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Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

Sunnycorle — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 13:39:04 GMT

Hi Ladies. I am looking at buying some Alex drawers from Ikea for a beauty room. Torn between getting two of the 5 drawers and creating a vanity with a desk top on top of those or maybe getting the Malm dressing table as my vanity and getting the 9 drawer or maybe 2 6 drawers. Do any of you have Alex drawers for your beauty products and do you have any advice? I see them all over Youtube and am intrigued.

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

jackthebear — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:13:57 GMT

@Sunnycorle wrote:
Hi Ladies. I am looking at buying some Alex drawers from Ikea for a beauty room. Torn between getting two of the 5 drawers and creating a vanity with a desk top on top of those or maybe getting the Malm dressing table as my vanity and getting the 9 drawer or maybe 2 6 drawers. Do any of you have Alex drawers for your beauty products and do you have any advice? I see them all over Youtube and am intrigued.

they are very cool but need to be assembled, which stopped me from pursuing it

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

wvumountiefan — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:24:31 GMT

@Sunnycorle I do have these. I have 1 gray 5 drawer. When I ordered this my boyfriend who is a great carpenter and has his contractors license rolled his eyes and told me "they prob aren't any better than the particle wood drawers from Walmart. They came and he laid it out and starting putting it together. He looked at me and said, I'll eat my words. This is well made and better than I expected.

I love mine. I know of I order another one I'll just buy makeup to fill it but you can't go wrong. I have had mine for over a year and when I ordered mine I got it for about $63. They were having a sale if you became a member. I have no regrets.

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

Sunnycorle — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:44:12 GMT

@wvumountiefan wrote:
@Sunnycorle I do have these. I have 1 gray 5 drawer. When I ordered this my boyfriend who is a great carpenter and has his contractors license rolled his eyes and told me "they prob aren't any better than the particle wood drawers from Walmart. They came and he laid it out and starting putting it together. He looked at me and said, I'll eat my words. This is well made and better than I expected.
I love mine. I know of I order another one I'll just buy makeup to fill it but you can't go wrong. I have had mine for over a year and when I ordered mine I got it for about $63. They were having a sale if you became a member. I have no regrets.

@wvumountiefan @jackthebear Question on the 5 drawer- they are longer than the 9 and I am wondering if things get long in the back? I am leaning towards 2 x5 Drawers. Maybe the 6 drawer for Jewelry. My boyfriend puts all my Ikea stuff together, he is a doer and needs to stay busy so it works out well for me with this kind of thing.

They are $79 for the 5 now, bummer it went up but what can you do right!

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

jackthebear — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 14:46:07 GMT

@Sunnycorle wrote:
@wvumountiefan wrote:
@Sunnycorle I do have these. I have 1 gray 5 drawer. When I ordered this my boyfriend who is a great carpenter and has his contractors license rolled his eyes and told me "they prob aren't any better than the particle wood drawers from Walmart. They came and he laid it out and starting putting it together. He looked at me and said, I'll eat my words. This is well made and better than I expected.
I love mine. I know of I order another one I'll just buy makeup to fill it but you can't go wrong. I have had mine for over a year and when I ordered mine I got it for about $63. They were having a sale if you became a member. I have no regrets.
@wvumountiefan @jackthebear Question on the 5 drawer- they are longer than the 9 and I am wondering if things get long in the back? I am leaning towards 2 x5 Drawers. Maybe the 6 drawer for Jewelry. My boyfriend puts all my Ikea stuff together, he is a doer and needs to stay busy so it works out well for me with this kind of thing.
They are $79 for the 5 now, bummer it went up but what can you do right!

have no idea, never really looked past the DIY thing but there's plenty of pictures and info out there

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

wvumountiefan — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:37:33 GMT

@Sunnycorle wrote:
@wvumountiefan wrote:
@Sunnycorle I do have these. I have 1 gray 5 drawer. When I ordered this my boyfriend who is a great carpenter and has his contractors license rolled his eyes and told me "they prob aren't any better than the particle wood drawers from Walmart. They came and he laid it out and starting putting it together. He looked at me and said, I'll eat my words. This is well made and better than I expected.
I love mine. I know of I order another one I'll just buy makeup to fill it but you can't go wrong. I have had mine for over a year and when I ordered mine I got it for about $63. They were having a sale if you became a member. I have no regrets.
@wvumountiefan @jackthebear Question on the 5 drawer- they are longer than the 9 and I am wondering if things get long in the back? I am leaning towards 2 x5 Drawers. Maybe the 6 drawer for Jewelry. My boyfriend puts all my Ikea stuff together, he is a doer and needs to stay busy so it works out well for me with this kind of thing.
They are $79 for the 5 now, bummer it went up but what can you do right!

@Sunnycorle Did you mean "lost in the back" of the drawers? I have no issues with my Alex drawers. They come out pretty far so I've had no trouble with getting items stored in the back end of the drawer.

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

Sunnycorle — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:47:17 GMT

@wvumountiefan wrote:
@Sunnycorle wrote:
@wvumountiefan wrote:
@Sunnycorle I do have these. I have 1 gray 5 drawer. When I ordered this my boyfriend who is a great carpenter and has his contractors license rolled his eyes and told me "they prob aren't any better than the particle wood drawers from Walmart. They came and he laid it out and starting putting it together. He looked at me and said, I'll eat my words. This is well made and better than I expected.
I love mine. I know of I order another one I'll just buy makeup to fill it but you can't go wrong. I have had mine for over a year and when I ordered mine I got it for about $63. They were having a sale if you became a member. I have no regrets.
@wvumountiefan @jackthebear Question on the 5 drawer- they are longer than the 9 and I am wondering if things get long in the back? I am leaning towards 2 x5 Drawers. Maybe the 6 drawer for Jewelry. My boyfriend puts all my Ikea stuff together, he is a doer and needs to stay busy so it works out well for me with this kind of thing.
They are $79 for the 5 now, bummer it went up but what can you do right!
@Sunnycorle Did you mean "lost in the back" of the drawers? I have no issues with my Alex drawers. They come out pretty far so I've had no trouble with getting items stored in the back end of the drawer.

@wvumountiefan Glad you could decifer what I was saying. Exactly that. I am so excited to get this vanity up and running! I am afraid like you said of buying too much just to fill them up. Luckily I have such a stash it might fill it up without having to spend much else. Watching youtube beauty gurus has been alot of fun but I do find myself buying just as I do when watching QVC.

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

jackthebear — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:41:11 GMT

there's also dividers to buy and or make to organize all yr stuff too

sonnycosmetics dot com /products/acrylic-makeup-organizer-alex-42-compartment-drawer-divider

look quickly before it gets zapped

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

Sunnycorle — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 16:21:48 GMT

@jackthebear Thank you! I had found that site thru youtube. Its going to be so much fun building this vanity!

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

jackthebear — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 17:07:04 GMT

@Sunnycorle wrote:
@jackthebear Thank you! I had found that site thru youtube. Its going to be so much fun building this vanity!

good

I was looking around on Pinterest and saw that one

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

ID2 — Thu, 28 Sep 2017 20:06:31 GMT

@jackthebear wrote:
@Sunnycorle wrote:
Hi Ladies. I am looking at buying some Alex drawers from Ikea for a beauty room. Torn between getting two of the 5 drawers and creating a vanity with a desk top on top of those or maybe getting the Malm dressing table as my vanity and getting the 9 drawer or maybe 2 6 drawers. Do any of you have Alex drawers for your beauty products and do you have any advice? I see them all over Youtube and am intrigued.
they are very cool but need to be assembled, which stopped me from pursuing it

Seriously? Putting together any IKEA items are easy peasy. All you have to do is follow the picture directions.

Re: Ikea Alex drawers- Beauty room setup

Sunnycorle — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 14:13:52 GMT

@ID2 wrote:
@jackthebear wrote:
@Sunnycorle wrote:
Hi Ladies. I am looking at buying some Alex drawers from Ikea for a beauty room. Torn between getting two of the 5 drawers and creating a vanity with a desk top on top of those or maybe getting the Malm dressing table as my vanity and getting the 9 drawer or maybe 2 6 drawers. Do any of you have Alex drawers for your beauty products and do you have any advice? I see them all over Youtube and am intrigued.
they are very cool but need to be assembled, which stopped me from pursuing it

Seriously? Putting together any IKEA items are easy peasy. All you have to do is follow the picture directions.

Your so right on the money how easy it is. I once put a whole desk together with the Alan wrench they included in the box. I was shocked that I created a whole desk with one little twisted piece of metal. FUN! I am so obsessed with Ikea right now. I have bought in the past and cannot say how impressed I am with their products. The Kallex (spelling) 8 box shelves are amazing! I have two stacked on top of each other for Clothes in my bedroom. I have two of the Raskog carts too, one in the batheroom set up as a makeup hair stand and another in the kitchen for all my supplements.