Ikea Entertainment Center Hook

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My wife and I purchased some Ikea shelving for our entertainment center roughly eight years ago. For several years now, we've been hanging lighted Christmas garland around the top edge of it, and I have continually developed and discarded various methods for simplifying the installation and removal tasks to make them easier and more repeatable. This past Christmas, I decided to create and 3D print hooks that would perfectly align with the moulding along the top of the shelves. These custom-made hooks fit flawlessly on our shelves. I used translucent PLA filament from Amazon, which blended seamlessly into our decorations. The printed items were flat and didn't require any supports. To add extra strength to these otherwise thin and flexible prints, I included additional bars in the middle of each hook.