A kitchen island is one of the most requested piece in any kitchen, as it provides extra space to cook, dine, entertain, or just to get some extra storage.
However, in some kitchens especially in a rental unit, islands are a luxury as they can be expensive to set up and they tend to require a lot of space.
But with a bit of IKEA hacking, it’s possible to build an affordable kitchen island, suited to the dimensions of your kitchen.
You can even make it a portable kitchen island so you can use it in more ways than one.
The key is to use your IKEA kitchen island to its full potential! We’ve collected 20+ amazing IKEA kitchen island hacks that will show you exactly how to do that.
Materials: Numerär kitchen counter, small Besta shelves, Besta bottle rack, Capita stand, Vinna handlesDescription: Background – Always wanted to have a kitchen island that matches the overall kitchen style – Needed more space for cooking books that were stored on window ledge (can be seen on the first picture background)…
Materials: EXPEDIT shelving unit, LAGAN countertop, BRANAS baskets Description: Working with a small footprint kitchen I wanted to build an island that would provide seating, storage and extra counterspace. I saw similiar hacks on this site and was inspired to combine them into one super hack! First – I assembled…
Materials: Lack End Tables, and Vika Amon Table TopDescription: Pretty simple Hack. 2 Ikea Lack Side Tables stacked on top of each other, I used 4 L brackets to attach the two together. Then the small cheap vika amon table top glued on top. Cost me about 25 bucks between…
Materials: 2 Expedits 2 by 2, Vika Amon Table Top, 4 Vika Curry Table legs (only the top part), 4 Besta Legs, Drawers, SkrewsDescription: For our new kitchen we searched a kitchen island. But none of the premade matched our needs (my wife wanted something with color). So I hacked…
Materials: Akurum kitchen system Description: Web developer Tim Thaler hacked an Ikea kitchen island to sink into his sub-basement when it’s not in use. Watch a video of it in action: See more of the retractable Ikea kitchen island. ~ Submitted by Sonia Zjawinski, United States
Materials: Varde free standing cabinet Description: 1) Took the Varde cabinet (great organizer, looks tacky from the back). 2) Added a shoe organizer at the end (so when we come into the kitchen from the outside we leave boots at the door, and grab slippers from the shoe organizer) 3)…
Materials: Bekvam kitchen cart (or similar item), Lagan countertop, Vika Byske Table Leg, drawer slider, wooden slats, cutlery tray Description: I’ve had an IKEA kitchen island since sophomore year of college when I moved into a dorm room with a kitchen. It’s been the perfect fix for the common lack…
Materials: 2 Udden and 1 Pragel Description: With 2 Udden and 1 Pragel we made an island for our kitchen! Very cheap and very beautiful! ~ Francesca Romana, Roma
A couple of years ago I bought a STENSTORP kitchen island. Because we have little space, I wanted to put the kitchen island on wheels for more flexibility. We did the makeover this winter and it works so well! Materials for kitchen island on wheels: STENSTORP kitchen island NOK 3.250,-…
Danielle fits in a kitchen island with some handy hacking. “When we bought our home 6 months ago the kitchen was a total mess without much storage or work space. I love to cook so this just wasn’t going to work for us. The budget was tight so we obviously…
Jen puts Gorilla Glue to good use in this hack. That is, sticking the table top to the bookcase to create a kitchen island. She says, “I really wanted a kitchen island, but wasn’t willing to shell out the cash for it… so, i hacked one together out of Ikea…
ah … a cooking person’s dream – a kitchen island with a breakfast bar! here’s one from brian of caramelcook, made from the varde oven unit and countertops. brian writes, “i wanted a bar overhang, so i bought two of the 69” lengths of the counter, cut them down a…