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Ikea sofa hack, new legs!

16/5/2015

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Recently we got a new sofa bed off gumtree. It's an IKEA Karlstad sofa bed. I really liked the look and feel of the sofa but the legs that came with it had to go.

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I applied 2 coats of the stain/varnish (you can put 3 on) make sure the coats are painted thinly and you must wait the recommended 12 hrs between coats.

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After hours on the internet reading about how others had modified their IKEA sofas I came across these 60's styled round tapered wooden legs on Etsy. The shops name is Thirteen Colonies. All I had to do was tell the seller that it was for the sofa bed and not the standard sofa.

Delivery took between 2 and 3 weeks from Anerica to Australia which is understandable. I also had to get the wood stain/varnish and some felt pads to protect the wooden flooring.

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I'm really pleased at how it all turned out. A great improvement.

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