The Anonymous Widower

A Clever Idea From IKEA

When I was in the kitchen showrooms in IKEA at Tottenham, I noticed that their corner cupboards didn’t have any lights. And we all know that things get lost in corner cupboards.

I have a feeling that our last two designer kitchens didn’t have corner cupboards because lighting them was difficult.

I thought that I’d be able to use IKEA’S OMLOPP LED spotlights, but wiring them can be tricky.

Then I found some IKEA STRIBERG LED strips, so I took one home.

Reading the instructions, when I got home, it appeared they were for wardrobes. But after a bit of experimenting, I found they worked in my corner cupboard. These pictures show it working.

Note that there are two things left to do.

• The door hinges need to be adjusted to get it straight.
• A hole needs to be drilled in the back of the cupboard to pass the wire through.

But it certainly works well!

Note.

• There is no wiring to do, as it just plugs together and into a 13 amp socket.
• Multiple units can be daisy-chained.
• It comes in various lengths with the 67 cm. version being ideal here.

In my view, it is much easier to install than OMLOPP.

June 5, 2016 - Posted by AnonW | World | IKEA, Lighting, My Kitchen