So, our 10 year old Malm bed from Ikea ($199) has been through 4 moves and has been having some issues lately. Namely, the new-ish wood slat frame we got for it has been slipping off the metal track sides. Super annoying. [Insert your "How did you break your bed?" joke here.]
A new bed is not in the budget right now, so Marc decided to do a quick fix with three 1x3's. They aren't supporting the slat frame, but just keeping it from slipping off the track. I told him if the fix was over $20, we were getting a new bed. The total came in under $9. Bummer.
Here's an amazing little before and after section drawing:
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(Wow, those years of repaying architecture school student loans sure were worth it, no?)
A newly injured Franca got in on the action as supervisor. How hard can a job be when you have that face sitting 6 feet away?
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This is actually very close to the alteration we did on Franca's big girl bed (...that I still have not posted. All in due time folks!)So it looks like my DIY George Nelson Case Study Bed (see left) is going to have to wait. Bummer.
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Nice! Our 8 year-old IKEA bed is due for some tweaking too, the "x-bracing" isn't totally secured and I keep worrying it's going to jab our dog in the eye one of these days.
ReplyDelete(BTW, Franca looks super adorable in that photo.)
I broke my husband's Ikea MALM bed when were were dating...during an extremely personal moment between us. I was so embarrassed. I vote new frame! What would you get?
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ReplyDelete@Lauren - I hear you on the dangerous bed. Ours was about to pinch someone's finger off!
@Kelly - Hmmm, now I'm intrigued.. why would you say only *you* broke it? Hee Hee.