I have watched a number of the DIY DJ Facade videos on Youtube in the past. Today I was bored, and also was feeling a bit crafty. So I decided to make a DIY DJ Facade. I figure I would give the Facade I make to my son to use, BUT if I wanted to, I could certainly use it myself if it looked good enough...
I ended up making a trip out to IKEA. I have not been to that store in like 9 years, so all the more reason to refamiliarize myself with IKEA. ....It's a cool shopping experience. I noticed a lot of people hanging out in there spending their afternoon at IKEA. They have a Restaurant/Cafe where they sell Sweedish meatballs since they are a Swiss owned company lol. ...Cool concept!
Anyway, this is what I purchased in order to make this facade:
FISSKO $3.99 16x20 inch Picture Frames. I bought 5 frames
LED 4 seperate string Light for $24.99 (I just wanted to see how this looks behind a facade compared to a bar light)
Went to Home Depot and purchased:
5 sheets of M320 Sand Paper about $5
Also used Black Gaffers Tape
Assuming you already have Gaffers Tape, or Black Duck Tape laying around, you could make this facade for about $26 after taxes if you don't buy the strip lights.
It took me about 5 to 6 minutes per frame to unwrap, take backing out, peel film off the clear plastic, and sand down both sides of the plastic. Frames took about 30 minutes. Then I spent like 5 minutes taping it all together...if that.
Here is the end result: ...My son think's it's pretty cool. The whole thing weighs maybe 2.5 lbs. With the 3 front panels fully extended it should be just under 60 inches long and fill a 5 foot table perfectly. I only had a 4 foot table to show it on.
Just fold in one of the panels and it fit's a 4 foot table
That is how it looks with a ADJ Bar Light behind it
And this is how it looks with the $25 4 strip LED lights I got at IKEA
The way I have it taped, it folds up to 2 panels long. So a bag for this would need to be a typical facade bag, or a long Duffle Bag like a 42 inch long one. ...Or just throw a trash bag over it LOL.
I ended up making a trip out to IKEA. I have not been to that store in like 9 years, so all the more reason to refamiliarize myself with IKEA. ....It's a cool shopping experience. I noticed a lot of people hanging out in there spending their afternoon at IKEA. They have a Restaurant/Cafe where they sell Sweedish meatballs since they are a Swiss owned company lol. ...Cool concept!
Anyway, this is what I purchased in order to make this facade:
FISSKO $3.99 16x20 inch Picture Frames. I bought 5 frames
LED 4 seperate string Light for $24.99 (I just wanted to see how this looks behind a facade compared to a bar light)
Went to Home Depot and purchased:
5 sheets of M320 Sand Paper about $5
Also used Black Gaffers Tape
Assuming you already have Gaffers Tape, or Black Duck Tape laying around, you could make this facade for about $26 after taxes if you don't buy the strip lights.
It took me about 5 to 6 minutes per frame to unwrap, take backing out, peel film off the clear plastic, and sand down both sides of the plastic. Frames took about 30 minutes. Then I spent like 5 minutes taping it all together...if that.
Here is the end result: ...My son think's it's pretty cool. The whole thing weighs maybe 2.5 lbs. With the 3 front panels fully extended it should be just under 60 inches long and fill a 5 foot table perfectly. I only had a 4 foot table to show it on.
Just fold in one of the panels and it fit's a 4 foot table
That is how it looks with a ADJ Bar Light behind it
And this is how it looks with the $25 4 strip LED lights I got at IKEA
The way I have it taped, it folds up to 2 panels long. So a bag for this would need to be a typical facade bag, or a long Duffle Bag like a 42 inch long one. ...Or just throw a trash bag over it LOL.