Ikea shoe rack transformed into DJ furniture

[Cupe]

Materials: Stolmen shoe rack (110 cm), Stolmen suspension fitting (or end fitting), Vika Adils leg + wheel paint

Description: I came over two Pioneer CDJ-850 a while ago. Due to lack of space I soon realized I needed some kind of shelf for the cd-players. As the original Pioneer installation plates and arms would end up at $450 I decided to go the DIY way.

After a trip to Ikea I returned with a Stolmen shoe rack, a set of suspension fittings and two, black Vika Adils legs. I later completed the Ikea parts with a spray bottle with black, quick-drying wheel paint.

The working process:

1. Spray-paint all non-black parts and let them dry carefully.

2. Shorten the legs with a hack saw (mine are 45 cm tall). Re-use the feet as a head cover.

3. Assemble the shoe rack. Attach it to the suspension fittings.

4. Mount the suspension fittings on the legs using the providing plastic rings (don’t forget to paint these). Adjust the height after your desire (mine are about 35 cm from the bottom)

5. Mount the DJ-furniture on your desk using the screws from the Vika Amon.

6. Hide unwanted cables with some cable ties.

This DJ-furniture cost me about $50; that’s $400 less than the original Pioneer stands(!).

The best part is how well it fits the CDJ:s. The bottom of the cd-players are just above the front edge and the cdj:s are just as deep as the shelf. Besides you will be able to fit a laptop perfectly fine between the cd-players (to protect your laptop you may want to stick some stick-on floor protectors on the bottom).

Source: ikeahackers.net

[Mitch]

looks dope.

now that guy can use his savings to get a 4 channel mixer so he can hook it all up

[Cupe]

lol burn

[eggssell]

that is the dopest site ever though

[wrxfiend]

clever! just have to turn the tt's around now LOL

[russell]

clever! just have to turn the tt's around now LOL

first thing I noticed too.... battle mode ain't my thing but if its your at least get them the right way around.

[OxyKon]

clever! just have to turn the tt's around now LOL

first thing I noticed too.... battle mode ain't my thing but if its your at least get them the right way around.

Lol that's also the 1st thing I saw, so gonna do this I reckon

[BeatLeSS]

This is a freaking sweet idea. Would suit most studio applications as well for equipment. DIY FTW!

[OxyKon]

I've already tried looking on the ikea website, the brackets and the shoe shelf itself are apparently out of stock for most of Australia, but I'm not gonna trust the website stock for shit, might head out to ikea this weekend and see what they have

[BeatLeSS]

I've already tried looking on the ikea website, the brackets and the shoe shelf itself are apparently out of stock for most of Australia, but I'm not gonna trust the website stock for shit, might head out to ikea this weekend and see what they have

Phone your local store. You're probably right.

[OxyKon]

Just hit up ikea for this stuff, such good value for $60

[wrxfiend]

they have stock at osborne park mate???

[OxyKon]

they have stock at osborne park mate???

Yea bro, had to search around for a bit, the shoe rack and brackets I found in the bedroom section and the legs were in the study section

[wrxfiend]

I'm so doing this. Maschine serato and laptop on stand, tt's and mixer below. should even have enuff room for a proper mouse for the laptop.

Ox please post pics when yours are done? cheers

[OxyKon]

lol wont be for a while, with my current living status i dont have the room to set it all up, but ill post pics of the parts and painting them, my goal is to have everything i need when i buy a house to set it all up at once and have the ultimate setup