Oma Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Yesterday Mike (DH) wanted to take me out to breakfast. I told him what I really wanted was to have my drawers from Ikea put together. Well, he made me breakfast. He worked all day to get the drawers put together and he took me and Makayla (GD) to Carl Jr's for dinner (she only had 30 minutes before she had to be at work). I told him this was better than a pair of diamond earrings. It was a great Mother's Day. I got them at Ikea...a five hour round trip for us. I bought six of the shorter ones and two taller ones. Some went into my office and the others went under my longarm. I planned for five under there, but I forgot I had an electrical receptacle put in the floor and of course, it's right in the way of the fifth cabinet. I found another place for it and it looks great. The picture only shows three cabinets, but there is actually four under there. I left the wheels off of these because they were a tad too tall. I could have raised my longarm, but this was simpler. Last week I got rid of my large ironing board and replaced it with this nice cabinet. Then I recovered my big rectangle wooden ironing board top and look how good it looks. So much more functional than sitting on top of the ironing board. I have a place to put all my ironing stuff out of site. Yay! Now I really need to get it straightened up and organized so I can start sewing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iquiltit Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 really great I love them Carol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 He's a keeper! I got one of those cabinets last week. I'll be getting more when we get into the new house. They are very functional! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srichardson Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 They look great. I have been planning on buy a couple as thread drawers but I never seem to get myself to Ikea. I need to get my rear in gear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T Row Studio Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Good for you Oma. It looks fantastic, You are one luck lady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JuneR Posted May 9, 2016 Report Share Posted May 9, 2016 Looks great! There's an Ikea about an hour and a half from here, might need to take a trip....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apylinski Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 What are those cabinets called. I've seen other pics of sewing studios with these and I love them. Just wondering how big they are...depth of drawers, etc. love what you've done with them. Awesome storage space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted May 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 They are called Alex and you get them at Ikea. They are very reasonable in comparison to any others. They assemble so well and all of the parts are there. Very nice cabinets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamarack Posted May 10, 2016 Report Share Posted May 10, 2016 I love my Alex cabinets under my longarm! I'm eight hours ( one way) from an Ikea so i use to beg friends and family to pick up one before they came to visit. , i now have four. Hope you enjoy yours as much as I do mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apylinski Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 I just looked them up. Not a bad price. I'm curious what you can store in them? The site doesn't say how deep the drawers are. Would they be deep enough to hold cones of thread?I think these would be wonderful under my longarm too. unfortunately I have no IKEA near me and have only been to one in Orlando. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamarack Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 I just looked them up. Not a bad price. I'm curious what you can store in them? The site doesn't say how deep the drawers are. Would they be deep enough to hold cones of thread?I think these would be wonderful under my longarm too. unfortunately I have no IKEA near me and have only been to one in Orlando. Ann I had my husband make wooden dividers to hold my So Fine cones. I also store my pantographs and rulers in these cabinets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oma Posted May 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Ann, each unit has six drawers. Three of them are 3" deep and three are 4" deep. They are 24" wide and 17" deep. So very nice. Each of the shorter wider ones. If you want measurements of the two tall ones I can do it tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battynurse Posted May 11, 2016 Report Share Posted May 11, 2016 Love how you have it organized. I have a couple of those drawer sets and they're great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apylinski Posted May 12, 2016 Report Share Posted May 12, 2016 Thank you Kathy and Oma. I definitely think I may have to have these. They would be perfect for my storage under the longarm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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