Howdy y'all!! Welcome to this week's edition of Frugal Friday.
Or perhaps I should say "HALLÅ" (yeah, that's "hello" in Swedish...I'm smart like that...) seeing as how today I'm going to show you all an IKEA knock-off project.
Some of you may remember a few weeks back when I showed you the Dignitet display system from IKEA. I really wanted this for Mr. One's Tween Room...but even though IKEA prices are quite reasonable, I just didn't want to spend the money. So I decided to create one of my own.
Or perhaps I should say "HALLÅ" (yeah, that's "hello" in Swedish...I'm smart like that...) seeing as how today I'm going to show you all an IKEA knock-off project.
Some of you may remember a few weeks back when I showed you the Dignitet display system from IKEA. I really wanted this for Mr. One's Tween Room...but even though IKEA prices are quite reasonable, I just didn't want to spend the money. So I decided to create one of my own.
Ikea Dignitet Display SystemI thought I'd personalize my version just a bit, so I decided to add some interest by using house numbers. I happened to have a few laying around that I used in the boys' room in our previous house to number their towel hooks...
I just had to purchase the number 4. So I ran to my local big box hardware store (you know the one that rhymes with "foam repo" and bought one.) I also picked up a package of picture hanging wire. But that was it for my purchases.
I wasn't sure what to use for the clips until I remembered that I had some old drapery rings in storage.
I removed the clips from each ring, and I had just what I needed.
The actual assembly was easy-peasy. I just measured and marked where I wanted the numbers to go on the wall (I made sure to use a level so that the wires wouldn't look all wonky once I put them on.) Then I screwed the numbers to the wall leaving the bottom screw a little loose on each one so that I could wrap the picture wire around them. After I wrapped the wire tight, I clipped it with some wire clippers and finished tightening the screws. Then I added the clips and VOILA! My $6 version of IKEA's Dignitet display system!
It adds a fun little sumthin' sumthin' above Mr. One's IKEA Expedit workstation.
I'm sure he'll have it filled up with his artwork in no time!!
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