IKEA Living Room Hacks

Ikea items used: 6x Lack Tables, 1 set of 3x Skubb storage boxes I spent a good few weeks looking for something like this and couldn’t find it either on Pinterest, your site, google images etc. so thought I would share! I made a corner couch/snug for under my daughter’s…

IKEA Items used: SÖDERHAMN chaise Wanting to match a chaise to our existing sofa, we purchased the SÖDERHAMN chaise, but not the upholstery covers. There would be three parts to this hack: a) replace the chrome legs with walnut legs, b) use custom upholstery, and c) modify the backrest so it…

I have a really cool IKEA Rast hack! I attached wood shims to the drawer fronts in a 3×3 grid pattern to create a chic show-stopping dresser. To create this awesome Rast hack, stain all your pieces before assembling the dresser, glue shims on the drawer fronts, trim any shim…

I attached 4 STUVA storage cabinets together and then added plywood and plaster to the back to make a free standing room divider. ~ Jeanie

Materials: 2x TARVA Chest with 5 drawers (32″ wide version) 3x TARVA Chest with 5 drawers (15″ wide version) 3x 10ft 1×8 pine boards 1x 10ft 1×6 pine board 2×4 studs Screws, shims, paint, etc. Built from 2x4s, leveled and mounted to the wall. Face board is 1×6 pine scribed…

About a year ago, we bought a KIVIK sectional from IKEA. We liked how comfy it was compared to some of the other IKEA couches, but we didn’t like how low it was. We thought adding legs to the couch would be an easy upgrade. Boy, were we wrong! This…

I wanted to glam up my 3 Ikea NILS stools. I taped off the legs and left about 1 ½” of the bottom of them exposed and spray painted them gold. I purchased 3- 18″x 18″ Mongolian Fur Pillows at Target. I cut  an “X” on one side of the…

The idea was to replace my old living room coffee table with something new and useful. The final solution I came up with is easy and works great. I used a LACK coffee table and the LACK TV Bench, then I cut out the table top so that the lower…

I created a fabric paneled version of the Ikea Tarva dresser. Here is how I did it. MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THE MAKEOVER – 1″x 2″x 8′- quantity 3. I used furring strips. 1/4″ x 3/4″ screen moulding – need around 40′ Burlap – 2 yards New Knobs Spray adhesive Primer,…

IKEA items used: Kivik 1 seat section (x2) I liked the “seat” of the Kivik, but it was too low, and I wanted arms. The original arms aren’t available for 1 seat sections, and they were way too low to begin with. I constructed wooden arms out of 2x6s, sanded…

Here is my hacked IKEA LACK table. We made this modular table as we had another student living in a small apartment and so needed this modification. I bought wood panels and veneer and wood cleats to tinker my table in the workshop (diy workshop with circular saw, band saw,…

IKEA items used: 5 Billy high/wide bookcases (402.638.48); 5 Billy Low/wide Bookcases (702.638.42), 1 Billy high/narrow (902.638.36) and 1 Billy low/narrow (202.638.30) 5 Oxberg cabinet doors The original idea was to turn a high ceiling (9 ½ feet) room off the kitchen being used as a home office into a…

I decided to update my hallway so I converted my Lack Storage unit into a seating bench. First I removed the top panel and inner shelf dividers. I left the bottom panel attached to the lower unit. I made “doors” to cover the front openings out of Fiberboard, painted them white, and attached them…

Materials: LACK table, wood pattern I wanted to give some “personality” to a classic LACK table. For this LACK hack, I cut a series of beer cans of 33cl and 50cl with a simple pair of scissors, and manually bent them in the opposite direction of the original beer can shape,…

Greetings from Switzerland, where we also love IKEA hacking! This is my latest deed: 50’s retro coffee table Ikea item: Svartasen laptop stand Additional supplies: adhesive foil, passament (ornamental trimming, e.g. for furniture), silver spray paint, plastic primer spray, transparent glue, (blow-dryer) Step-by-step: 1. Unscrew leg, cover areas not to…

IKEA Items Used: NOLMYRA easy chair Step One: Because I knew what size my chair was, I knew what size frames would work with the chair. So I purchased two at Hobby Lobby, in the (wait for it) frame section, using coupons. You’ll want to do this so that the…

After the move we have to find an idea for the old Expedit. We wanted something colorful and with Chinese style, so that became the idea: to transform the Expedit into a Chinese Cabinet! Before: Black EXPEDIT (79 x 149 cm) used to store glasses and mugs. First I changed…

We’ve been working on a new house interior since 2012 and the style is Shaker/Modern Farmhouse, so nothing is complicated and IKEA has some styles that fit in perfectly with this look. We’re being pretty picky about this house because it’s our “dream home”. One of our rules is: NO…

I’ve had an Ikea Poang chair since ~1990 and used it regularly for many years, then it became a driving chair for video games, but in the last few years hasn’t seen much use. I’ve always wanted a massage chair (who hasn’t???) but could never justify $2000+ for a massive,…

IKEA items used: 1 Metod wall cabinet 1 Maximera low drawer 1 front panel drawer The METOD wall cabinet is supposed to be installed on the vertical position, but we switched to the horizontal. The MAXIMERA drawer is a perfect fit for it. All I did was drill the holes…