How to diy a simple ikea window seat built in.
Window seat with drawers from ikea cabinets.
This simple step by step tutorial will walk you through the process of building a window seat from scratch using pre made ikea cabinets in just a few hours.
One of the taller cabinets would house four ikea maximera drawers to store all our silverware and napkins.
Assemble the drawers.
Back in 2013 when we purchased this home the former homeowners were using this corner as an informal dining area.
Before i tell you all about how we diyed this window seat using components of the ikea stolmen closet system let me tell you how a window seat ended up in this spot to begin with.
Since we have plans of adding hardwood flooring soon we just arranged the dressers and kept those as is on the existing carpet make a window seat.
A diy window seat with storage is a fantastic budget friendly way to transform a boring window wall into a beautiful focal point.
After shopping for our supplies the first stage of the process was to build the ikea cabinets.
Ikea items used 3 stolmen 2 drawers chest two 43 1 4 19 5 8 and one 21 5 8 19 5 8 this was the quickest hack.
2 malm drawer units from ikea if you don t have an ikea nearby there are really similar nightstands on amazon and at jysk 2 x 3 lumber for framing.
Ikea window seat materials list.