20 IKEA Kitchen Island Hacks To Transform Your Space

It’s hard to find a kitchen island with drawers vs. some random wine rack and open shelves. So it was time to get creative and make my own.  After digging around on Etsy for what seemed like a million years I still couldn’t find one that provided enough storage. And…

Moving is a big pain, especially when there is a weird space under your kitchen cabinets that have no storage, and you have more kitchen gadgets then you have clothing — the dilemma my roommate and I had in our new Apartment. The strange heater location was the reason this space…

We recently moved into a big house (compared to our previous small apartment) and I wanted to make the most of my old Varde cabinet (the one with 2 drawers and 2 doors). We needed something for our quick meals and a kid friendly eating zone. We bought a countertop…

Materials: UTBY Stainless Steel top, GRUNDTAL shelf poles Description: I had to build this island in place since there were two studs from a wall removal which was attached electrical, and I didn’t want the expense of hiring an electrician. So I had to cut through the metal, and inner…

We took down a wall between our kitchen and living room. We had to keep a support column, so we decided to build a room divider/kitchen island. What we’re proud of is our DIY kitchen island is an IKEA BILLY kitchen hack that saved us a lot of money in…

Materials: Expedit Shelving unit, Pragel Countertop, Galant Tabletop, Vika Byske legs, wood and hardware Description: 1. Attach the countertop to the bookshelf using Gorilla Glue and L-brackets. I used 8 brackets total: 1 on each short side and 3 on each long side. 2. Drill holes into the countertop. I…

Kitchen islands are expensive! And they are not very cute. I took an old HEMNES 3-drawer chest (the bigger one) and re-purposed it into a country kitchen island. Materials: HEMNES 3-Drawer Chest How I made my country style kitchen island: I took the backing off the dresser and bought a…

Materials: One Norden item and some Franklin chairs Description: I was looking for an island in my kitchen which is not separate from the living room. As I’m not a billionaire, was searching a cheap solution… As I already have a Norden item from Ikea, the size of it was…

Materials: Lack Table, Fintorp bar+hook+door knobs Description: Take 8 tables Lack (5.9 €) and pile them two by two to form a cube. Take two patches of 110 cm * 90 cms* 1 cms medium(30 €) and screw them on two quoted of the cube. I put a bar Fintorp…

Materials: MALM, NUMERAR, AKURUM Description: My wife and I recently bought our first house. Yay! As you can imagine, living in L.A. means housing is very expensive, and we didn’t have very much left in our budget to renovate the new house as much as we would have liked to.…

Materials: Expedit Cabinet, Expedit Castors, Grundtal Rail, Lamplig Chopping Board, Grundtal S-Hook Description: We needed a Kitchen Island for a moderately sized kitchen, but could not find one that we liked. Taking inspiration from IkeaHackers, we decided to set about making our own. Using all Ikea products the whole project…

Materials: 2 x bedside unit (we think it was LACK but the nearest they now sell is called KONSMO), 1 x Large chopping board, also originally from IKEA (no longer stocked), a handful of screws, a saw, and 1 pot of paint. Description: When we moved into our current house,…

Materials: Ikea Hyttan Table Top (1 large, 2 small), 4 Vika Moliden Legs Description: Ikea ($390) 1x Ikea Hyttan Table Top, 59″ x 29 1/2″ x 1 5/8″. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/40115532/ 2x Ikea Hyttan Table Top, 47 1/2″ x 23 5/8″ x 1 5/8″. http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20115533/ 4x Ikea Vika Moliden Legs, 1 5/8″…

Materials: Expedit 2×2, Vika Amon, Expedit drawers and legs from other shop Description: I have a small area in my kitchen/livingroom so I decided to do this by using Ikea stuff which are cheap and easy to work with. Those legs I bought somewhere else. I’m very satisfied 🙂 ~…

Materials: Faktum Cabinets, Rational drawers Besta Push Openers Description: Used standard Faktum Cabinets with a custom re-enforced ground frame to hold the weight of concrete benchtop. Used Besta push openers to act as drawer openers so I can maintain a flush appearance on the front of the kitchen island. ~…

Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Norden Sideboard, Varde Countertop, Drill, Saw (table or circular) Description: I have a decent sized kitchen with a poor countertop layout. I combined the Norden Sideboard with a Varde countertop that overhangs to give me a kitchen island with seating. This is something that is sorely lacking…

Materials: FAKTUM Wall cabinet, Applad white FAKTUM Base cabinet for recycling, Applad white, CAPITA Leg, stainless steel JULIUS Bar stool, Stainless steel, black PRAGEL Countertop, black stone effect, White paint, Hooks Description: When we bought our house we wanted a kitchen island but we have a smaller kitchen so all…

Materials: Sultan Lade bed slats, saw, drill with screwdriver bit, screws, hammer, finishing nails Description: Saw some kitchen island that I liked but none of them had the exact dimensions I needed, nor did I want to spend $50+ on something that didn’t work for us. Every renter can use…

Materials: Effectiv cabinets, Vika Amon table top, Rill locking casters Description: I live in a two room old farmhouse with very limited storage and absolutely not a single closet at all. Thus I am always trying to find pieces that will hide my clutter. I have matching Effectiv floor cabinets…

Materials: 2 Lack Coffee tables (31×45); 4 metal brackets Description: 1. Completely assemble one of the Lack tables. 2. Put the respective table legs on the second table, but not the lower shelf or shelf brackets. (You could put the shelf on the second table as well, I just chose…