![]() The only way you would notice it is if you inspect the part list and notice the initials “CL” and “CR.” Also, the drawer gliders are initialed DL and DR, but the part list doesn’t show that, which makes no sense. ![]() Nowhere in the manual does it sufficiently imply you need to put a set of glide rails on the left cabinet and a set on the right. I say this specifically in regards to the glide rails for the drawers. While the looks of the bookcase are solid once put together, the instructions to get there were poor. The full before and after is here.Watch out for left and ride glide rails (CL, DL and CR, DR)- poor instructions Zachary B. There are a whole bunch of DIY projects in that room that came out so sweet!Īnd James’s scandinavian slash camping themed room is all kinds of modern and fun with a DIY mountain mural and more. If you are looking for more kids room decorating ideas, be sure to head over to Maya’s mint and pink nursery. I have since also used IKEA’s Ribba picture ledges for outward bookshelves in kids rooms, and have done a comparison of the two products over in this post. If we had a really huge room, I would have loved to do bookshelves across a whole wall. Dreams! It’s so nice to have some of the books out of our big basket and up on the wall. I kept it to 4-5 books per shelf, but there is still plenty of space to add a few more books per shelf if I decide to. The design of the spice rack really is perfect for holding books up. It was overcast here this weekend (we even got our first snowfall!), so not much natural light coming in from the window. Sorry about the bad lighting in these photos. Then I popped in some of little miss Maya’s books – all ready to go for bedtime stories. ![]() The light switch was in a weird spot, but I didn’t want the shelves to be off-centered on the wall, so we just made sure that the switch would come between two of the shelves and still be easily accessible. We centered the shelves on the wall, and placed them so that they would be low enough for Maya to grab at when she’s a bit bigger. We used one of Maya’s bigger board books as a guide for how much space we wanted between the shelves (14 inches). The back is all ready to be mounted to the wall, but you need to have your own mounting hardware. Once I started applying the white spray paint, I did a light sand between coats with a fine grit sanding sponge to get the racks more smooth. This really helped give them a polished look and kept them super soft to the touch (good for little fingers and hands!). I find this raw wood from IKEA really soaks in the paint. Primer spray paint (any brand would be fine)Īssemble your spice racks and then start off with a few coats of your primer.This white spray paint, but they have a bunch of colours you can choose from (and even a few different white options)!.IKEA Spice Racks for Books Supplies You’ll Need: Please see my full Policies page for more information. Links have been included for your convenience. Easy to assemble and paint, and it’s nice to have the books facing outwards. When I helped decorate my friends’ nursery last year (check it out here ), we used IKEA spice racks for books and I loved the way they came out. We wanted to create outward facing book storage on a small sliver of wall we had in the room. ![]() Even though we had finished our nursery makeover before Maya arrived in August, there was one project that remained on the to-do list: using IKEA spice racks for books.
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