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Wednesday, 16 March 2011

IKEA RAST - An Awesome DIY Project

There's plenty of IKEA projects out there in blogland, but few grab my attention in the way this updated RAST chest did. Isn't it wonderful? Personalised with recycled French newspapers and new drawer pulls, it's a total transformation from the off-the-shelf offering. I'll be staying tuned for full instructions on their blog, Livet Hemma, over the coming weeks as I'm really tempted to do this for my new place. If you were going to try this, what would you cover your chest in?
Posted by Will @ Bright.Bazaar at 00:01
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22 comments:

  1. Hamptontoes16 March 2011 at 00:02

    That is such a fun dresser! What a fab idea...it would look amazing with a wonderful wallcovering and lacquered too!

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  2. jillian :: cornflake dreams.16 March 2011 at 00:07

    so cool! i saw something similar (but with maps) on the nate burkus show. xoxo jcd :: cornflake dreams

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  3. A Perfect Gray16 March 2011 at 00:13

    the leather pulls totally make it...

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  4. Cheryl Cochran16 March 2011 at 00:24

    maps!

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  5. elissabraun16 March 2011 at 00:32

    oh maps or a vintage book would be cool. but, then again, anything would look good with drawer pulls like that.

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  6. JN16 March 2011 at 01:17

    this is brilliant. maps sound interesting too, what about 'old' monotonous type?

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  7. Carmel's Closet16 March 2011 at 02:27

    I Love this! I used Le Monde for a shoot last week, so this appeals to me right now, but I would dabble with vintage wallpaper, dress patterns, pages from old recipe books and classic novels - depending what room it was for. I can see it completely covered in crosswords too.
    Carmel
    x

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  8. Carmel's Closet16 March 2011 at 02:29

    PS: Music sheets.
    Carmel
    x

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  9. Jan Halvarson16 March 2011 at 05:03

    eeek!

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  10. JustNoey16 March 2011 at 09:49

    This looks amazing! I've been wanting to try decoupaging for a while. I think I might go for Vintage comics and make it realllly colourful!

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  11. Bel16 March 2011 at 12:09

    That's awesome! I hope I will dare to try this on my dresser one day without messing up!

    Belly B
    http://www.papertiaras.com

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  12. Carina Dale16 March 2011 at 12:51

    I love it! I would cover it with colorful inspirational pictures.

    Take a look at these great closets for him and her: http://sortoghvitt.blogspot.com/2011/01/give-away-hos-apens-hus.html

    xoxo
    Carina

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  13. Carina Dale16 March 2011 at 12:53

    What about using cartoon magazines? ;-) Or pictures of all the things you love?

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  14. Kerry16 March 2011 at 15:35

    I love seeing what people come up with when they hack the RAST, but this one is definitely a stand out project! :)

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  15. Big Hug Studio16 March 2011 at 16:22

    That looks so cool.

    I would probably burn the sides of the newspaper to give it a vintage feel.

    I like how it's in French too, it makes me wonder how it would look in Persian, Arabic, Mandarin or Japanese writing.

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  16. Solid Frog16 March 2011 at 17:15

    Really cool project!

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  17. caitlin of wanderlustings16 March 2011 at 17:17

    Will, this is absolutely wonderful! Thank you for finding this ~ now I am inspired to take on some of my blah ikea furniture at home :D

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  18. Splendid Willow16 March 2011 at 17:32

    Awesome!!!!! Go for it! (Menues from you favorite restaurants all over the world?)

    ox, Mon

    http://www.splendidwillow.com

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  19. Reshma at masalamangomantra.blogspot.com16 March 2011 at 19:02

    Super duper idea I must say! If I ever did try to do my dresser up, I would try to enhance it with ethnic inspired paper!

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  20. Sam | ashore16 March 2011 at 20:54

    I love a good Ikea hack! Some furniture is white for a reason - it's a canvas! Thanks for sharing, loving this blog more all the time.

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  21. Modern Country Lady16 March 2011 at 22:19

    Love the idea- so inventive!!
    Have seen another which was just amazing on this link ( not my own blog by the way ) :
    http://timmythewienerdog.blogspot.com/2011/03/ikea-and-greek-key-have-baby.html

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  22. Allison Egan17 March 2011 at 04:56

    Ahh! How chic! The rast dresser is so amazing for makeovers :) This is a great piece!
    xo Allison
    Spicer + Bank

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