October 25, 2023 - This DIY IKEA desk hack setup begins with 2 IKEA ALEX drawers. These drawers are perfect for their efficient storage capabilities and sleek design. They will also serve as the “legs” of our kids’ desk station.

February 13, 2020 - ... To create this clever IKEA desk hack, Chelsea Foy, the blogger behind Lovely Indeed, attached table legs to a LINNMON tabletop, then added a set of MICKE drawers for storage space.

June 13, 2024 - IKEA Alex drawers with waterfall laminate desktop. ... In the printable plans, I will provide three different layouts in 3D rendering. All of them can be built using the steps laid out in the plans.

December 31, 2024 - In this DIY tutorial, I’m sharing how I DIY my home office desk built-in with Ikea Alex desk and drawers hack, plus an Alex drawer organization DIY!

May 27, 2024 - But if you only need one set of drawers, why not mix and match? Use a cabinet on one side of your desk base and trestle legs on the other. This unconventional IKEA desk hack will leave you with furniture that looks even more custom.

May 14, 2024 - Welcome to week six of the One Room Challenge (ORC), Home Office Desk Unit IKEA Hack. For the Spring 2024 ORC, I’m taking an area of our unfinished basement and transforming it into a serene home office. This week, I planned and constructed a desk unit using IKEA components including two IKEA dressers, two IKEA Pax cabinets, and IKEA kitchen countertops.

August 14, 2025 - Sarah Merrell @sarahflipsit takes her workspace to new heights with this amazing desk hack. She uses the IKEA ALEX drawers and a ready-made, adjustable standing desk as the foundation and builds it out with wood and paneling to create a custom unit.

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August 14, 2023 - I needed both pieces to be exactly the same height so that I could run a tabletop across them, but the drawers are 4cm lower than the cupboard with legs or 6cm higher than the cupboard without legs. I’d long ago replaced the wooden legs that come as standard on the ‘BESTÅ’ range with metal ones, but luckily I’d stored the originals away rather than getting rid of them entirely, meaning I could chop them down by 4cm with a saw and swap them back in. The next issue I had to grapple with was the tabletop itself. IKEA’s ‘LAGKAPTEN’ range is designed to work with the ‘ALEX’ drawers, but the maximum length is 200cm.

March 28, 2017 - It is so nice to have so much storage. I’ll show you inside the drawers soon. Overall, this has been a very worthwhile IKEA hack. The total for the three dressers, two countertops and 9 pulls was $835 which is well under what it would have cost to have a custom wall-to-wall desk built.

August 21, 2022 - The office is painted Boothbay Gray, Benjamin Moore, reduced to 75% saturation. We used the Massey knobs from Rejuvenation for the drawers (custom-built, DIY). The Desktop is a butcherblock countertop! The canvas pin map is from TripMapWorld.

September 26, 2023 - Colleen used a set of blue IKEA Alex drawers and created the tabletop part of the desk from wood, adding a waterfall end as a modern twist. Skinny shiplap wall panelling adds texture and interest under the desk.

April 16, 2025 - Think you don’t have room for a desk? Think again! Spaces like the open space under stairs are the perfect place to create a workspace. Combine ALEX drawers with a LINNMON tabletop to get this look.

January 27, 2024 - Trim work and an all-over paint job (Boothbay Gray by Benjamin Moore) makes everything look like a custom built-in, for a fraction of the price! ... IKEA has many desk drawer units to choose from, but consider venturing outside the office furniture section to find something more affordable with more storage space.

August 22, 2025 - This stunning design is made from two IKEA ALEX drawers for the legs of the desk with a workspace on top. Hana’s Happy Home also maximised the room’s vertical space by adding four IKEA KALLAX shelf units above the desk for plenty of storage.

April 28, 2025 - It is a perfect size–just big enough for a laptop and some paperwork but not so big that it takes up a ton of floor space. ... Adding a DIY plywood desktop and seat to these IKEA Nordli drawers makes something so unique!

August 28, 2025 - Tying the whole space together is the gorgeous wallpaper and the pops of color from the lampshade and linen cupboard. This IKEA desk hack uses the MALM 3-drawer IKEA dresser and KALLAX 2×2 shelving unit.

May 3, 2024 - The Alex drawers provide storage room for the basic office supplies and they work as a divider between the two workspaces (ideal if your double desk setup is for two people). ... This Scandi style home office is made with a long tabletop (f.e. ...

Find the right fit for your workspace and work style with a variety of desk combinations and pre-made desks. A pre-made desk combination might be an ideal solution if none of the other desks you’ve seen around seem to suit you. Pick a tabletop you like, legs that match, add a drawer unit if you want and…