IKEA Hack: How To Shorten an IKEA RATIONELL Drawer 
IKEA Fans member Espo shared an IKEA hack to shorten the length from front to back of an IKEA RATIONELL drawer in an AKURUM cabinet. This was necessary because of pipes for gaslines behind the cooktop above the drawer. Not wanting to lose the valuable storage space that a shallow drawer under the cooktop would provide, Espo came up with this clever hack:
How to Hack an IKEA Drawer into Submission
After some trial and error, I found it is possible to shorten a drawer to accomodate gas lines or other obstructions. I took some the ideas Chuck had done in the past, and added what I needed on my own to make it work and this is what I came up with. If the sides of the drawers don’t have any obstruction, you can simply cut down the bottom of the drawer, and trim the back piece to fit on the back of the drawer. You will need to glue the bottom of the drawer and the sides together so the bottom does not slide. I ended up using a …
See more pictures and read the rest of the tale in the original thread in our forums: Shortening Drawers: Yes, It Is Possible!.
Tags: Espo, IKEA hacks, IKEA Kitchens
