IKEA Living Room Hacks
When it comes to furnishing your living room, IKEA is a go-to destination for many. With its affordable prices and stylish designs, IKEA furniture is a popular choice for those looking to create a comfortable and functional living space.
But there's the risk of your living room looking like an IKEA showroom if you use mainly IKEA furniture. With a little creativity and a few DIY skills, you can take your IKEA furniture to the next level and perhaps even get a few people saying, "I can't believe it's IKEA!"
From easy IKEA hacks like adding new legs to your sofa to creating custom built-in storage solutions, there are so many fabulous ways to tweak your IKEA pieces into pieces that are uniquely you.
In this page, you'll find some of the best IKEA living room hacks to inspire your own DIY projects and help you create a space that's both stylish and functional.
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Whether you're looking to add some personality to your space or simply want to make the most of your IKEA furniture, these living room hacks are sure to inspire. So why not take a closer look and see how you can create a space that's stylish and functional?
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Living Room Storage
You not only create a storage system that's tailored to your living room and the items you need to store, but also seamlessly match your style and taste.
LIDINGÖ living room built-in console
We used 4 LIDINGÖ upper cabinets and simply built a…
Triple RAST sideboard
Materials: RAST A classic RAST hack. x3 bare pine RAST…
BORGSJO with Barn Doors
Hello – this is my first (intentional) IKEA-hack! My husband…
Hyllis all the way
I wanted a Restoration Hardware/Pottery Barn-ish industrial looking shelves for…
Coffee table and side table hacks
Lack Turned Mid-Century Modern Coffee Table
Materials: Lack coffee table Description: When John and I were living in…
Laundry Hamper turned Beautiful Modern Side Table
Materials: IKEA ANTONIUS Laundry Hamper, Piece of cut wood Description:…
Reinforced Red Lack Platform/Stool/Table
Materials: Lack coffee table, Capita angled legs, plywood Description: My…
Klubbo + Fjellse Slats = Vintage Industrial Table
Materials: Klubbo side table, Fjellse bed slats, stain, polyacrylic, screws,…
Nordmyra window table
Materials: Two Nordmyra chairs, One big and heavy window (1/2″…
Coffee table from old Nenne computer desk
Materials: 4 dowels, 2 x 6cm screws, 2 pieces of…
IKEA Bookshelf Hacks
A Helmer-Lekman-Cupboard
Solid wooden storage cabinet made of beech panels with aluminium…
DIY plywood doors for Ikea EXPEDIT shelf
Expedit shelf outer edges are hollow. You have to attach…
Double Decker VITTSJÖ
Materials: VITTSJÖ Shelving Units We recently moved into a 250 square…
Bolly and Billy
Materials: BILLY bookcase x 8 I bought 8 times the…
George ‘IKEA’ Nelson CSS shelving (single series)
IKEA item used: Stolmen 2x sliding door cabinet, Grundtal 3x…
Combining 2 HEMNES console tables into 1
It all has started when me and my wife realized…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
Bolly and Billy
Materials: BILLY bookcase x 8 I bought 8 times the small BILLY book case, kept it 4 times original and cut up the other 4. I reassembled them into a very large cabinet (approx 4 metres). It’s a real eyecatcher now!
Rustic industrial end table
You will need: (2) Aptitlig Ikea Cutting Boards (4) 1/2 in. plumbers piping flange (4) 1/2 in. X 4 in. threaded plumbers pipes (4) 1/2 in. plumbers pipe end caps (3) 3/4 in. plumbers piping flange (1) 3/4 in. tee joint (1) 3/4″ 90° piping joint (2) 3/4 in. X…
Colourful Knuff table
Materials: FROSTA, Knuff The colourful version of the KNUFF Coffee Table! See this and this for instructions on how to build it.
Light Play: A programmable LED LACK side table
Materials: LACK side table With € 7.99 you take home a beautiful coffee table simple and functional, just like I like them … And if we add the led becomes unique! I was at the doctor and looking at the overhead to read the x-rays. I had the lighting (it…
DIY-ish Floating Credenza
Materials: BESTA I’m certainly not the first person to turn Ikea cabinets into a floating credenza, or “fauxdenza,” but I recently put my own spin on the idea. First my Hubby and I installed three Ikea Besta units – with glass front doors – in our dining room. Then we…
The KVISSLE adjustable coffee table: Don’t you wish IKEA really made this?
FEATURES: – Adjustable height – Adjustable length – 2 separate or 1 longer table – Storage space WHAT YOU NEED: – KVISSLE magazine files, 4 pairs – SVENERIK stools, 2 pieces – Bolts, nuts and washers, 22 sets – Extra washers, 10 pieces – MDF boards, 2 pieces – Carpet…
Two love seats make one super long sofa
Materials: 2 x KARLSFORS Love seat, 3x BESTÅ leg (2 pack) Assemble love seat, leaving off right arm on left love seat, left arm on right love seat. Do not attach legs. Tilt love seat on floor to have access to underside. Remove nuts & bolts from one arm. Butt…
George ‘IKEA’ Nelson CSS shelving (single series)
IKEA item used: Stolmen 2x sliding door cabinet, Grundtal 3x lights, Ekby Jarpen 2x shelf, Ledberg LED lights, Ekby Lerberg bracket, Ekby Riset bracket for sloping wall, Kvissle wall newspaper rack, Vaggis noticeboard, and Bjarnum folding hook. This is my newly second post for my DIY Bookcase & Shelving (under…
Combining 2 HEMNES console tables into 1
It all has started when me and my wife realized that 1 Hemnes table is not enough and 2 is too much. ‘What’s the problem, then?’, – we said to each other, – ‘Let’s cut 1 quarter of a table and combine them together!’ To repeat our hack you’ll need:…
BILLY Bookcases transform into Queen Murphy Bed
We live in Manhattan where space is a premium. We are fortunate to have a playroom that also needs to double as a guest room. Our idea was to hide a queen murphy bed behind our IKEA BILLY bookcases. What’s a murphy bed? A Murphy bed is also called a…
BESTA wall cabinets mod to sideboard
Materials: BESTA wall hanging units Purchased 2 of the Besta wall hanging units to make a side board. Added hand turned legs all 2 PAK sprayed gloss white to match high gloss doors.
Mantlepiece with DVD storage
Materials: Benno DVD tower (£18). Lack Wall shelf – (£19) for 190cm. Lack Wall shelf – (£10) for 110cm Living in a small apartment means that storage is difficult, especially when my girlfriend has so many shoes. And then there’s the whole argument about having DVDs on show or in…
How To Make a Billy Bookcase Look Expensive
Materials: BILLY Bookcases I started by looking up “billy Ikea hack” on Google images, I went through tons of photos and blog posts showing the different changes one could make. (Kate’s hack on her blog Centsational Girl was my fave) I measured my space and consulted the good old website…
MALM & BILLY Storage Wall
Storage-wall based on MALM and BILLY shelves. Me and my son built this storage-wall in my old apartment, based on BILLY shelves and MALM drawers, with some additions. Work in progress: The furniture is built as usual, with the exception that the small “base-plank” at the bottom of each piece…
Klippan Corner Sofa Conversion and Longer Oak Fence Post Legs
Materials: KLIPPAN sofa x 2 Firstly, I cut the arm off one of the sofa’s. This made a very comfy place for two to stretch there legs out across and still have enough space for one person at each of the ends. I then decided that the sofa was far…
BILLY Built-Ins for home office
Materials: BILLY We added 1×8′s around the bottoms and 1×2′s to the sides of the BILLY bookcases for decorative molding. We painted them white and mint on the backs. We then brought them into the room and attached them to the wall using L-brackets. The tops are finished with more…
New version of the coffee table with KNUFF magazine files
Materials: KNUFF magazine holders, FROSTA stool, NASUM basket My project is a new version of this amazing and original project . I found the idea of it here, in IkeaHacker.com and had a great inspiration for a home deco DIY. I have adapted it to my style, adding some Ikea NASUM basket…
HEMNES lightens up
Materials: HEMNES dresser It was originally black to suit our bedroom as a dresser, I put three coats of primer and 3 coats of polycryllic on the dresser body, stained 1×6 a weathered grey, and poly-ed them. OH! and ripped out the particle board back and put up bead board,…
Frosta X: Take 2
Splinternet revisits the fabulous Frosta X hack by Andreas Bhend. See how it is done in video. Link to video.
Backwards Billy TV Mount in Built-Ins (with Clock)
Materials: Besta shelf unit (47.25″ x 15.75″ x 25.25″) with Besta Vara glass doors and push openers, Billy bookcases 11″ deep 79.5″ tall (3 wide 1 narrow), Billy height extension units (7 wide 8 narrow) Our NYC apartment has a living/dining room with a recessed wall (11.5″ deep, perfect for Billy shelves!). I…
