This simple step by step tutorial will walk you through the process of building a window seat from scratch using pre made ikea cabinets in just a few hours.
Window seat with drawers from ikea cabinets.
After shopping for our supplies the first stage of the process was to build the ikea cabinets.
5 8 mdf full sheet or handi panel depending on your size needs.
This was a slightly arduous task but we ve definitely built worse things from ikea so it wasn t as bad as it could have been.
Since we have plans of adding hardwood flooring soon we just arranged the dressers and kept those as is on the existing carpet make a window seat.
A diy window seat with storage is a fantastic budget friendly way to transform a boring window wall into a beautiful focal point.
2 malm drawer units from ikea if you don t have an ikea nearby there are really similar nightstands on amazon and at jysk 2 x 3 lumber for framing.
Ikea items used 3 stolmen 2 drawers chest two 43 1 4 19 5 8 and one 21 5 8 19 5 8 this was the quickest hack.
Before i tell you all about how we diyed this window seat using components of the ikea stolmen closet system let me tell you how a window seat ended up in this spot to begin with.
Assemble the drawers.
How to diy a simple ikea window seat built in.
One of the taller cabinets would house four ikea maximera drawers to store all our silverware and napkins.