DIY Ikea Bar Cart Hack
A budget friendly DIY transforming Ikea's staple book shelf into a bar cart
Servings: 1 bar cart
Cost: $70
Equipment
- Drill
- Measuring tape
- Pencil
Ingredients
- 1 Ikea Kallax book shelf unit white
- 2 14.5" skinny pull handles brass
- 4 2" bright brass hooded ball caster with plate and coordinating screws
- 4 #8-32x2" screws brass
- 4 #8 finishing washers brass
- Gold foiling pen optional
Instructions
- Build the Ikea Kallax shelf according to the instructions. Leave off the adhesive felt pads for the bottom.
- Install the 4 brass casters on each of the four corners of the shelf.
- Optional: After installing the casters, you can use the gold foiling pen to color in the silver screws that come with the shelf to avoid mixed metals.
- Flip the shelf back right side up. Measure and mark where you’d like the handles placed.We marked ours to be about a 1/4 of an inch in from each end by laying the pull on its side and marking where to drill the holes.
- Drill a hole all the way through the top edge. Insert the brass washer and screw through into the handle from underneath.