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.
Coffee table and side table hacks
Sleek Console Table
Materials: 3 ECKBY JARPEN Shelves size 46 7/8″, 8 2″…
Lack and Lego side table
Materials: Lack shelf, Lego bricks Description: I used Lego bricks…
Give Your Side Table a Boho Glow-Up with this easy DIY
I have an IKEA LACK side table that the Mr.…
Ikea’s Magnetic table DIY
Materials: The necessesary tools needed: Ikea Spontan magnetic board (choose…
Lack Gets a Makeover
Materials: Lack coffee table I wallpapered out little Lack and…
Ikea Wall Shelf Turned Console Table
Materials: (1) Ikea Ekby Statlig wall shelf 47 7/8×11″, (4)…
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Belt Seat
Materials: EMMABO frame, Seat Belt Webbing Description: Seat belt turned belt seat. This EMMABO Rocking Chair utilizes automotive safety strap webbing in a re-creation of its seat. Transforming this salvaged Ikea frame into a luxury piece of furniture. see more of the Belt Seat. ~ Erika Cross, Ann Arbor, United…
Computer desk into livingroom coffee table in a Moment?
Materials: IKEA Moment table (not available anymore), silver coating spray, new threaded rods Description: Never buy new sofas and and new PC at the same time. Never. This will only create problems. Except you’re an IKEA-hacker. Last year, my girlfriend bought her first own PC together with the whole equipment…
Turning a Chair into a Swivel Rocker
Materials: Ektorp Jennylund Chair, swivel rocker base and hardware, a 2×4, a 1×2, a piece of 3/4″ plywood, scissors, wood screws Description: We had searched tirelessly for a rocker or glider to put in our baby’s room. First of all, they are expensive. Secondly, they are almost always HUGE. Even…
Lovely Lack Bench
Materials: LACK shelf, CAPITA legs (4), IKEA STOKHOLM BLAD fabric, cellular material (for ex. VYSSNA SLAPPNA mattress), self-adhesive hook-and-loop tape, spray glueDescription: My LACK shelf was for a long time in our cellar, then I decided to give it a chance for a life in our apartment. 🙂 I had…
Dalfred stool with Brooks saddle
Materials: Dalfred stool, Brooks B135 triple-rail bicycle saddleDescription: We replaced the nondescript seat of the Dalfred stool with a beautiful, broad, bouncy Brooks B135 leather bicycle saddle. This required grinding away some plastic at the top of the mounting post to expose metal of the right diameter to fix the…
Built-in with Bench
Materials: Hemnes Wardrobe and Hemnes TV Unit Description: I put together the wardrobes and TV unit and then attached the wardrobes to wall studs. I used a mix of 1×6 & 1×8 pine boards over the top of the TV unit to fill in the gaps between it and the…
Split Lack
Materials: Lack coffee table Description: I have attached four guides under a Lack table, cut the second top of a Lack table and created two wings when it is opened, which when closed form a bottom shelf for magazines. ~ Sammy
Geometric coffee table
Materials: GROGGY Tray, stainless steel (Art #100.183.25), BRANAS Basket, rattan (Art #401.384.30), Mozaic ceramic/glass tile (etc. from Leroy Merlin), Bolts x4, Glue for ceramic Description: Rattan basket to detachable from the bottom. Drill 4 holes in the tray at the base – the basket. At the edges of the bottom…
Mosaic Coffee Table
Materials: Klubbo coffee table Description: I had this chocolate Klubbo coffee table for quite some time. It’s getting some chips and wear so I decided to give it a new layer so a new look. I got some turquoise, magenta and ceramic mosaic tiles. Some of the tiles were nipped…
Making space under the Klobo sofa
Materials: Klobo couch, some wood Description: The Klobo couch has plenty of space under itself, so I decided to take advantage of it. I cut away a portion of the front side, set the fabric as it was ahead around the cut to create a slot. Under the Klobo, between…
Skruvsta upholstery
Materials: 1 Skruvsta Swivel chair, 3m Kajsastina Fabric, stapler,staples, staple remover, sewing machine, scissors and a wrench n°10 Description: Time to change my white Skruvsta swivel chair. Step 1: Get all your tools. Step 2: Remove the four bolts underneath the chair with a wrench n° 10. If you have…
Jim Morrison table
Materials: Muddus table, Jim Morrison scarf, glue, gray paint Description: The yellow color of the table didn’t suit to my living room so I decided to change it. I wanted something special and also I wanted to save the table as foldable. First I painted the table white to cover…
Poang tuning
Materials: Poang chair & footstoolDescription: We all love Poang chairs. Unfortunately, their design can make you have a position so low that elderly people may have some difficulties to sit up and down. We need the seat to be horizontal and the back less angled. Just mount the lower structure…
VIKA GRUVAN Coffee Table
Materials: VIKA GRUVAN and VIKA AMON Description: Materials: – 1 IKEA VIKA GRUVAN Table Top 140*70cm – 1 IKEA VIKA AMON Table Top 120*60cm – 1 IKEA VIKA AMON Table Top any-length*60cm – black paint (Optional) – 4 long wood screws – 6 pairs of cam lock and screw +…
Low Lack Attack
Materials: LILLÅNGEN leg frame x 2, Lack side table top x 2 Description: Super simple Lack hack , in fact only one step is needed! 1. Instead of using the usual Lack legs, attach a LILLÅNGEN leg to the bottom of a Lack side table top. And you’re done! Great…
CouchProject
Materials: 30 IRMA pillows and one KARLSTAD slipcover Description: A simple beanbag like couch, made out of 30 small Irma pillows stuffed into a Karlstad couch slipcover. ~ Boaz Saragossi, Milano
Ikea hacked coffee table turned upholstered ottoman
Materials: Klubbo coffee table Description: When I first moved into my place, I purchased an inexpensive coffee table from IKEA. It was the right length and height for my sofa, although I was not crazy about the hard laminate top. So I decided to turn it into a ottoman I…
Lack Tables Tiled
Materials: 2 Lack side tables, 1 small can of primer suitable for laminate surfaces, 1 can of textured spray paint, 7 packs of glass tiles, 1 box of tile setting mat, 1 small tub of grout, 1grout sponge, and 1grout float. Description: 1. The first thing we did was coat…
Living Room Wall System
Materials: Friel, Lack, Akurum, Besta and Pax Description: This is a 12″ wide wall system put together with 100% ikea items including 2 Friel TV units (as base), Besta black-brown doors, 2 Lack wall shelves and Pax/Akurum kitchen cabinets top units. The 60″ Pioneer Kuro TV and the Definitive Technology…
Functional Wall Sculpture with Besta Burs
Materials: 3 Besta Burs high gloss Description: A long wall in an open space living room. Needed DVD and small media storage, also did not want to block too much the light coming from the window and keep the room less crowded. Loved the Besta Burs look, but one unit…
