Laptop Desk

Materials: VIKA OLEBY Legs, BRODER Shelf

Description: I was looking for a small desk to fit into my studio corner.

This was a really easy assembly. Simply drill the OLEBY Legs into the BRODER Shelf and you have yourself a great slim desk.

See more of the laptop desk.

~ audria brumberg, Greenpoint, Brookyln

Broder display stand

Materials: Broder system and custom iron work

Description: Using a Broder "T" foot and two "L" feet. I cut the "L" feet so I could weld them onto the "T" foot. This made an "X" foot so a single Broder post can be self standing. Next I used 14 Broder Center brackets. I cut the two ends of each bracket, leaving the center with the hooks for the post. These pieces were then welded onto the scrolls I fabricated. After that it is just a lot of cleaning and painting.

~ Bill Schaffell, California

Sci-fi shoe container

Materials: Broder shelf, glulam, angle iron

Description: A place to store and show off shoes. I used Ikea Broder shelves as "hatches". Frame is made of glulam with angle irons. Hatches open so you can easily pick the right shoes. I used also 12V cold cathode lights to add exitement.

See more of the sci-fi shoe rack and the rest of the apartment.

~ Antti Hakala "drakmin", Finland

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Broder bike hack

Materials: Broder Post, Height Extension and Foot, Brackets, spare 1x2" wood pieces

Description: We needed a way to store our 2 bicycles inside. We are renting and wanted something that didn't screw into the walls or ceiling.

We liked the look of the Stolman hack, but when we got to Ikea they had replaced the painted aluminum color Stolman system with a creamy off-white color that we didn't like.

We went with the Broder instead and as a bonus this is a much cheaper system - the entire bike rack cost us about $20. You'll need: 1 x Broder long post (80.25" or 204cm), 1 x Broder height extension post and foot, and 2 x packages of Broder front facing brackets.

Two pieces of leftover 1x2" wood (1.5cm x 6cm x 40cm) were slotted with a handsaw at the width of the brackets. Mounted on top of the shorter bracket, the wood forms a V in which to rest the bicycle top tube.

The extra, longer brackets were mounted sideways to provide hanging storage for helmets and locks.

~ Mark, Philadelphia, PA

Tableformer

Materials: Lack, Broder

Description: My son finally deserved a desk. He's a Transformer fan, and I had some Lack shelves to be recycled. The structure is made of Broder rails and cantilevers, the desk itself with the shelves, silver and red, in perfect "transformer style". The height of the working surfaces can be changed following child growth.

I bonded the shelves toghether with a screw bar tightened by nuts. Note how the bar fits in an existing channel (if you ever mounted a Lack you know what it's for), so you don't have to drill much. Then I screwed the shelves to the cantilever. The result is sturdy enough, I climbed on the desk just to check. The front edge has capped nuts, and it looks pretty neat.

See more here.

~ Andy War