How to repair IKEA furniture stripped wood screw holes Read more: How to repair IKEA furniture stripped wood screw holes

Ikea makes some great furniture with wood parts, but sometimes the wood screw hole strips out. Here's how to fix the problem and you can easily do it yourself! This example will be for a wooden top Ikea desk.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• toothpicks
• wood glue
• screwdriver

Get what you need for every
project at HomeDepot.com

1. 1

   Remove the screws from the wooden top. Place the top upside down on the floor. Don't lose the screws because they are hard to find at the hardware store! Place the top somewhere where it can sit overnight undisturbed.

2. 2

   Take the first stripped screw hole and inset a toothpick. Push it in as far as it will go and then break it off flush with the top of the hole.
   Now fill the hole with wood glue.

3. 3

   Take a screw for the top and run it into the hole. If it's tight you are done. Remove the screw and let the glue dry overnight. If the screw is still loose add another toothpick. Repeat until the screw goes in really tight! Now...do the rest of them. Put the top back on the next day.

christopher purnell
www.nychandymanandfurnitureassembly.com

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IKEA Swaps Furniture? How many nice pieces did you see in the trash this week????

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IKEA ARTICLE ( A MUST READ)

Over the past few years, swapping clothing, books, music and movies has taken off around the world, with groups meeting for swaps offline and online. Now, flat-pack behemoth IKEA is organizing a furniture swap at its Amsterdam store: a husselmarkt. The swap, which will take place on February 9th, will let up to 250 people bring in furniture—which doesn't have to be made by IKEA—and swap it for items brought in by others. IKEA will also add 12.000 euros worth of furniture to the mix.

The event is part of a marketing campaign that encourages customers to think like designers, which includes experimenting by rearranging furniture they already have (roughly translated, husselen means to shuffle, or move around). To help people redesign their living spaces, IKEA offers a tool on husselen.nl that lets users draw a room as it's currently arranged, and then move around pieces on-screen. Any furniture that no longer fits their rearranged room can be brought to the husselmarkt.

It might seem contradictory from a business point of view: if people swap, they'll buy less. But IKEA knows that once a consumer rearranges a room, or gets a new couch (even if it isn't strictly new), they're likely to want a new rug, lamp or table to complete the makeover. What's next? How about H&M organizing a clothing swap? (Related: Swapping marketplace.)

Website: www.husselen.nl

Written by: Robert Gavin

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