Do you also have an IKEA KALLAX UNIT? if you, you NEED to try this DIY! SO EXCITED FOR YOU TO SEE THE FINAL RESULT!!!😍👏

@elainerpvlogs

2 жыл бұрын

What color is it ? It look to me like sand or maybe is white I don’t know you tell me please

@grat2010

2 жыл бұрын

She said she painted with a color called Almond Wisp.

@aka_ocha

2 жыл бұрын

Looks AMAZING Kristen…definitely inspired to transform my unit. The only problem is that mine is from Target. Wonder if the Kalax inserts and door would fit. Love love LOVE!!!! Hugs- Rosalia!

@TabithaKay

2 жыл бұрын

Hi! Can I achieve this look with a unit from Target?!?

@susanm8957

2 жыл бұрын

Great job, love the color!

The legs look really good not being placed at the edges, it actually looks more high end for me 🤩

@KristenMcGowan

2 жыл бұрын

Yay! Yes I’m actually very happy with the placement too!

@kayelle8005

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. Love it. Great job.

@phyllisjordan5389

2 жыл бұрын

@@kayelle8005 lol lol lll

@SouthernMama2five

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Very modern and chic. 😉

@LaughingInTiny

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, agreed. Looks better set in a bit like this. And I usually don't like black hardware but with this colour it's stunning...

I've seen a lot of youtube DIY channels attempt a similar project. Yours is by far the easiest to execute, the smartest in terms of strategy (using already attached doors), and the best looking one in the final result. Really well done!

I love it through and through! 🤩 You are so creative and talented, Kristen. May you and your husband enjoy this piece and everything else in your home with great health, harmony, and all of the love your hearts can possibly contain!! ❤️❤️

Kristen this is absolutely one of the best furniture upgrades I've ever seen. It is an amazing transformation!

This is my all-time favorite IKEA transformation! It looks high-end, and the legs and hardware are perfection. I have a KALLAX in storage, and this is exactly what I intend to do--thanks for sharing your talent and ideas.

@cassey3063

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely does not look high-end! The finishes are very poor.... The half-rounds are extremely poorly prepared and finished ... Not good

@wandering4786

2 жыл бұрын

@@cassey3063 what would you have done differently ?

This looks great Kristen you're absolutely so talented. I love how it turned out.

@KristenMcGowan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

Love love love the transformation of this unit! You are so talented. This is an excellent idea for a toy room!! Looking forward to more of your videos!!!

That trim is such a brilliant idea! I’m so glad I came across this video - I have an old Expedit (the old version of Kallax) and I’ve been trying to figure out how to make it look better. I am totally using your idea. It looks fantastic and like a much more expensive piece! ❤️

@maymofoo8637

6 ай бұрын

Have you done yours?? How did it come out?

I have been looking everywhere for this style in an accessible price for a single mom, now I can have it!!! Thanks a lot Kristen McGowan you have made my dream come true. This is my first video but I will definitely be checking for more of your fantastic creations.

@JD10NN3

Жыл бұрын

Sadly currently in Canada just the wood (half round) would cost 200$… not really accessible.

@grlwchip6998

Жыл бұрын

@@JD10NN3 Understand but the comparables r $1700- 8000. I know accessibility is subjective but I stand by my comment.

I have been binging your videos for weeks now, you are so good! So inspiring. And you seem like a great person with a really nice energy too! And... you make this ⬆️ look easy, not like it took you hours and hours. I always need to remind myself about the real, massive work people like you put behind each project! Looks amazing!

The piece came out beautifully. It has a sleek yet soft look to it and could fit in any decor. To me it has an Art Deco vibe to it as well. Great job.

This is incredible and extremely inspiring. I have been searching nonstop trying to find a video/tutorial of how to re-finish a piece and this is giving some serious empowering energy. Love it

LOVE how this turned out!! And it looks like it is a simpler diy then many others like this. Nice job!

Amazing job! Those half-round pieces were a brilliant unifying touch for top and bottom doors. Also, you did a great job matching the door handles with the legs.

I’m so sick of Furniture is being so expensive when you can actually achieve it like you have done . Amazing 🤩

Absolutely 💘 LOVE the way this cabinet turned out. It looks so High End. The color and hardware made it complete.

Obsessed with this transformation! More ikea transformations please!! Also, love the new intro!

The transformation is a WOW! What a difference from the plain bookcase to an amazing cabinet. Enjoy your videos.

Omg I Love how you've transformed this unit, I have these myself and was considering getting rid of the one in the hallway, I have changed my mind since watching your transformation and been inspired to attempt to transform my own. Thank you so much! 🥰😊

OMG you give women a good name!!!! You can make any project look so simple!! I have been watching you for years now and I learn more about what CAN be done every time. Thanks 🙏 for your help all-ways!!

That came out so much better than I had thought. Talking about a transformation makeover. 💘

I love it Kristen, you are the best designer!!

It's doesn't looks like the former kallax anymore at first sight!... its wonderful! the way you repurpose it, Kristen... love it! ❤️😊

Looks beautiful very elegant 👌👏🏼

LOVE how it turned out! Can't wait to see the rest of the entryway!

This is one of the best IKEA hacks I’ve seen. Absolutely beautiful and looks like a piece of high end furniture. Thank you for sharing. Also the paint color & hardware are perfect. I love clean lines and for me this piece ticked all the boxes for me. ❤️💯✅

Kristen, you did such an amazing job 😍 I love it!!!!!!! & I love the visions you have for certain furniture pieces/spaces!! The turnout is always so beautiful. You inspire me so much 🥰🥰🥰

Kristen, words can't even express how much I love your videos ❤️ I have been subscribed to you for about 8 months, and have never regretted it, because you are the right person to be subscribed too 🥺

@nubianqueenmother7305

2 жыл бұрын

Stumbled upon this vid & am now obsessed. Your comment confirmed I should subscribe!

WOW!! No one would guess this is a Kallax unit. It looks like an expensive sideboard. You did an amazing job.

Love this tutorial! It looks absolutely beautiful! So glad I found your station❤️. I have the large (25 cube) unit which I purchased second hand for my office…I think I’m going to do this for the top of the unit. Great idea! Thank you!

I absolutely love this! Simple and easy. Hard to believe the transformation

WOW! What a transformation! It turned out great. My only change would be to run a sander across the tops of the half-rounds after they’re installed so they’re exactly the same height. Looks great as is!

@dchall8

2 жыл бұрын

Here's what my carpenter did on a much larger project. He installed all the cross pieces with extra overhang. After they were all in, he used a saw to cut all of them at one time, perfectly the same length. For this project the way she did it, it would require removing the door units after the half-moons were nailed on so they could be cut and sanded.

@graceamerican3558

2 жыл бұрын

My OCD saw that too. It really does look good - her project. Maybe trim across the top.

I love this! I NEVER would’ve thought about doing this! Thank you so much for always giving such great, beautiful, AFFORDABLE ideas ❤️

I love this idea. I am definitely going to do this one. Thank you so much for sharing.

This is exactly what I was looking for as a dining room sideboard to upgrade my space! Thank you so much for the idea!

Loveeee how this turned out! What a transformation into a beautiful modern piece! One thing that would make your videos more helpful when doing this type of content is including the prices and then showing a comparison of a high end furniture piece price to the total price of your DIY! 💕💕

@Annmiie

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, great idea ☺️. I did a quick calculation based on the prices in the links and the info in the video, and the DIY would cost you about 525 dollars - not including tools. The kallax inserts are expensive and the wood adds up too. Not that expensive for the result, but not nothing :)

@ortegasimpson3607

2 жыл бұрын

I am fairly new watching you, fabulous I. am so inspired, will be attempting to do the transformation as soon as I can get into my garage.Watching from Toronto. mid February.

This looks great. Re use something and making it new. Great inspiration.

Love this idea! Have seen a couple of these done now & they've all turned out so nice. May need to give it a try too! 💖

Holy Moly!!! That transformation is mind blowing! I was thinking they could be a viable kitchen cabinet option. Thank you for sharing your brilliance!

Love it so much, great job

@KristenMcGowan

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!💗💗

@shahinasiddiqui4475

2 жыл бұрын

Well done

We love it. I would never have thought of doing something like this it’s fab x

Absolutely love the transformation of this piece!!! Great job!!

This is gorgeous. Looks high end for way less, and quite doable even for a novice. Great job!

Such a fun idea, can't wait to see the results 🤗🙈

That is sooo awesome! I’m looking to give my Malm dressers a more high end look (I have two white dubble dressers next to eachother). I got some good ideas from you 🤩

Wow, Kristen. You have outdone yourself. Looks amazing!

I love that you transformed an affordable piece to something that looks worth $500-$600…amazing job and love the modern take on it🙌🏽

This is so stunning and such a smart way to use what you already have.

Looks awesome, you probably could've still put the doors so they were flush to the front of the cabinet since you installed the fluted pieces on the surface, they shouldn't be an issue sitting on the edge of the frame.

@fieldie

Жыл бұрын

I was about to type the same!

OH MY, it is absolutely gorgeous!

I am in absolute awe. This is amazing. So inspirational.

Looks great! Do you mind telling me where the black vase that you used to style the cabinet at the end is from?

😱 This piece looks so AMAZING!! You have incredible talent and a good eye to envision such an incredible piece out of the storage cube piece I’m blown away!!

I can’t wait to try this… thank you for the beautiful idea

Well done indeed. ❤️The black metal element gives the whole thing so much modern/ industrial character, what a pleasant surprise. You have great taste👍

Amazing job! Looks like $1,000 piece now. What was the total cost including supplies and paint?

@kristinm313

2 жыл бұрын

If you don't already have the doors, it would be somewhere between $200 to $300.

Absolutely stunning 🙌🏻 😍…. thank you for sharing. The only minor criticism is placing it in front of a somewhat large cold air return, very important for air flow of your home.

Wow this is gorgeous and pretty simple compared to a lot of other IKEA flips Ive seen!! Thanks for sharing this awesome project 🙌🏼

Yes! Iove this idea! I know it feels so good to see something you made,as soon as you walk in the door😍👩‍🔧.

I love u so much tell Christen I love him as well

Wonderful transformation! What was the cost of added supplies to complete this? It would be nice to include that in the ending of the video as well.

@KristenMcGowan

2 жыл бұрын

It all depends on what tools and supplies you already have! I already had the unit so that was free, I had to buy the doors which were $17 each, wood was about $110, paint about $20, feet were $17, pulls were $10 each!

@lorig.7127

2 жыл бұрын

@@KristenMcGowan Thank you! That information is helpful!

@TheMochaMonster

2 жыл бұрын

@@lorig.7127 Not sure whereabouts you're located but the project cost for wood should be even cheaper, since lumber prices are dropping now! Best of luck

@glennbabic5954

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMochaMonster I imagine the half-dowel molding to cover the front added up in cost.

@LiftedPRinc

2 жыл бұрын

@@KristenMcGowan So gorge!! How many dowels did you buy? I have so many Kallax pieces and want to do this asap! Thx!

Super impressed. Love that you showed each product you used. 👏

Looks awesome. Using the half rounds to join the doors, and get that custom look, was genius.

Nice transformation, however I would definitely inset the doors and avoid having the gaps shown from the side and also the double thickness of door + the half round dowels.

This looks so good. Such a pretty transformation. I was trying to think if it would work with having the cubby doors flush as designed, and I think it would, and then it’d just be the half moon wood pieces protruding. Still, really awesome transformation 🙌🏼

@KristenMcGowan

2 жыл бұрын

I tried but the molding pieces get in the way of the doors opening all the way when they are flush! So they had to come out a bit!

@dianawilliams3514

2 жыл бұрын

@@KristenMcGowan ahhhhh hadn’t thought of that. Good point 👍🏼 xoxo

@leoren2685

2 жыл бұрын

It would work if you had thinner wood slats or soomething - have to test by taping in place and seeing how it works to open the door.

@dchall8

2 жыл бұрын

@@dianawilliams3514 But if you used something else (shiplap, beadboard, etc.) then mounting them flush might work.

The best of the video is how you explain everything in way that even I understand it. I'm going to try this, because it looks very high-end.❤

I just want to say ... Wow ! Out of all the years I have been on KZread I have probably subscribed to a few people . Love your energy, you are so talented!!

You really present well and make it so easy to listen to you. I have learned a lot from all of your videos! I now have a plan to redo my entire small home for cozy, warm, and elegant ideas! Thank you for keeping your videos efficient and informative and detail-oriented! You are SO GOOD at what you do!

Beautiful- unbelievable transformation and a very polished piece

Wow! I'm speechless. Great IKEA hack.

Total transformation! Turned out unique and beautiful. Definitely not the usual shoe rack by the front door now.

This is a beautiful transformation.

This is the most beautiful transformation i've ever seen ❤

The transformation is amazing. I love it.

Kristen. You are my fav designer. I have learned so so much that my husband is impressed with my skills that I learned from you😊 thank you

You are so talented sharing your own talent !!!

This is STUNNING !!!! Wow. Just wow.

Absolutely GORGEOUS!! I have IKEA's Kallax unit in my entryway and your brilliant diy totally inspires me🙌

Thank you so much, dear Kristen. Frankly, I was running out of ideas for my ikea kallax unit , but your video brings hope and relief 😅😅😅

Wow!!! Amazing! I have a Kallax unit in my home office and now I’m tempted to transform it too. Thank you for the idea.

I just love this!! I'm about to pinch a Kalkax unit from my boys bedroom and was looking for a way to renovate it as a sideboard for my living room! Genius idea!!

What a beautiful transformation.

Wow, I love this transformation. Looks fantastic!

Now it looks like a high end credenza love it

Such an amazing transformation! This looks so luxe 🥰

This is lovely and looks relatively easy to do! Thank you so much for posting this!!

Love this. I'm creating a toddler platform bed using the Kallax system but wanted to create a wardrobe with doors on part of it. Love the customised wooden addition and will definitely be doing this. Thanks for sharing. Blessings

Excellent transformation! I enjoyed every minute of your project! Thanks for sharing and giving a great idea.

WOWZA! You did an INCREDIBLE JOB...giiiiiirl...look at you! Sincerely, so beautiful and creative!

This would be stunning painted in emerald green with gold handles and feet. I love it! Great job!

Great idea for slab front kitchen cabinets too.

What an amazing transformation! Thank you for sharing all your ideas👍

This is gorgeous!!! Absolutely love it and am inspired to do something like this for our dining room! Thank you for sharing this!

I needed this video. Was looking fir a sideboard....now I can just make one. Thank You

Kristen, It’s absolutely adorable & you have such amazing ideas🥰 Kudos Girl👍🏼

It has a real art deco look, its great

WOW!! What a transformation!! Your so talented. I wouldn't have the thought of that.

Such a great and creative idea. I was thinking about doing something like this, but you showed me how I could do this at a low cost! Love your channel.

Wish I had known this process when I had mine, this is beautiful!!! I'm gonna try that on another type of furniture I have. Thanks for the idea! Beautiful job!