When we first came across the O’verlays site, we knew we had to get our hands on one of their DIY Ikea kits. O’verlays has created light-weight, flexible decorative panels that adhere to everything from dressers to mirrors. These panels take your basic, affordable home accents and furniture and turns them into custom, high-end looking pieces with minimal cost and effort. We decided to tackle a DIY Ikea dresser hack with this Jasmine O’verlays kit for the Ikea 4 drawer MALM series dresser.
Just a few simple steps get you from blah to beautiful:
Assemble Your Ikea Furniture
Preferably, this step is done with more enthusiasm and less high heels.
Gather Your Materials
You’ll need a nice heavy duty adhesive (we used this one or use craft store glue dots if you want to be able to remove in the future), rubbing alcohol, and a clean cloth.
Wipe Down Your Dresser and O’verlays
Use regular household rubbing alcohol on a clean cloth to wipe down all surfaces that will be adhered to one another, this will help them stick (just make sure to let the alcohol dry first!)
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Apply Adhesive To O’verlays Panels
Carefully Apply O’verlays Panel to Dresser Drawer and Tape in Place While Adhesive Dries
Stand Back and Admire Your Work!
Take a peek at the full process here:
Now it’s your turn! Head over to O’verlays and pick your project, then post to Twitter and Instagram with #myoverlays and you just might get a feature on the @myoverlays accounts!