{"id":117235,"date":"2009-12-04T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T12:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27523059.post-4658841775203396457"},"modified":"2009-12-04T07:11:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-04T12:11:00","slug":"entertainment-unit-from-stolmen-and-lack-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/117235","title":{"rendered":"Entertainment unit from Stolmen and Lack pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new take on one of hackers&#8217; favourite items, the Stolmen pole. Instead of stretching it all the way to the top, dragon_ll screws the poles to the underside of Lack shelves, which are then bolted to the wall. <\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-photo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_XGRz6uWGK3I\/SxUH-dpPAkI\/AAAAAAAAHHU\/YSWi7fiW1OQ\/s1600\/IMG_6720-796659.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410239297046381122\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_XGRz6uWGK3I\/SxUH-dpPAkI\/AAAAAAAAHHU\/YSWi7fiW1OQ\/s320\/IMG_6720-796659.JPG\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n&#8220;Back Story &#8211; I wanted a TV unit to mount my 52&#8221; LCD. I liked the ones that have a back panel where you can screw the mounting bracket on and have shelf space on the side for your A\/V components. Most places were expensive including Ikea &#8230; So I decided to make my own using whatever from wherever. Ikea was a great place to start as their stuff was easy to modify.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Hacking &#8211; I came across the Stolmen system that I liked a lot and it even had the back panel for the LCD TV. The problem was it was white. I needed black to match my decor.&nbsp; So I searched the Ikea store for something to use as the back&nbsp;panels. The good thing about Ikea is that they have variety within each system&#8230; The annoying thing is that they don&#8217;t have each piece in all the colours.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-photo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_XGRz6uWGK3I\/SxUH9rEpNWI\/AAAAAAAAHHE\/uPoxUwV5DgM\/s1600\/SNC00056-794072.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410239283471136098\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_XGRz6uWGK3I\/SxUH9rEpNWI\/AAAAAAAAHHE\/uPoxUwV5DgM\/s320\/SNC00056-794072.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nAnyways I was limited to the Lack side tables that came in black. I used 5 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/catalog\/products\/70060284\">Stolmen posts<\/a> each&nbsp;spaced equally apart (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ikea.com\/us\/en\/catalog\/products\/20011408\">Lack table<\/a> plus connectors).&nbsp; Used&nbsp;4 Lack tables to create the back panel and&nbsp;2 Lack tables&nbsp;per side for the shelves and&nbsp;because&nbsp;my&nbsp;ceiling&nbsp;was too high I used&nbsp;a Lack&nbsp;table and shelves&nbsp;at the top of&nbsp;the posts and then screwed the stablizers from the stolmen posts to the underside of the Lack tables to the wall.&nbsp; That makes it look like it&#8217;s floating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mobile-photo\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_XGRz6uWGK3I\/SxUH9yBiFzI\/AAAAAAAAHHM\/hlKkDaz7rsQ\/s1600\/SNC00055-795426.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410239285337134898\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_XGRz6uWGK3I\/SxUH9yBiFzI\/AAAAAAAAHHM\/hlKkDaz7rsQ\/s320\/SNC00055-795426.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>\nTo connect the tables to the posts I used the Stolmen shelf connectors but with the standard wall hangers from any heavy shelf\/wardrobe system.&nbsp; Screw them into the sides (for back panels) or underneath (for shelves) and with nuts and bolts for Home Depot they attached nicely to the Stolmen connectors.&nbsp; The LCD TV bracket was centered between the 4 back panels and each has 3 bolts with predrilled holes through each Lack panel for a total of 12 bolts.<\/p>\n<p>Now I know the Lack tables have a semi hollow core but I knew it was strong enough.&nbsp; It&#8217;s been almost 2 years holding up this 130lb LCD TV.&nbsp; I later added the&nbsp;besta storage to the bottom to store my blurays and games (also using the Stolmen connectors and heavy duty metal angles from Home Depot).&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img width='1' height='1' src='https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/27523059-4658841775203396457?l=ikeahacker.blogspot.com' alt='' \/><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/s09rbFoL9nRVPLlybSMuNoD76dM\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/s09rbFoL9nRVPLlybSMuNoD76dM\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/s09rbFoL9nRVPLlybSMuNoD76dM\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/s09rbFoL9nRVPLlybSMuNoD76dM\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Ikeahacker?a=wEtByOYBYG0:9nkdD4L8COY:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Ikeahacker?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Ikeahacker?a=wEtByOYBYG0:9nkdD4L8COY:4cEx4HpKnUU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Ikeahacker?i=wEtByOYBYG0:9nkdD4L8COY:4cEx4HpKnUU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Ikeahacker\/~4\/wEtByOYBYG0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new take on one of hackers&#8217; favourite items, the Stolmen pole. Instead of stretching it all the way to the top, dragon_ll screws the poles to the underside of Lack shelves, which are then bolted to the wall. &#8220;Back Story &#8211; I wanted a TV unit to mount my 52&#8221; LCD. 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