Turn your studio in a room with 1 PAX
Materials: PAX
description: My girlfriend and I bought and moved into our first apartment, with a tight budget, we could not afford anything bigger then a studio.
I can not imagine anyone wanting to have their bed in their room, so we started to think. We discussed this ever rollaway beds and room divider. Then we found PAX IKEA sliding door closet.
We bought the biggest we could find lightweight aluminum and frosted glass.
We measured the size of our Ikea beds and marked off the new room so it would fit our bed clothes and a space closely in order to save as much space as possible in the living room .
I whipped up 2 wooden frames and mounted on ceilings, walls and floor. I went then the PAX and tidy the framework doors.
I installed four IKEA LED (color change) spots in the framework so that it illuminates the frosted glass.
We finished our new room with LACK shelves and a little work of art.
meanwhile we climbed 6 IKEA kitchen cabinets on the TV in the living room and built the television cables and PC in the wall so that we can properly hide the stereo and PC in cabinets without exposed son. We mounted then the speaker surround sound in the closet.
This was my first renovation ever at the age of 22, by myself. So if you have a small apartment and a lot of tolerance, it is not difficult or expensive to turn your studio apartment in an apartment 1 bedroom.
~ thedesignguy
Update: October 25, 2010
Due to popular demand, thedesignguy sent me more pictures. Some work in the most finished pictures and progression 2 views. Hope they give you a bit more of an understanding of how it all came together. ~ Jules
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Julius Yap "I'm Jules, the engine behind IKEAHackers and one who maintains this site and being execution. My mission is to capture all the wonderful, inspiring, clever hacks and ideas for our beloved IKEA products "
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