Ikea Hack - Mounting Your TV to the LAPPLAND/EXPEDIT

Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Although this may look like the natural set up for the Ikea LAPPLAND TV Unit (formerly EXPEDIT). It is not. We reinforced the vertical cable-hider board to withstand the weight of our television. The final product is not rough-housing nor Earthquake-proof, but it is sort of key for holding all our entertainment-related products.

We loosely followed the Ikea Hackers- TV Storage Unit with Integrated Reinforced Television Mount tutorial for our Ikea Lappland (formerly Expedit) TV mount. We used the Amazon - Mount-It! MI-303B Premium Tilting TV Wall Mount Bracket for 32 - 60 inch LCD and so far, so good!

This is the Ikea LAPPLAND TV Unit. Despite looking like it, you cannot mount your TV to that middle backboard there. The particle board is not strong enough, but if you reinforce it with 2x 5' lumber, a couple L-brackets, and some pretty hefty nuts & bolts...you can.