I normally love IKEA products, but I just found this one to miss the mark when it comes to construction, quality, and assembly. It is frustrating that I'll have to go to my local hardware store in the middle of a pandemic to find the appropriate length screws for my wall. This is not mentioned in the product description at all, and is very odd to me because the instructions clearly show a step of affixing the shelf to the wall with four large mounting screws. I also re-searched my package to see if it came with mounting screws and it looks like it doesn't. I haven't completed this step yet, as I'm waiting on finding an electric screwdriver to help with this step. I went to put together the shelf today, however, and found that the shelf itself does not have the holes marked or pre-drilled for you to be able to attach the shelf to the base. While annoyed at this, I didn't feel like it was worth returning over and instead fixed on my own. After unboxing, it was clear that the shelf itself arrived damage, with a corner slivered off.
Leave comments below to let me know if you have any extra tips or IKEA hacks.Missing Items for Assembly guildennstern I was very unimpressed with these shelves. I am going to buy the 74″ version for the top of my closet to place the remainder of my books. This shelf has freed up so much space on my dresser. It was the most nerve wracking part of this entire project.īOOM! The finished product. I had to unscrew the fasteners and flip it to the bottom. I ended up placing mine on the bottom and screwing them in that way because I didn’t like the shelf would be as secure fastening from the top. So one caveat, many people prefer to position the fasteners on top instead of the bottom so there are no visible holes when you’re look at the shelving from the bottom. I placed the shelf onto the shelf mount and it was looking absolutely amazing.
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I needed to switch to a screw driver to ensure that I was able to securely attach the screws and fasten them. I then screwed the nail and washer into the wall anchor I had just installed. I placed the IKEA shelf mount back on the shelf to make sure that it was still leveled. The anchor goes in all the way into the wall. You don’t want to do major damage to your wall. Make sure you use a Phillips Head Screwdriver and not the cordless drill. I then used my screwdriver to screw the wall anchor into the holes I just drilled. I then used my cordless drill and drilled three holes.
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With a pencil, I marked where I would need to install my anchors because once you remove the shelf mount, you won’t know where to drill without small marks. I decided to use three wall anchors, one of each end of the shelf mount and one in the middle for good measure. To begin my IKEA LACK shelf installation, I positioned the shelf mount to and used a leveler to make sure that my shelf would be centered. I used three of them, which cost about $3.99.
The hardware store owner asked me how many pounds I expected to place on the shelves and ended up giving me drywall anchors that would support up to 250 lbs. I went to the hardware store in Park Slope, on 5th Avenue and Baltic Street, to inquire about anchors I could use. Don’t let the simplicity of the picture instructions fool you. So I headed to my local hardware store after not finding a single stud in the area I wanted my shelf placed. IKEA insists each wall is different and requires different anchors depending on what type of studs/dry wall you have. When I got home to install the shelf, I noticed that the package didn’t include anchors to mount the shelves. I chose the white IKEA Lack shelve for practicality but I intent to incorporate the turquoise shelve in some way soon. Not only was the 42inch shelf $14.99, it also came in several colors, including turquoise, my accent color.
I ventured to the IKEA store in Red Hook, Brooklyn for a closer inspection of the Lack shelving system. Then I saw a few people using the IKEA Lack shelves, which fit in my budget and my decor theme. Some were super inexpensive but the material also looked that way, while others were too pricey to fit in my project scope. The result was a mash up of various sizes and lengths of invisible shelves that ran the gamut. I began looking for a few options on the usual sites, Crate and Barrel, Pottery Barn, West Elm, Amazon and a few Google Marketplace sites. Perusing the plethora of decor pictures on Pinterest, I noticed that many people were incorporating invisible shelves in their projects. That means utilizing the walls effectively. Who knew right? After packing the floor space with a dresser, a bed, two shelves and some nightstands, I decided to decorate upwards. Once of the biggest problems I had with decorating and organizing was running out of space. Since moving to Park Slope two months ago, I have been slowly putting my master bedroom together.
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