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ALEX from IKEA? Let’s plan the wall.

INTERACTIVE 3D

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STEP 1 OF 27

Screw the cam bolts into the sides

Lay the sides on a rug, runners up. Three bolts along the back edge of each.

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48 cm of depth is the number that decides how this shelf gets used. Paperbacks sit flush, hardbacks overhang, and a storage box usually wants a couple of centimetres more. Height matters just as much at 116 cm, so measure from the floor rather than from the skirting board.

IKEA product listing The ALEX drawer unit with 9 drawers, 36 by 116 format, 36 × 48 × 116 cm. Other sizes and finishes can use different parts.

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Five room ideas for the ALEX drawer unit with 9 drawers at 36 × 48 × 116 cm: bedroom, hallway, kids room, sideboard and drawer detail. Each one is a generated styling scene, not a photograph of the product in a real home.

IKEA ALEX Drawer unit with 9 drawers, 36 × 116 cm, 36 × 48 × 116 cm, bedroom beside a bed with one drawer open

ROOM MOODBedroom

Room styling concept, not official product photography.

36 × 48 × 116 cm is the size to check when it stands beside the bed.

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For the ALEX drawer unit with 9 drawers, 36 × 48 × 116 cm is the size to look for. Check that the variant on the listing matches this one before you pay.

36 × 48 × 116 cmDrawer unit with 9 drawers, 36 × 116 cm210 min assembly guide

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Before it comes home

Will it fit where you pictured it?

A shelf unit fails on the wall or in the hallway, rarely anywhere else.

A couple more room tips

PRODUCT FOOTPRINT

36cm wide

48cm deep

116cm high

Listed size of the ALEX drawer unit with 9 drawers: 36 cm wide, 48 cm deep, 116 cm tall.

Before the delivery day

The room decides more than the photo.

The ALEX drawer unit with 9 drawers is 36 cm wide, 48 cm deep and 116 cm tall. Tape that rectangle on the floor and stand in front of it: the space left on each side is what you will live with.

Keep the depth of the unit clear in front while you build it, and look at the ceiling at 116 cm: a tall frame tips up further than you expect.

At 36 × 48 cm it covers 0.17 square metres of floor, and at 116 cm tall it reads as tall and narrow in the room.

Dust the shelves before you load them, and wipe marks with a damp cloth. Anything heavier than the stated shelf load belongs lower down or on the floor.