Sorting the room out?

ALEX from IKEA? Let’s picture it at home.

INTERACTIVE 3D

Drag the model to turn it around

STEP 1 OF 24

Screw the cam bolts into the sides

Lay both sides on a rug, runners up. Three bolts along the back edge of each, by hand until they stop.

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58 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 76 cm, so measure from the floor rather than from the skirting board.

Owner discussion on reddit.com The ALEX drawer unit on castors, 36 by 76 format, 36 × 58 × 76 cm. Other sizes and finishes can use different parts.

Already finished the build?

Now let’s find its place in your room.

Five room ideas for the ALEX drawer unit on castors at 36 × 58 × 76 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 on castors, 36 × 76 cm, 36 × 58 × 76 cm, bedroom beside a bed with one drawer open

ROOM MOODBedroom

Room styling concept, not official product photography.

The front is 36 cm wide and 76 cm tall when it stands beside the bed.

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SIZE MATCH PASS

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For the ALEX drawer unit on castors, 36 × 58 × 76 cm is the size to look for. Check that the variant on the listing matches this one before you pay.

36 × 58 × 76 cmDrawer unit on castors, 36 × 76 cm130 min assembly guide

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Before it comes home

The space it needs, before it arrives

Check the wall run, the skirting board and the ceiling before you commit.

A couple more room tips

PRODUCT FOOTPRINT

36cm wide

58cm deep

76cm high

Width 36, depth 58, height 76 on the ALEX drawer unit on castors, all in centimetres.

Before the delivery day

The room decides more than the photo.

The ALEX drawer unit on castors is 36 cm wide, 58 cm deep and 76 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 76 cm: a tall frame tips up further than you expect.

Against the drawer unit on castors at 36 × 45 × 50 cm, this one is 13 cm deeper and 26 cm taller, which is the difference that decides whether it fits the gap you measured. At 36 × 58 cm it covers 0.21 square metres of floor, and at 76 cm tall it reads as tall and narrow in the room.

Owners mention drawers and doors on reddit.com.

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.