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.
Besta Based Credenza
The base is made of BESTÅ cabinets: 2 * BESTÅ…
Elevated long bookcase
Materials: 1 x 5 Expedit x 2 We have a…
Bestå goes Arabesque
I was trying to find a TV stand that would…
Mid Century Style Credenza
Materials: FAKTUM I made this vintage style credenza using three…
Coffee table and side table hacks
Lack Ottomans
Materials: Lack side table, high density foam (21 5/8″ x…
Geometric Pebbles on the Ramvik
Materials: Ramvik Coffee Table, acrylic craft paint (grey black white…
Lift top coffee table
Materials: 2 Lack coffee table Description: From 2 Lack coffee…
One Leg Lack
Materials: Lack table top +18″ diam. wood reel + 3…
Granas gone rustic
Materials: Ikea granas table, applaro patio, glue gun, skill saw…
Four Lack table base coffee table
Materials: Lack side tables, piece of Pragel, flower pot, glass…
IKEA Bookshelf Hacks
George ‘ikea’ Nelson shelving
Materials: STOLMEN SHELF W110XD50, STOLMEN W55XD50,STOLMEN Cabinet w/2 doors W11xD45,…
Expedit homemade tops
Materials: expedit 4×4, plywood, beam, magnets, double face strong tape,…
Fake old library
Materials: Billy, Benno, Lack Description: We wanted to create an old style…
Flexible Pine book shelf
Materials: 7 black Lack shelves (26×30 cm), 8 pine shelves…
Ikea Shelving to Built in Bookcases
Materials: 4 Ikea shelves Description: The full detailed instructions can be found…
Billy Bookcase Face Lift
Materials: Billy bookcase Description: I beefed up two Billy bookcases using…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
Hemnes Lift-top Coffee Table
Materials: Hemnes Table, lift-top hinge Description: Lift-top functionality allows your coffee table to raise up and move closer to you, which is useful for eating on your coffee table. I wanted to add this to my new Hemnes. I ordered a set of lift-top hinges from AliExpress for about $30…
Kivik Mid-Century Makeover
before after Materials: Kivik loveseat, Kivik chaise, Blekinge white slipcover Description: We were sick and tired of our grey-brown slipcover (and…our cats had kinda shredded the arms) that we decided to buy the Blekinge white slipcover, dye it in the bathtub and tuft the pillows. The result is pretty fabulous.…
Butcher block coffee table and end table
Materials: Numerar oak kitchen countertop Description: We remodeled out kitchen with IKEA. There was left over butcher block counter top so we turned the leftovers into a matching coffee table and end table. The end table is the piece that was cut out from the sink. The coffee table is…
Laundry Hamper turned Beautiful Modern Side Table
Materials: IKEA ANTONIUS Laundry Hamper, Piece of cut wood Description: 1. Removed hamper bag from hamper frame. 2. Spray painted frame of the hamper black 3. Went to Lowes and had the nice gentleman in the lumber department cut me a thick square of wood (any indoor wood) about 15.5…
Reinforced Red Lack Platform/Stool/Table
Materials: Lack coffee table, Capita angled legs, plywood Description: My girlfriend is just shy of five feet tall; I am six and a bit. I’ll leave the rest to the imagination of the reader, but I felt we needed a stool at around 8″, which is hard to find. I…
Making a Living Room Partition with IKEA BILLY
I built a 3 meter wide by 2.30 tall entry way and living room partition. Materials: Billy Bookshelves Moreno glass doors Benno DVD Shelves My entry way / living room partition: The entry way has 2 Billy bookcases fixed together (back to back) as one unit, with no back attached…
Seussing a bar stool into a baby high chair
Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Ikea’s Franklin bar stool, oleo paints, color prints of Ms Seuss books, mod podge Description: 1. I cut with a sew the four legs of the chair to make it the perfect height to allow my son to eat at our table. 2. I took it all…
Strandmon Rocker
Materials: STRANDMON, drill, rocking chair runners Description: Hello! I decided to turn an IKEA Strandmon chair into a rocking chair. I found a site online where you could buy unfinished rocking chair runners. I ordered a set, and measured where the feet of the Strandmon would go. Very carefully, we…
IKEA Hack Built-In Cabinets for Family Room TV & Books
This is our second IKEA Hack. We had previously built a shelf/closet system for our living room out of PAX and BESTÅ units. Pictured below. We wanted to do something similar built-in cabinets for our family room which would also hold the TV and have some lower cabinets for storage…
Expedit Room Divider
Materials: Expedit Desk and Shelves Description: Our office is right next to our front door and there is no door to the room so it is completely open. In order to get a modicum of privacy, we decided to use the Expedit desk system and face the bookshelves towards the…
New life for Old Poang!
Materials: Poang Chair, Fence boards, drywall screws Description: Poang… That iconic chair from IKEA, what do I do when I see one on the side of the road that obviously has seen better days? I throw it in the truck!!! I was looking at the frame and thought… I bet…
Compact Discsplay Case
Materials: 3 x Boalt, 2 x Ledberg, shockcord, old CD cases (pref all see through) Description: As Digital goes über digital, much first gen digital paraphernalia gets left by the wayside. Time to get busy and turn some CD things into a neat case for stuff, gear, trinkets and other things you’d…
Simple Lack Ottoman
Materials: Lack coffee table, Capita legs Description: I love the new SODERHAMN ottoman, but right now is out of my budget (250 dollars for an ottoman? what?!) so I came up with this, which is basically another approach to a LACK/OTTOMAN hack you would find here, the only difference is…
Henriksdal’s new look
Materials: Henriksdal bar stool and wool yarn scraps Description: Pimp up your stool with scraps of wool yarn: wrap different colors of yarn around the stool and tie under the seat. ~ Rosandra
Cat cubby window seat with Ikea Akurum Kitchen Cabinets
Materials: Akurum Abstrakt kitchen cabinets and Ikea red pillows Description: Akurum Abstrakt 36″ wide x 24″ deep x 15″ high cabinets, which would normally be used above a refrigerator, were placed on the floor on a 1-1/2″ high base covered with a matching Akurum base kick ripped down to size.…
Hacker Help: Sofa with built-in storage shelves?
Materials: unknown Description: I’m looking to hack or build a sofa sectional with built in storage shelves on the side arms all the way to the back of the sofa. I think this has extremely hacker potential, anyone have suggestions? ~ Gus
Riveting Ply PELLO Recliner
Materials: IKEA PELLO Armchair, Sheet of Marine ply, Pop rivets, Enamel spraypak (optional) Description: My neighbour was throwing out a very worn and torn up Ikea recliner, but the bones were good and I just wanted to try and revive it. With a bit of thought, patience and a good…
Klubbo + Fjellse Slats = Vintage Industrial Table
Materials: Klubbo side table, Fjellse bed slats, stain, polyacrylic, screws, spray paint Description: I found a Klubbo side table in the garbage and the same evening I stumbled across the wooden bed slats from a Fjellse. I started by measuring my wood so I have about a 3/4″ overhang and…
From dining table to kitchen bench
Materials: BJURSTA extendable dining table Description: when I restyled my kitchen, I converted my BJURSTA table into a kitchen bench. But you can also make this for the hallway near to your wardrobe, easy to sit on while putting on your shoes. In that case the storage under can be…
Nordmyra window table
Materials: Two Nordmyra chairs, One big and heavy window (1/2″ X 17.5″ X 52.5″), sand paper, handsaw or jigsaw, self-adhesive felt strip. Description: 1. Remove the seat of both chairs, and keep bolts on the side. 2. Take the saw and cut the stiles of each chairs sharply. 3. To…
