Genius IKEA hacks to Upgrade Your Home on a Budget ▶3 

How much did all the saws, drills etc cost to do these projects? Doesn’t look cheap unless you do a lot of these projects.

I am female over 50. I taught myself everything from watching construction work and RU-vid, and haunting the aisles at Home Depot. The projects shown here are very easy, but appear hard because you don't know where to begin. The hardest part is not the project. It is research on tool selection so you don't waste your money. Here are some tips for you. Pick a project. Buy only the tools required. NEVER BUY CHEAP TOOLS!! Buy decent quality so it is a joy to use and you feel happy when you use them. Tools are your friends. Garden, kitchen, sewing, jewelry, DIY, wood working, metalsmithing, all wonderful tools! Tools free you up from dependency on others. Be familiar with DIY tools and good luck with your projects. Tools shown in order of appearance with costs: Dewalt and Bosch - Usually top of line Makita, Milwaukee - Middle cost Rigid, Ryobi - Low cost If you buy cordless, stick with the same brand for most, so batteries are interchangeable. I use Dewalt only for cordless tools because I can buy a lot of cordless gardening tools from Dewalt as well such as leaf blower, string trimmer, hedge trimmer, Sawzall, Chain saw 12". I find Dewalt more user friendly in design - good LED lights in front, variable switches, etc. However they are pricier. Not all Dewalt tools are good. The Bosch Angle Grinder is much better. Corded Drill and Driver - $100 pair - any brand roughly. 20V Cordless Dewalt Battery Drill and Driver - On sale at Home Depot now for $200 - Drill, Driver, 2 Lithium batteries, charger, bag. Very good deal. XR is Brushless, no XR is with carbon brushes. Buy the 885 or 887 models - good deals. Brushless simply means the carbon brushes are inside the tool which will eventually die out, so don't waste money buying 'brushless'. Carbon brushes are simply springs attached to a little block of carbon that looks like pencil lead. You unscrew some piece of the tool and replace them every 1-2 yrs. Get genuine Dewalt, not Amazon fakes. Makita is also good. I like Dewalt for these two tools, as they are very intelligently built. Buy these and they are user friendly, last forever. Forget corded, pain in the A**. Your drill should be chuckless (no key needed), variable speed, At least 1/2" size, and must have the hammer function. Impact Driver (screwdriver) should be chuckless, variable speed, have good LED lights in front. The 887 models are very nice but pricey. As a compromise, buy the 885 Drill and 887 Driver. When buying a bundled kit, make sure that you have all the functionality I listed. Sometimes they sell you a cheaper model! Drill bits: $10 a box. Titanium or Tungsten coated for wood, and separate ones for metal. Get also masonry drill bits - only the size you need for your project. You can drill thru concrete wall, make holes in ceramic bowls to convert to planters, drill thru glass and any tile. Wear goggles!!! Spray water on tile, ceramic, glass as you drill and set drill to 'hammer' mode. Start at an angle so bit does not skip. Non-hammer mode will not drill thru these materials. Hammer mode for glass, etc. Regular drill mode for wood and metal. Circular saw Cordless 20V Dewalt is $100. A cheaper alternative to a table saw but unless you are cutting wood at Home Depot parking lot or doing a lot of mobile builds away from a power source, no point. If you need a small mobile saw, get the cordless battery version. Dewalt is useful but be aware they make a smaller blade size so less choices in blades, and I don't like being forced to buy one brand. Use a corded Makita instead. Concrete float, sponge, and trowel for setting tile - $10 each or less. Buy grooved as per tile size. Painting: use a roller or brush and avoid major costs. If you still need to spray paint, then buy the Porter Cable 6 gal pancake compressor that any woman can lift easily for $149 + 3 tools that come as a kit: brad nailer, finish nailer, stapler. Look for Home Depot deals. Go to Harbor Freight and get paint sprayer. Start spraying. Harbor freight: Nitrile gloves $13 pack of 50 at 0.9 mil, goggles $2 each. Wear a shower cap for painting. Large holes in wood - use Hole saw set $10 - attach one to your drill and make a hole thru wood. If you need to make a partial hole only, use Forstner bits -more expensive. 2:34 - This is a Chop saw/ Miter Saw. You don't need this to start out with. Its meant for chopping strips of wood. You can do the same with a table saw or circular saw. These run cheap from $150 - $800. Lot of options: Bevel, dual bevel, sliding arm, compound, laser guide, corded, cordless, etc. A decent Dewalt one with most functions runs $650 + tax. You do not need this. 2:38 - This is a Kreg Jig for joinery. When you want an invisible join in a drawer for example, this allows you to drill holes on inside so screw is hidden. A bit pricey from $30 - $100 but very useful ... IF you are making cabinets or drawers or have lots of invisible joins. You do not need this. Use a simple butt join instead unless you want to ramp up your skills. 3:01 - The stapler used here comes free when you buy the air compressor I mentioned above. Load up staples of any size, turn on the compressor and boom, boom, boom you are in business. Wear goggles!!! Do any piece of upholstery professionally! Best wood glue: Titebond Premium II (not I, not III) under $10. Do not use Elmers, Gorilla, Spray adhesives. Construction glue - thick pasty, holds up anything - Loctite Power Grab Caulking tube + Caulking Gun $20 both. Do not buy tubes of glue your fingers will fall off from squeezing. Let the caulking gun do the work. Tiling - it is super easy to tile, but as precise as making a cake. Follow directions exactly about mixing time, proportions, etc. Use MAPEI products from Lowes - the best. Thinset Mortar - mix with water or Polymer (does not crack with earthquakes or in a van build) - spread with a trowel, stick your tile on it, let dry. Grout - sanded or unsanded - mix with water or Grout Maximizer (Polymer) and fill in the cracks. Wipe off with yellow sponge (don't use any other type). Let dry. Grout Maximizer is a Mapei product from Italy. It has a built in sealant. No cracking and falling off, no sealant required every year. Use it! 4:21 - Jigsaw - $45 Ryobi corded to $100 Dewalt Cordless. Useful tool for delicate cuts, curved cuts, shaving off trim. 4:42 - Table saw - Portable Dewalt Corded tables saw runs around $400. Invaluable tool. Easy to store. You really need this to cut shelves, boards, anything. Do not buy a cheap table saw it will be out of alignment. Best little sander to buy is the Dewalt Corded Random Orbit Sander for $65 - $100. Variable speed. Buy Diablo 5" disc hook and loop (Velcro) sandpaper in grits 80, 150, 220 for most projects. Mesh sandpaper is the absolute best. Attach your vacuum to it for even less dust. Do not buy a Palm Sander! You will always need a Studfinder - Zircon brand is good. HDepot has some sales going on now. $20 - $40. Locates the wood studs behind the wall so you can hang stuff easily. This is critical. My favorite tool is the Bosch Angle Grinder 5" with variable speed, paddle switch, and a continuous operation button. I buy the wire cup brushes from Harbor Freight - 4.5" or 4" accessories are fine on the 5". Use the wire brushes to remove rust so you don't waste sand paper. Use Flapdics for aggressive sanding. Use cutting wheels for slicing thru metal, grinding wheels for grinding down metal. Use diamond wheels for cutting tile, glass, concrete (spray water on these). You will love your angle grinder!!!! Best tool in the universe. Be a superhero of tools!

Восхищают творческие и рукастые люди!)

Horton has been adopted!!! Yay! May you find love fun and peace in your forever home... please people - human kindness to animals is severely underrated. Do your best. Be your best self!

These aren't for folks on a budget. Get real.

Боже мой,как только рука поднялась закрасить серой краской такой красивый комод.

Некоторые понравились, но некоторые просто реклама инструментов, так как сами вещи хуже, чем то, из чего они переделаны) Парочка очень хороших идей есть. Спасибо

Сколько прекрасных идей!👍🏻👏👏👏Super!!!

Очень понравилась идея со шкафом. Решили сделать у себя. Пожелайте удачи😄🤝

As a person who loves antiques, 5:58 hurt. As a person who does commercial painting, 5:58 hurt x2

Обожаю таких людей, из ничего конфетку сумеют сделать 😘!

Símplemente sorprendente. Geniales ideas. GRACIAS 👏👏👏

Great ideas!! Love your creativity.

Wow, great ideas. Thank you for sharing

Que ideias incríveis!...Amei.

Nothing makes me angrier than people taking perfectly fine beautiful antique furniture and remaking it into the ugliest copy-paste modern furniture you can find for cheap in the nearest furniture store. If you want modern furniture in your home buy it instead of vandalizing antique furniture

Super,to ja poproszę o wiecej takich projektów,brawo za kreatywnosc

Супер! Золотые головы и руки! Спасибо большое за прекрасные идеи! Подписалась и хочу пожелать вам вдохновения и воплощения всех идей в жизнь!

Несколько идей очень понравилось. Возьму на заметку. Спасибо.

It always hurts my soul when I see people painting wood :(

Love the last one!!! 💯 Nice bookshelf 😉

Fantastic and inspirational designs, thanks Quantum Tech.

Гениальные идеи для дома! Muchas gracias!

👍👍👍👏👏👏. Спасибо, всё очень круто! Успехов и удачи Вашему творчеству!

Caramba! É tanta criatividade 🙄🤭😘👏👏👏👏😍

Ну наконец-то наши « хитрости», а не лайфхаки.. спасибо❤❤❤

Sus ingenios son de muchísima utilidad, gracias.

I enjoyed this video, some great ideas

Sensacional!

Funcional, ótimas ideias práticas. Lindo trabalho.

Se fossi capace di costruire da sola tutte queste cose, non avrei neppure bisogno dell'Ikea !!!#

You have to be an expert builder to do some of these projects, lol!

Genial gracias x tus ideas

Ой какие вы Молодцы... Взяла идеи для себя.. благодарю удачи вам!!

Eu já apronto sem ver esses vídeos, imagina agora 😁

Love all these I just wish the products were listed in the drop box. XOXO anyway...❤❤❤

спасибо за прекрасные идеи. мне очень понравились ВСЕ ваши переделки. Некоторые я взала на вооружение. Но у вас очень много товаров разных для рукоделия. У нас такого нет...к сожалению. Удачи вам и здоровья.

Excelentes ideas admiro vuestra imaginación 👏👏👏

Genial. Muchas gracias

I Absolutely Loved them All ♥️

Well out of my league in terms of skill and ability.

Perfect...❤️😍 Bealtyful......👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

창의적인 작업과정👏👏👏 많은 영감을 받고가요❤💖🧡

That was brilliant!!! Loved every idea!

Great work 👌 very interesting vedio 🙏 thanks

Olá amigo muito legal esse vídeo

que belleza todos sus trabajos... una cosa más bonita que otra. los felicito!!

Золотые ручки!🥰🤩

Всё гениальное - просто! 😆👍

Wow some of these are actually good, usually these types of videos are full of ridiculous or useless things.

Nowadays people don't like simple things. They make them complicated. Lots of free time they have.

Idéias maravilhosas!!👌❤️🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🌻

genial las ideas gracias por compartir con nosotras 🙏

Wow great video 👍 beautiful 😍 thanks for sharing this video

Многое понравилось. Спасибо

Actually, I need a few of these hacks for my home.

You are right.. Some people are handy and do a lot of DIY. I have tools for stuff around the house. Cutting tree branches or trim work inside/outside, otherwise I would not need a saw.

Perfekt 💪

Hi my friend, it was great as always I enjoyed it

Как здорово , молодцы.

Good videos, keep making it!!

Anda!!!! cuantas ideas para mi loft!!!!!!!!! que fantástico!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!😀😄😍🤩😯

Tudo lindissimo Parabéns Deus abéncçoé

Amei tds as dicas.

Wow trop top j'adore !!

Fikirler süper...👏👏👏

Grandes genios .me gustó todo.abre la cabeza un montón son artistas.❤❤❤

Some of this good work is making dusting nightmares 😁🤣

Let’s go brandon 🍦🍦👍🏿

Хороший ролик, есть очень интересные идеи, спасибо!

sem palavras parabéns

Very good 👍👍

Last one was awesome technique

The name of this video must be “How frasform old beautiful forniture in cheap stuff!

Quién pudiera tener tanta habilidad y destreza, esas herramientas y buen manejo de ellas. Sufro, como cuando observo todos los inventos x ej chinos que facilitan muchas cosas y en mi país no hay, pero felicitaciones y gracias

Awesome 👏

Excelente 👌

OMG There is a lot of gold in here!

Wow,💯👌👍👏👏👏👏,saludos desde Costa Rica,Centroamérica.

Great tips, easy to get and easy to assembly! 👍

Yep. Cool. Just got to buy the entire contents of a DIY shop now...

Сколько всяких интересных идей

Recycled materials and up-cycled pieces make creating beautiful things more affordable. Save even ugly old hardware you remove; it makes a great base for vintage buttons to become classy drawer pulls, or practicing new techniques.

MEGA Cool!

Necesitas tener un taller de carpintería para hacer más de la mitad de las ideas,no compensa.

Thanks for the idea to use jute on furniture 💪

Very clever. But only 2 or 3 items used IKEA things. The rest were al lots of cutting up MDF board.

Это просто бомба,класс🔥🔥🔥

Parabéns. Ameiiiiiii

Super❤

लय भारी 👍👍👍👍👍

The herringbone door was a great idea but black would be my last choice to paint it

Bonne idée ,👌👌👌

Really Nice.

Nice ideas ...thanks for sharing....(Colleen)

We are building a smaller house and I really wanted Have a secret room I thought we would have to make a wall that will open up but that seemed very expensive this is a great idea thank you so much this will be much cheaper to do fantastic idea. New subscriber thank you

Nice 👌

All you need is very expensive tools!!

Nice😊, but I don't have the tools to make it☹️😭😅

Excelentes ideas decorativas, gracias por compartir.