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Let us know how it goes when you rig this up for yourself!<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"BodyA\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">1. The parts. You&#8217;ll need<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/ca\/en\/catalog\/products\/30246388\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Komplement<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> pull-out tray \u2013 $30.00<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/ca\/en\/catalog\/products\/10282179\/#\/10159099\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Lack<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> wall shelf \u2013 $29.99<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"BodyA\"><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/ca\/en\/catalog\/products\/30219889\/#\/30219889\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Betydlig<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> bracket x2 \u2013 $1.50 each<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">2 2&#215;4 pieces of wood, 23\u201d long, try <\/span><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homedepot.ca\/en\/home\/p.4x4x8-feet-apperance-s4s-post.1000100112.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">these cedar plank<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.homedepot.ca\/en\/home\/p.4x4x8-feet-apperance-s4s-post.1000100112.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">s<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"> cut in half <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">\u2013 $20<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">drill<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">screws<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">wall anchors<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 10.0pt;\">stud finder<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #808080;\">2. Do it.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">First, make sure all the tray, shelf and boards are the right colour. Stain or paint them all the same colour and let dry so everything\u2019s ready to roll. Next, find the studs in your wall and use them as a basis point for this project. You\u2019ll want to try to drill and anchor the Lack shelf into the studs so that the part that\u2019s holding your computer is totally secure. So find the studs and mark out the right height for the Lack shelf, and for the Komplement tray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">For the tray, be very careful: You\u2019re going to want to measure out exactly where the wood planks should go so the keyboard sits at the right height, and space them perfectly so that the railings on the tray can be attached to the planks and the tray. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Mount the Betydlig brackets on the wall. Then, install the railings that connect to the Komplement tray in the right place on the two planks, then install the planks on the wall brackets. Finish by installing the tray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Lastly, mount the Lack shelf on the wall above the keyboard tray using the wall anchors, according to the Ikea instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Place your computer, keyboard and a chair or stool, and voila!<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"BodyA\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Source: <\/span><span class=\"Hyperlink0\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikeahackers.net\/2009\/10\/imac-computer-desk.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: blue;\">Ikea Hackers<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Space is a luxury we can\u2019t really afford in TO, so how can you outfit &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":2401,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"coauthors":[220],"class_list":["post-2400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diy-life-hacks"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Awesome Ikea Hack of the Week: A tiny desk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/ikea-hack-apartment-sized-tiny-desk-lack-shelf\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TorontoRentals.com Blog\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/ikea-hack-apartment-sized-tiny-desk-lack-shelf#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/ikea-hack-apartment-sized-tiny-desk-lack-shelf\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"TorontoRentals.com Blog\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/53503b1c0fd1a6bc186b273abbee8d44\"},\"headline\":\"Awesome Ikea Hack of the Week: A tiny desk\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-08-24T16:30:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/ikea-hack-apartment-sized-tiny-desk-lack-shelf\"},\"wordCount\":370,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/ikea-hack-apartment-sized-tiny-desk-lack-shelf#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.torontorentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/ikea-hack-tiny-desk.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"DIY &amp; 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