The IKEA Pax closet system offers endless DIY'ing opportunities to transform it. Keep reading for the best IKEA Pax hacks to inspire your own space.
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When I first started imagining how I wanted my closet to look, I became stuck on this image of Jenny Wolf’s closet. I absolutely adored the blue, custom cabinetry and decided I was going to figure out a way to get a similar look in my own house with a non-custom budget. I initially assumed…Continue reading ➞ Hacking the IKEA Pax into a Fully Custom Closet
How to use some crown molding and baseboard trim to make Ikea PAX look like custom cabinetry. You won't believe the transformation!
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It may sound complex to make a separate wardrobe unit look built-in to the wall, but it’s actually pretty simple!
Learn how to create a custom built in cabinet or closet with this IKEA PAX hack from our DIY office built in cabinets!
How we hacked the IKEA PAX system to add serious storage space in the master bedroom of our formerly closet-less 1880s Victorian.
Grab your Allen wrench and a can of paint.
When I first started imagining how I wanted my closet to look, I became stuck on this image of Jenny Wolf’s closet. I absolutely adored the blue, custom cabinetry and decided I was going to figure out a way to get a similar look in my own house with a non-custom budget. I initially assumed…Continue reading ➞ Hacking the IKEA Pax into a Fully Custom Closet
When I first started imagining how I wanted my closet to look, I became stuck on this image of Jenny Wolf’s closet. I absolutely adored the blue, custom cabinetry and decided I was going to figure out a way to get a similar look in my own house with a non-custom budget. I initially assumed…Continue reading ➞ Hacking the IKEA Pax into a Fully Custom Closet
We saved hundreds of dollars by choosing IKEA's PAX closet system and I'm sharing my honest review with all the pros and cons you need to know!
How to use some crown molding and baseboard trim to make Ikea PAX look like custom cabinetry. You won't believe the transformation!
IKEA Pax hack to make a builtin closet by applying trim, drawer fronts, and doors for a truly builtin look.
Transform the PAX closet to fit a sloped ceiling, turning it into a functional and stylish storage solution. 2 hackers show the way.
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This guide is full of helpful PAX wardrobe ideas to help create your dream walk in closet! Includes assembly tips, Ikea closet hack ideas, and the best accessories for organization.
All supplies featured in this post are in my Amazon Store!! My current mission is for everything to have a home and for every room to function as well as the space will possibly allow. I think this starts with the storage systems that are in place in each room. I am slowly but […]
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How to use some crown molding and baseboard trim to make Ikea PAX look like custom cabinetry. You won't believe the transformation!
This guide is full of helpful PAX wardrobe ideas to help create your dream walk in closet! Includes assembly tips, Ikea closet hack ideas, and the best accessories for organization.
We installed our IKEA PAX closet and it's organized. Here are my 5 tips to install the IKEA pax closet in your home and things to avoid!
A step-by-step process of revamping a bedroom space with IKEA Pax units. Turning a unused space into a custom closet!
We had 2 very ugly, very dated, almost uninhabitable rooms in the back of the house. One was pink, one was purple and the windows were rotted and leaked into our family room and kitchen below. I wish I had before pictures of them but to be honest we really forgot about them for a few years and thought of them more as storage. Crazy low ceilings, a sauna in the summer, a freezer in the winter and stunk b/c our dog peed in there when we were away from home too long. Then after we added baby boys to our family faster than a {insert any ‘yo mamma’ joke here}, we were out of space and decided to renovate these 2 rooms to become our master suite. I showed you our bathroom reno and the hardwood floors installation last spring but our bedroom has been a work in progress. One such work in progress area was our dilemma of having no closets in this room. Because we combined 2 rooms into one and the once connecting walls were the walls that held the individual rooms’ closets it meant that the new combined bigger space had no closets. What we lacked in closets we made up for in random doors. We removed 7 in the process including a door connecting the master bedroom into our 4 year old's bedroom. We dry walled over that door and were left with a blank wall that we decided to use for closets. We hemmed and hawed for a while on this one. What to do, what to do… I love me some IKEA. Remember this? We really liked the PAX wardrobe system and wanted something similar but also knew we wanted something to stand the test of time. Enter our latest Ikea hack. We started with 2 wide units and 2 narrow units. Our ceilings are not even 80” but our height options at IKEA were 96” or 75.” We rolled the dice, bought 96” units, cut them down to size and assembled. 6 units aren’t cheap so it was a gamble but it worked out just fine. We added in the accessories that went with the unit and then our super talented brother-in-law built a custom hardwood frame around the units and a custom hamper drawer and display shelving to break up the run of doors. This way we had the closet guts with a high quality frame and doors that will hold up to wear without spending a fortune. We lived with closets like this (no doors) for about 6 months but it gives you a good idea of the organization options. I somehow got my paint cans swapped while working on 2 different projects at the same time and accidentally pained this entire unit in exterior white instead of the Benjamin Moore Decorators White in Semi-Gloss like I intended. Nothing like wasting a day painting something that will only need to be repainted. I guess the upside is that my closet will now withstand zero degree temperatures and snow if it ever needs to. This is hands down my favorite part. A drawer hiding our hampers. Nothing looks worse than spending a ton of time and money on a room to make it look good only to have dirty laundry sitting in the corner. And just to keep it real my hamper is never empty…I actually dumped the laundry on the floor just outside of this shot. The next step in this process is to build drawer fronts to put on the face of the drawer to match the doors. Then my electrical engineer husband added lighting into the closet that automatically turns on and off when the door opens. A Villanova engineering degree at work. Last but definitely not least we built tongue and groove shaker style doors. The flu tore through our house over the holidays and we were going stir crazy being quarantined in the house so we built them one day at a time while at the same time giving doses of Tylenol, Vicks and doing insane amounts of laundry. Merry Christmas. *Update: By popular demand I've given a brief "How To" on building doors like these here. We added crown molding to the top to give it a custom look. We’ve been using the closets for close to a year now and the Ikea interior units have held up perfectly so I’m really happy we went this route. Like everything we do it is 95% complete and will stay that way for a while. It was a. lot. of. work but we ended up with exactly what we wanted and are super happy with the result.
This blog post will take you through all the challenges I had, and my IKEA PAX wardrobe tips. These tips will save you hours of building!
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