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A genius way to add a pull-out desk to an IKEA drawer

IKEA drawer with desk for small room

I wanted to create a desk space for my daughter, but the room she shares with her brother is very small. It’s only 7 sq. meters.

MALM chest of 4 drawers

MALM chest of 4 drawers | IKEA.com

IKEA item used:
  • MALM chest of 4 drawers
Other items
  • Wooden board for table and backing

IKEA drawer with desk hack

Then I had an idea. It occurred to me to remove the top drawer of the MALM 4-drawer chest we already had in the room.

In the drawer space, I replaced with a table top and attached it using the same drawer slides that came with the MALM.

IKEA drawer with desk

Finally, I attached another piece of wood at the back of the MALM desk so that the papers and things do not fall through.

IKEA drawer with desk

And voilà! My daughter got an IKEA drawer with desk without adding another piece of furniture into the small room.

~ by María

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#1 MALM pull-out laptop table
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I have desperately needed a desk since moving into my current rented room (a lovely attic conversion on a London victorian house complete with skylight and juliette balcony) but after adding two wardrobes and two Malm chests of drawers I was left with absolutely no room for anything else, so an IKEA hack was in order.

I came up with adding a pull-out laptop table between the top two drawers which is the perfect height (approx 74cm) and does not compromise the structural integrity or any of the drawers. Read more.

#2 Glam MALM office
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A glamorous desk set-up using a 3-drawer MALM chest, a 4-cube KALLAX and 1 adjustable leg. Read more.

#3 MALM workbench for workshop or craft room

IKEA MALM movable workbench

I decided to hack a movable workbench when I moved from an apartment with a small room as a workshop. Now I have a bigger room and I can move the bench around when I clean and when I do a bigger project.

It took a day’s work to complete the bench and the biggest cost was the chests. What I like most is that I now have a nice open surface for my projects. Read more.

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