4 the love of wood: I HACKED THE HEMNES SECRETARY DESK

I'm not sure what constitutes an official Ikea Hack but check out what I did to an Ikea Hemnes Secretary Desk.

Below to the left is what an original Hemnes Secretary Desk

looks like (older model) On the right is how it looks after I

replacing the legs with curvy dining table legs.

The Hemnes Secretary Desk is all pine wood and the

top portion is all complete and can be separated from the

bottom by undoing eight "L" brackets. That will leave you

with a simple base frame to work with. You can see each

of the brackets sitting at the top edge on the inside of the frame.

These metal corner brackets are original and held the straight

leg in place. I moved them down to line up with the threaded

rod of the replacement leg.

I then re-attached the top to the base and painted it in a
creamy distressed white.

There is a bankers chair that goes with the desk. It is a

modern oak chair with a really high lift that works perfectly

with the desk. I cut out areas for the chair arms to tuck right

under the desk when it's not being used.

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