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Comment by jameshart | original | Hacking IKEA Furniture
[−]jameshart · 2026-08-30 Sun 15:45 UTC · link
One of the best furniture life hacks you can recognize is that you can replace the top panel of most self-assembly storage furniture items with a custom work surface suited to your usecase.

Take two drawer units, and instead of putting the tops on them they were supplied with, put a slab of desktop across both of them with a gap between and you’ve got yourself a desk.