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How to turn IKEA into MyKEA
I've got a love/hate relationship with IKEA. I love it, because it's reliable, dependable, and honest. I know what I'm getting, and there are no surprises. I hate it at times, for all of the same reasons. IKEA furniture can be dreadfully boring. Sometimes a room calls for more punk than practical. What to do?Thankfully, MyKea offers a solution that rocks awesome. It's like Threadless meets Ikeahackers.
There is art for all ages including an entire kids' collection; or sort by artist, or by popular IKEA collections like Malm and Billy. From what I can tell, the decals aren't terribly hard to apply, and
if you get tired the design, it's completely removable. Now, your IKEA
piece isn't a boring piece of white particle board; it's a blank canvas.
Repeat as often as you like.
The one complaint: some of the decals cost nearly as much as the furniture. That's the price of real art, I suppose. -Eva
The one complaint: some of the decals cost nearly as much as the furniture. That's the price of real art, I suppose. -Eva
Find More: Around the House, Art+Decor (Sounds Fancy), Getting crafty, Kids Furniture
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It's actually Ikea Hackers... http://www.ikeahackers.net/
Googled it after the link didn't work. Cool site!
Thanks Liz! (And yes, it is)
MyKea is a great idea, but the prices are ridiculous. $10,000 for a custom part of a book shelf? Maybe if the artist created it just for you, but these are images everyone can choose from. What mom can afford that, or not do it herself with a pait brush and some stencil?
Shari, they use the European comma for a decimal mark. So what looks like $5900 is actually $59.00.
clicked on the link but cannot connect to the page. i googled it, but seems like their website is down. do you know if they are still in business?
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Kathy, it's working fine for us. http://www.thisismykea.com/
-Ed