Showing posts with label Ikea. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ikea. Show all posts

Monday, June 8, 2015

My DIY Ikea Children's Kitchen...

My not so little one has been interested in us cooking. So we decided to do this: 
After much research by dearest Mummy, Daddy got to work:
A RAST Ikea Bedside table, drill a hole and fit a real (minus water) tap to it so that he can mimic what we do. The overmount sink is actually a RIBBA frame (minus the glass) and mounted on top is an actual baking pan. Yes, that pan is the real deal!!!
Over time, we decided to get for him an Ikea cooking set (Duktig) as we couldn't really find something that we were satisfied with. Sadly though, he ended up banging them more on the floor tiles and making such a racket that we had to take them away...
 But here he is with them...
Using them as they should... Properly
 Until he realised he could use them for other things...
 Like so...
The End.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Ikea's Busa Play Tent Review

Recently, we noticed that Little One started developing this habit of attempting to sit under his Graco High Chair. I guess, children love to pretend they are under... something. Or rather something that resembles a house if you will.

As with most other things in the house, it's got to be collapsible and compact when not in used. So this product from Ikea, called Busa, retailing at RM49 fits our criteria.

And as you will see, he has taken an instant liking to it.
 Think of car window shades that you fold, and you get the picture of this one that expends into a giant box with 3 holes; 2 large ones and 1 small one.
 Because its light (obviously), we placed a quilt blanket to 'weigh' it down as needless to say, Little One will attempt to rock it and push against its sides.
 Peeking through.
 And crawling through. This product is meant for 18 month toddlers and beyond, and of course, parental supervision is paramount.
 'Wanna come in Daddy Or shall I come out?'
This is what it looks like. When completely folder down, it's the size of a side. Ikea doesn't recommend folding another round like how you would on a window shade. Maybe they are afraid the metal frame might get damaged. In any case, collapsing on itself makes it thin and thus, we can just slip it somewhere.

The 2 large holes are large enough for me to get in and out. And if I sit inside, my head will touch the top. I'm 165cm btw. I must say that this is one of those simple (and cheap!) but very effective toys that children will like.

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

A little modification on the Ikea Gulliver baby cot

What do you do when you realised that your cot requires some ... mobility?

You modify it!

So after 1 trial and error (due to the wheels not being supportive enough), we decided to go the heavy duty way.

It is extreme enough? Suffice to say, after 2 weeks, everything is still intact! :)
Basically, the wood was procured from Ace Hardware which is already in that width. I just had to saw them in lengths to fit my legs.
Long screws was used to screw from one block of wood, through the Ikea Gulliver cot leg and to the other side for better stability.
4 screws on 1 side and another 3 going in from the opposite side.
As each castor requires 4 mini screws, hence the 2 extra pieces of wood sandwiching the cot leg. These castors were bought from Ikea and as you can see, that black plastic thing is a wheel brake.

So now, we can put our dear boy into the cot and move him between rooms or from one end of our humongous dining/living hall to the other end.

The End.

Gyeongbokgung Palace, National Palace Museum of Korea & Going Home

Just before heading home, we visited this site: Gyeongbokgung Palace. Unfortunately, while it looks nice and sunny, it isn't! It...