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Ikea TRÄBY Hack - Wood White Modern Credenza

I recently put together a small credenza from the TRÄBY line. We put it in place under our window, right away we noticed that it just blended into our floor. I purchased some high gloss white paint and painted the perimeter with about 8 coats of paint. I think it looks much better. See the results after the jump.

modern credenza

modern credenza
modern credenza


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Comments (7 comments)

Wow! You’ve made it on Apartment Therapy 3 times already, fun for you! Keep up the good work “8 coats guy”

GeeMod / April 8th, 2008, 1:03 pm

Love It! Did you change the legs? Can’t find this piece on the ikea site.

bicoastal / April 8th, 2008, 7:37 pm

Wow! I love what you’ve done! Do you offer instructions anywhere on your website?

Anonymous / April 22nd, 2008, 4:29 pm

ANONYMOUS, the real trick is bolting the two boxes together. I used bolts with really large washers to provide more surface area. Then I used flat metal brackets on the bottom. Hope this helps a little.

admin / April 22nd, 2008, 4:43 pm

That does help indeed (although I don’t know why my name is coming up as anonymous–I’m Katy!)

Where did you get the wood for the doors?

Katy / April 22nd, 2008, 4:49 pm

Hi Katy the doors are found at Ikea as well

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/60105061

The door pulls I got from Ebay

http://stores.ebay.com/professionalhardware

admin / April 22nd, 2008, 5:07 pm

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