I feel like Ikea sometimes gets a bad rap. Among my design peers, it is either the butt of the joke, or a stop-gap furniture brand when no more satisfying solution can be agreed upon. I would argue instead that Ikea perfectly fills it's niche of the market: easily transportable, affordable, and versatile furniture. These are the qualities that I love most about Ikea products anyway. I'm also a total kit junkie, so there's that..

A while back, I'd used 2 Ikea trestle legs to make a Kitchen island, which I then hung pots and pans from. I really liked the openness and simplicity of this table, so I wanted to make a second. First came the buying and unpacking of the trestle legs. If you don't meticulously lay out every component of the kit in a neatly arranged fashion then you will probably be ok.

Once both trestles were fully inflated, it was time to prep an unused door which I had in mind as a table top. The knobs were a slightly intricate assembly, and kind of a fun puzzle to remove. It reminded me how much I used to love taking things apart as a child. Luckily, I'm now more concerned with being able to put it all back together later, so no hammer or pliers were used.

The final table doesn't look quite as good as the original, but I think it suits the space a bit better. I'll have to come up with what makes sense on those lower shelves, which are currently being used as cat platforms (much to my chagrin.)