It s probably less work to make shelves from scratch out of solid wood plywood and or steel than to try to make a kallax strong enough to hang.
Kallax wall hang.
Mounting holes were pre drilled with a counter sink bit.
Kallax is stylish and simple but it does many things.
You can place it on the floor on a wall or as a room divider to completely transform your living area.
Plastic part was melted so used a knife to trim it off.
The ikea expedits are the old ones and the new modern series of ikea shelving unit has been named as kallax which is sure to please anyone.
How to assemble the ikea kallax expedit shelving unit.
In the end we decided to simply rest the kallax units on the malm dressers and fasten the kallax to the walls with anchor units for stability.
This also provides the malm dressers with a counter balance.
While waiting for the paint to dry kallax was prepared to be mounted to the wall.
In this video i give a simple step by step guide of how to assemble the ikea kallax shelving unit an.
Tapped plastic screw sleeves into all holes so that it expands inside the material of kallax walls.
Kallax is available in many different sizes and colors and is easily personalized with a selection of doors inserts boxes and baskets.
The kallax gets a bit stronger if you glue the dowels in practice glue means that you won t be able to disassemble it without breaking something.