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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Give Your Side Table a Boho Glow-Up with this easy DIY
I have an IKEA LACK side table that the Mr. and I bought years ago when we were just starting out and had no furniture. It was headed for the dumpster when I thought it would be perfect if it were covered in sisal rope. The project wasn’t hard to…
Rustic Klubbo
Materials: Klubbo coffee table (the frame) Screwdrivers/Drill MC HAMMER Sandpaper Some 2x4s Wood stain of your choosing Home Depot employee to cut your wood Metal straps/something to attach all strips of wood Patience Upper body strength, or someone with it Description:Ikea klubbo coffee table. You’re cute, but can do better.…
A little country for Kilippan
Materials: Klippan footstool, wood sofa legs, metal mounting plates Description: The tube metal legs have always been my least favorite part of my Klippan loveseat and footstools. (I liked them even less when I saw the cool angled wooden legs that first came with the sofa in the 1970s: http://vimeo.com/5821682)…
Ikea’s Magnetic table DIY
Materials: The necessesary tools needed: Ikea Spontan magnetic board (choose the version you prefer), Loose magnets (without any housing), All-purpose-glue, Screwdriver, 4 screws, 4 loose legs (possibly Lack table), 4 bolts for the screwsDescription: Where did the idea come from? Hasn’t it ever happen/occur to you that when you are…
Plant pot coffee table
Materials: 4 plant pots “BJURÖN”, 4 legs of an older IKEA-couchtable (with screws etc.) and minimum 8 screws and nuts and driller for wood Description: I bought this plant pots (20x20x17cm), because I liked them, but I had no idea, what to use it for. After a few months I…
Malm Coffee table
Materials: Malm storage unitDescription: It is a coffee table made from 3 Malm storage units and capita legs. Assemble 3 Malm according to the IKEA instuctions Put them upside down and attach them to each other using perforated metal plates along with the connecting sides. Use alot of screws Put…
Customize Your Henriksdal Slipcovers With Fabric Paint and A Stencil
Materials: – your Henriksdal slipcovers – fabric paint (I’ve also heard good things about silk screen paint) in the color(s) of your choice (I mixed together 2 colors, and wound up using a total of 22 ounces of paint) – 1 small artist brush – 1 slightly larger brush –…
Lack Gets a Makeover
Materials: Lack coffee table I wallpapered out little Lack and added decorative nails to give it a bit of glam. See more of the Lack makeover. ~ Lizzie, Chicago
Ikea Wall Shelf Turned Console Table
Materials: (1) Ikea Ekby Statlig wall shelf 47 7/8×11″, (4) Ikea Vika Moliden legs, (16) screws, Minwax Wood Stain, Minwax Polycrylic, (1) 2″ synthetic brush, and a power drill. Description: Steps: First, I screwed on the Vika Moliden legs to the long Ekby Statlig shelf using a power drill. I…
Lack and Vika Amon Sideboard
Materials: 4 LACK side tables, 1 VIKA AMON table top Description: The LACK side tables were assembled first and 2 of them were attached using L flat brackets to form one row. Next, they were attached to the VIKA AMON table top using eight 2.5″ screws with washers. They were…
BRANAS stool + table + plant pot
Materials: BRANAS, birch plywood, chipboard, glue Description: As space is obviously the biggest worry in a small flat, I was looking for a cheap flexible solution to provide storage and seating at the same time. Therefore I thought of a little, but effective addition to my BRANAS baskets. I simply…
Waiting for the mail
Materials: SKRUVSTA office chair and post bags Description: A while ago, I got hold of 5 old post bags from our former company. As a remembrance of the company I used to work for for almost 25 years, I knew that I wanted to make a new cover for the…
Felicia throw chair cover
Materials: Felicia throw, spray glue, thread Description: Felicia throws are a great deal for recovering old furniture without breaking the bank. It cost less than 20 bucks to recover this entire egg chair. 1) Gently remove old cover 2) Make pattern from bottom egg half 3) Remake bottom half using…
IKEA Lack-console table
Materials: Lack table, shower curtain, contact glueDescription: Old and in poor condition Lack-console table. Covered with the table top and legs using a pixel pattern shower curtain. Before: Surface worn and scratches… Traditional painting instead I decided to glue an extra leftover shower curtain on the table 🙂 AFTER: My…
Cupboard + brackets = table
Materials: Lottorp bracket, Ikea bargain section cupboard door Description: This has to be the cheapest quickest table you can make from Ikea stock. First of all I found a cupboard door, there were lots to choose from in the bargain corner of my local Ikea and the one I got…
Director’s chair for the Ikea Jeff Folding Chair
Materials: Ikea JEFF Folding Chair, Non-Woven Recycle Bag, 1 foot square pillow (Optional), Duck Tape, Steel Wire Description: I was happy to own a Ikea JEFF chair since I bought it few year back, until the day during a visit of a close friend, after long hours of chatting, my…
Lack Lazy Susan Coffee Table
Materials: Lack Side Table Legs and Lazy Susan Table Tops Description: This creation was inspired by the 24 left over Lack Side Table legs I had after I created a headboard for my King size bed (See the post entitled “Headboard fit for a King-sized bed” for more details on…
Re-Purposed BRATTBY Kitchen Cart
Materials: BRATTBY Kitchen Cart, Primer and Paint in One, Drawer Knob Description: We removed all the shelves except the bottom one (for support) from the BRATTBY kitchen cart, then removed the back wheels and cut the front legs of the cart to make all four legs even. I lightly sanded…
Easiest Window Bench Tutorial
We initially made this bench to go with our dining room table, but after a few IKEAhackers’ readers were worried about the weight restrictions, and we had relatives complain about having to sit on a bench for Thanksgiving dinner, we found ourselves some lovely dining chairs and found a new…
Waiting Bench
Materials: MOSJO TV Stand, piece of wood cut to fit the top of the stand, spray adhesive, batting, carpenter glue and canvas material from IKEA. Description: I started with a MOSJO TV stand from IKEA. We are renovating our bedroom and no longer needed these for nightstands. I used a…
