This IKEA Hack Doubled Storage in a Small Kitchen Without Adding Cabinets

"They elevated the MALM using IKEA legs and then corresponding white baseboards "to make them invisible," she says, adding that the MALM is slender enough under the countertop to allow room for two barstools. Because the dresser is blank on the back, Sumi painted the backboard with blue acrylic lacquer to provide a pop of color in her kitchen, and she also painted all of the hardware required for the hack the same color."

"Once you've found enough room in your cabinets to store your dishes, glasses, and cookware - not to mention food - there might not be much space for anything else. Sumi explains that she attached an oiled oak countertop on top of the MALM dresser using brackets. They elevated the MALM using IKEA legs and then corresponding white baseboards "to make them invisible," she says, adding that the MALM is slender enough under the countertop to allow room for two barstools."

Small kitchens often lack counter and storage space, leaving little room after storing dishes, cookware, and food. A MALM six-drawer dresser can become a kitchen island by mounting an oiled oak countertop with brackets and elevating the dresser on IKEA legs plus matching white baseboards to hide the gap, leaving space for two barstools. Painting the dresser backboard with blue acrylic lacquer and matching hardware adds a color pop. Precut birch panels attached with nuts, bolts, and a shelving bracket create front shelving for pots, pans, and cookbooks. The countertop provides extra prep space.

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