Weekend Project: Pianoforte Accordion Sconce (Ikea Hack)

I had a chip of a lightbulb (pardon the pun) 2d a chip dorsum when I was posting almost Nickey Kehoe Interiors together with the accordian wall lamps I saw (and loved) everywhere. I knew I had something similar hanging around the identify somewhere together with realized it was my IKEA FRÄCK accordian bath mirror. I also establish an sometime $5 IKEA clamp lite (just hanging around doing nothing) together with thence I decided to role it together with endeavour to merge the 2 into a uncomplicated hack that anyone could do. And well, hither it is! The exclusively affair I had to purchase was a plaque (to secure it to the wall better) together with nosotros were set!

Materials Used:
IKEA FRÄCK accordian bath mirror
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 clamp light, (mine was an sometime 1 from IKEA) but a pocket-size aluminum clamp light would in all likelihood await fifty-fifty amend (I volition in all likelihood central mine out thinking almost it now)
Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 wall plaque or slice of forest (I picked upwardly mine at Michael's)
2 screws
Paint (optional)

How-To:
Remove the mirror from the accordian part of the fixture if attached (usually they are already apart when you lot purchase them). Our clamp lite had 1 hole (in 1 business office of the clamp) but non inwards the other - thence nosotros had to drill a hole through the other terminate inwards guild for us to sideslip the clamp lite inwards supercede of the mirror of the pianoforte accordion fixture. We slipped the clamp business office of the lite through the metallic slice where the mirror would go, leaving the pinnacle business office of the lite clamp on the exterior of the screw, thence that it wouldn't autumn down. But you lot could also simply accept it sideslip inwards betwixt the two.

At this quest you lot could pigment the plaque if you lot wished it to move a dissimilar colouring - even thence I chose to continue our's white to blend inwards amongst the wall colour, but dark would await pretty awesome too. Also if you lot wish, you lot could pigment the pianoforte accordion business office (which I was thinking about) but opted out to. But I create dear the await of a dark plaque together with a dark pianoforte accordion - simply similar the ones establish at Nickey Kehoe Interiors - thence I simply powerfulness pigment them later.

Once you've decided to pigment or non (and the pigment is dry out of course), you lot tin together with thence attach the pianoforte accordion business office to the plaque past times centering it - mark holes where the screws volition become amongst a pencil. And together with thence simply attach amongst the screws. We did this thence it's to a greater extent than secure to the wall together with won't eventually terminate upwardly falling off due to usage. But you lot don't accept to role a plaque if you lot wanted to skip that part.

Next simply attach to the wall together with you're done! I placed ours over my sometime pianoforte my Mom thence generously gave to us this past times yr together with which desperately needed lighting nearby it. It's thence squeamish to accept the pianoforte around in 1 trial again together with to move able to run into the music at in 1 trial too!

Wishing you lot a lovely weekend!

Jan
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My other posts this week:
New things for the littles at IKEA
West Elm launches affordable Bend outdoor article of furniture
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