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MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack

July 29, 2016 by Hearts&Sharts 12 Comments

When I shared our dining room makeover and I told you I would share the DIY deets for the light really soon. But then I got some new pens, a doodle book, and developed an obsession with Illustrator, and here we are, weeks later. Whatever, this IKEA Maskros hack is already all over the internet and now my little obsession is gonna get you some more free prints (coming soon – seriously this time, though.)

Colorful Eclectic Modern Dining Room || Hearts & Sharts

I did encounter a little issue with this DIY that I didn’t see in any other posts and also opted not to use the paper things at all, and I wanted to share those deets with you. But first, here’s a quick pic of what the dining room light sitch was before:

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

Aaaand here’s what the Maskros looks like when assembled per instructions:

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

So, two things: 1) Those little stars things are made of paper and 2) the plastic ceiling plate is more hideous in person than it is in this pic.

You can do a google image search for “Maskros Hack” and see allllll the different variations, (mine is my favorite, duh) but once you can see how it’s put together, you can kinda just let your mind wander about all the crazy-nutso light fixtures you could make with this as the base.

When I said that the paper on this thing was offensive, did I mention that I was going to replace it with cheap plastic? Ha!

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

K, here are the paper stars that come with the Maskros. They each have a little plastic button thing that the paper attaches to, then that button gets snapped into the light fixture arms. It’s really easy but a bit time consuming. So, when I say you can really let your mind wander abotu how to transform this thing… anything that’s about the size of a ping pong ball (including ping pong balls), that isn’t also melty, would be a perfect Maskros Hack candidate.

I started by ordering one box of these small, white, sample cups (affiliate link), picking up the light at IKEA and grabbing some E6000 glue from HD. Once I got the light unpacked, I laid the wirey arm pieces of the light frame out to spray paint them gold (I used Rustoleum’s Metallic Gold). Then I taped up the light fixture to spray it down with gold as well.

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

To make the spraying easier, I hung the fixture from a hook in my paint booth.

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

While the paint was drying, I got busy gluing the little buttons onto the little plastic bowls.

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

And then I started to assemble it and thought, oh hold on, first lemme take the worst pic ever.

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

And there it is.

Okay, so, the instructions for this fixture will tell you that you have to assemble the arms AFTER hanging the base/socket piece of the fixture from the ceiling. That just sounds like a pain in the butt, so I didn’t do it. I’m not totally sure what the point of that is, but not doing it worked out perfectly, so… weird.

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

The only other issue I had was that terrible “ceiling plate”. I went ahead and spray painted it the same gold as the rest of the light but it looked so bulbous and tacky. I spray painted it white and it looked dirty against the ceiling color so I just decided to use the old ceiling plate and make some mods.

The old ceiling plate was in three pieces; 1. the plate, 2. that little hook thingie, and 3. the round thing that screws around the other thing to keep the plate on. I’m sorry, I just don’t feel like googling this stuff. There are pics, though. The only real piece of info you need here is that I hated that little chain link piece. It was what held the chain from the previous fixture, but would keep the new fixture from hanging straight because the cord would have to go around it. Does that make sense? Don’t answer that. I used my Dremel to cut the chain link off and then used a sanding bit to smooth out the rough edges before painting it gold as well.

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

Yes, I still painted it gold even though I said it looked tacky on the plastic. It did. Somehow this plate looks less offensive to me. But I didn’t get a pic of either plate, so I have no way of proving it. But here’s the light in the dining room!

Colorful Eclectic Modern Dining Room || Hearts & Sharts

Colorful Eclectic Modern Dining Room || Hearts & Sharts

Before and After:

Colorful Eclectic Modern Dining Room || Hearts & Sharts

Pin it for later:

MCM Inspired Ikea Maskros Hack || Hearts & Sharts

k, back to doodling.

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Comments

  1. Adrianne says

    July 14, 2020 at 12:45 pm

    This is such a beautiful hack! I hacked our Maskros light when I had my first son in 2013! Now I’m ready to renew it for my little girl. This is just perfect! I’m doing it asap! 😀 I’m so excited to have found this! I wanted to ask; how has it held up for you over the years? Would you still recommend the same bowls, glue, paint, etc?

    Thank you!
    Adrianne

    Reply
    • Hearts&Sharts says

      July 28, 2020 at 10:01 am

      It held up well. We actually left it at our last house just last year because the new owners NEEDED it. 🙂 I would def still recommend all the same stuff. Loved that light!

      Reply
  2. Claudia says

    May 20, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    This is one of the best hacks I’ve seen. What size Maskros did you end up using?

    Reply
    • Hearts&Sharts says

      January 8, 2018 at 11:13 am

      Thanks, Claudia! I used the smallest one but any of them can be altered pretty easily with a little planning.

      Reply
  3. Oksana says

    August 17, 2016 at 9:54 pm

    I MUST make this! How many flowers would I need to order?

    Reply
    • Hearts&Sharts says

      August 21, 2016 at 12:23 pm

      Hey Oksana! I used one box of these small, white, sample cups (affiliate link). Happy Making!

      Reply
  4. Beverly Adams says

    August 4, 2016 at 2:27 pm

    LOVE this light! being a mid-century girl myself (born in ’48) this stuff screams love to me.

    Reply
    • Hearts&Sharts says

      August 14, 2016 at 9:25 am

      Thank you, Beverly!!! Headed to check out your etsy shop right now!

      Reply
  5. Ariel says

    August 2, 2016 at 5:11 pm

    That truly is a terrible photo 😉 Funny how IKEA assembly instructions don’t always
    make the most sense and can be ignored.
    Love how it turned out!

    Reply
    • Hearts&Sharts says

      August 14, 2016 at 9:26 am

      Hhahahha, Thanks Ariel!

      Reply
  6. AJ says

    August 2, 2016 at 2:46 pm

    Phenomenal, love it! Thank you for sharing.

    Reply
    • Hearts&Sharts says

      August 14, 2016 at 9:26 am

      Thank you, AJ!

      Reply

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