IKEA Living Room Hacks

Materials: LACK Coffee Table, VHS Collection, Bit of Wood and Paint, Glass Description: For my new offices (I’m a filmmaker), I wanted a coffee table that would be a talking point and I also wanted to do something with my (possibly quite valuable) VHS collection rather than allowing it to…

Materials: SOLSTA PALLBO footstool, candle holders (4), screws (4), jigsaw, polisher, plywood, upholstery foam, lining, stapler, textile, sewing machine Description: I took the footstool apart and turned it upside down. I drilled four holes on the bottom and screwed in the candle holders. I sawed the new top from plywood,…

Materials: Hemnes desktop + cherry boards + cherry legs Description: 1. Purchased 3 Hemnes desktop pieces in white. (The have to be Hemnes because those pieces are wood and you need to be able to paint the pieces.) 2. Purchased unfinished table legs in cherry wood from an online vendor…

Materials: IKEA Lack Description: Well, my hack was inspired by this site, I just wanted to share the result, as it is my first project 🙂 Used an IKEA Lack bookcase 1×4 bought from a used furniture local website. As the shelf was pretty scratched and dark brown, which didn’t…

Materials: LACK table, faux gator upholstery fabric, staple gun, sewing machine Description: My poor IKEA LACK coffee table has been through a lot. Originally black, I attempted to paint it silver (big mistake), then painted it white, then covered it with a white and gold patterned contact paper. For year€™s…

Materials: 2 Ikea Lack Side Tables, 2 Yards Ikea Sofia Fabric, Batting, Foam Camping Carpet Pad from Home Depot, Spray Adhesive, Staple Gun, Hacksaw, Scotch Guard, and scissors of course! Description: I made these inexpensive custom ottomans for my mom for Christmas to make her Ektorp sofa more comfortable for…

Materials: Norden table, paint, clear varnish, plastic pipe clip, permanent maker Description: The plain wooden Norden table in our kitchen started to look boring after a while, so we decided to repaint it and to turn it into an interactive art guestbook. We first painted the table white, then sprayed…

Materials: Ikea step stool; CeCe Caldwell paint; Dollar Store Wall Decals; Poly Acrylic Description:1. Pick a decal that you like and apply it on the stool.2. Paint directly over them. I used two coats of CeCe Caldwell paint in a soft Kentucky Mint green.3. Carefully remove the decals. With my…

Materials: Lack Table (Black), Curtains (2×2,5m), Foam, Nuts&Bolts Description: There have been many hacks for Ikea Lack posted, but not many had the form of the ottoman that I was trying to achieve: slightly round on top, to look puffy. You’ll need two people for this hack, as one will…

before Materials: Spontan Magnet Boards, plywood, screws, rare earth magnets Description: We were tired of looking at the original brick fire place in our main living space. The open fire box was changed into a gas insert many years ago and the room has been painted over 4 times, but…

Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Lack room divider Description: Having bought a second hand LACK room divider, it didn’t really seem to fit in my room. The thick black beams were somewhat overexposed in comparison to my other furniture. But I did need a piece of furniture to store my administration, stereo…

Materials: Expedit Bookcases Description: We wanted to make a dining booth for our odd shaped corner dining room. We bought 2 Expedit bookcases in the dark brown-black and planned on turning them face down and making “lids”. Turning them sideways made the height better, we could always add baskets or…

Photo: IKEA.com Materials: MAMMUT child chair Description: The backrest is made out of solid metal and polystyrene. Been glued to paper (wallpaper paste). Then painted with acrylic paint color. ~ Jürgen Behrens, Wiesbaden Germany

Materials: Stolmen poles + wood Description: After carefully deciding the sizes of the shelves and of the “working station”, (sketchup plan appeared pretty useful to avoid mistakes) I cut/sand/tint in teak color/varnished each part from one 5′ x 5′ cherry wood board bought at a local shop. I made them…

Materials: 3x Prant boxes, 1 Alkov basket, cuphooks Description: During our first Ikea hack we converted Expedit bookcases into a wall unit with bench seating. But with the Alkov basket being discontinued years ago, we didn’t have enough matching storage baskets under the bench seating. Three baskets, just three baskets,…

Materials: Chair Tobjörn of Ikea, wool needle, cotton thread # 5, inspiration Description: I was inspired by embroidered red and I used the back of the chair mat as well and change its appearance. The drawing was invented on the fly changing in each row fretwork pattern. See more of…

Materials: MARIUS stool Description: Lastly I noticed those beautiful Mongolian lamb stools in many stunning interiors! The problem is, as you can imagine, the price of these beauties!!! As I’m actually working on a girl bedroom project I absolutely wanted to include one of these Mongolian stools for the luxury…

Materials: Ramvik Description: Who has not ever dreamed to have an arcade machine at home? Dream of all men. When I was ten, in video game rooms, it was necessary to pay 5francs (almost 1$) to play and I didn’t have a lot of pocket money. Now, I decided to…

I needed some low-profile seating to put in front of my fireplace, so this was my solution. This makeover of the LACK side table was extremely simple and effective. Materials: (for one ottoman) Convert LACK side tables into sassy Ottoman Stools I cut the foam with a turkey carving knife.…

Materials: Fun Fur, Foam, Jules IKEA Chair Description: This is an improved version of the current fur covered chair on IKEA Hacker. It also improves the comfort of the chair to add some foam. Step by step photo instructions are included in the guide. ~ Joanne Carry