IKEA Hack DIY Breakfast Bar for a Narrow Studio Kitchen

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Living in a tiny studio can be tricky when it comes to figuring out what kind of furniture to get. Multifunctional pieces are key to making use of the limited space you have!

Before we get to the tutorial, I just wanted to share how making a DIY breakfast bar came into mind. I wanted to have a little area to dine, but also keep the living area separate, so I had the idea to include a breakfast bar in my narrow kitchen. Originally, I wanted to put a drop-down leaf table, the NORBERG from IKEA, and mount it onto the wall, but my property manager did not allow holes to be drilled into the walls and I didn’t want to find ways around it. So I had to find another way.

I was SO set on having a breakfast bar, but every breakfast bar that I found was either too long or too wide, leaving me with less space to move around in the kitchen. I started to feel a little discouraged, but after some searching, I found a tutorial from, Hey Let’s Make Stuff on how to make a console table out of IKEA products. It looked like the perfect table to fit in my kitchen and the measurements were just right, so I decided to give it a shot and make it!

Now you know a little bit of my struggle and onto the tutorial!

Here are the materials you’ll need:

IKEA LACK wall shelf

Size of about 22 inches wide is no longer available on IKEA’s website.

(Similar option on Amazon in white: https://amzn.to/3OM0CpV)

IKEA ADILS legs (you’ll need 4 of these) 

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/80353743/#/90217972

(Or on Amazon in black: https://amzn.to/3NpVvul)

Screwdriver

Pencil

Simple enough, no? This project was easy to make, especially with little parts to put together. It should take you 30 minutes or less.

1. Unbox and lay out your materials.

The ADILS legs should come with screws, so make sure you aren’t missing any.

2. Figure out the leg placement.

With the pencil, mark the areas underneath the LACK wall shelf where you want the legs to be placed.

3. Start screwing in the metal attachment.

I find that tapping the screw in using the back of the screwdriver and making a tiny hole into the shelf helps with screwing it in a little more easily.

4. Screw in and attach the legs.

And it’s done! Now you have a nice little breakfast bar to enjoy your meals.

You can always opt-in to get the taller adjustable legs, giving your table more height. I just chose to go with the ADILS legs because they were the least expensive choice and you can always swap it out if you change your mind. I also chose to have 4 legs instead of 2, like the console table hack because it provided more stability for me. What’s nice is you can unscrew the back 2 legs if you decide you want to go with the 2-legged console table.

To complete my DIY breakfast bar, I went with the MARIUS stool and added some padding with the CILLA chair pad (No longer at IKEA, but available in black on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3OpyEQZ. I thought it was the perfect size to store easily underneath the breakfast bar!

BONUS!

Check out the quick tour of my tiny studio with the DIY breakfast bar IKEA hack!

What other IKEA hacks have you tried or come up with? How did you make a dining area in your studio apartment?

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