IKEA Bed and Bedroom Storage Hacks
We like IKEA beds for their affordability and versatility, but what we love is how easily they can be customized to fit our needs and home decor style.
There are a lots of clever IKEA bed hacks to cater to your living situation, style, and storage requirements. From clever storage beds to one-of-a-kind design modifications, these IKEA bed hacks can make a significant difference in your sleep space without breaking the bank.
So, if you’re looking to enhance your bedroom while staying within a budget, it’s worth considering some of these innovative ideas.
What are IKEA bed hacks?
IKEA bed hacks are creative ways to modify, customize, or repurpose IKEA furniture – not limited to their beds – to better suit one’s needs and personal style.
These hacks can help enhance the functionality, aesthetics, and versatility of a bedroom space, providing unique and personalized solutions for various bedroom challenges.
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These hacks can help enhance the functionality, aesthetics, and versatility of a bedroom space, providing unique and personalized solutions for various bedroom challenges.
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How to raise the IKEA stackable bed for storage
We have an IKEA stackable bed in the guest room and love it. The only problem is that the legs on the UTÅKER bed frame are so short that we…
IKEA BRIMNES bed hack: Easy DIYs to upgrade the bed
For a small bedroom, the IKEA BRIMNES storage bed ticks all the box. The beds come in full, queen and king sizes — all with 4 spacious drawers under the…
DIY Loft Bed for Adults (Thanks for Those Bunk Beds, Kids!)
How to DIY a loft bed for adults from IKEA KURA kids beds. We have a small apartment. We have a principle that every piece of furniture needs at least…
Turning 2 SVARTA loft beds into one big double loft bed
One double loft bed coming up! I felt like I had too little living space. I wanted a loft bed, but still loved my ‘old’ 160 x 200cm IKEA mattress.…
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IKEA Headboard Hacks
IKEA headboards are often barebones. With some creativity, you can transform a basic IKEA headboard into a luxe focal point for your room.
Some popular ways to upgrade an IKEA headboard is to use paint, cane webbing, or to totally reupholster it. This technique is especially good for headboards like the TARVA or BRIMNES bed.
A quick and easy method is to use wallpaper on the bed frame, allowing you to incorporate a wide range of patterns, colors and texture to your bedroom design.
Some popular ways to upgrade an IKEA headboard is to use paint, cane webbing, or to totally reupholster it. This technique is especially good for headboards like the TARVA or BRIMNES bed.
A quick and easy method is to use wallpaper on the bed frame, allowing you to incorporate a wide range of patterns, colors and texture to your bedroom design.
Freestanding BRIMNES Headboard Hack (no wall attachment required)
The IKEA BRIMNES headboard with storage is a wonderful solution for small bedrooms. It’s like having a “nightstand” and storage unit all in one. It also comes with adjustable shelves…
Make a chic cane headboard in a matter of hours
I recently did a series of mini IKEA hacks. The first one is a cane headboard and it only takes a few hours to make. It is very easy and…
How to make a West Elm inspired upholstered headboard
So, I was searching for a new bed and came across this fabulous one from West Elm, with an oatmeal linen upholstered headboard. But at £1200 (without the mattress) it was…
Headboard with lights feat. LINNMON table top
Here is my latest hack: A headboard with lights (backlit) made out of an IKEA LINNMON table top. The wall behind my bed was starting to turn dirty and wanted…
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An IKEA storage bed hack optimizes space in a Parisian apartment
We love how the platform bed hack increased storage without sacrificing comfort or ease of use. To fit out a 29 m2 (312 sq feet) studio, we had a two options…
IKEA Platform Storage Bed Hacks – Easy DIY to store more
Long before it became popular on TikTok, we’ve been featuring IKEA platform bed hacks made from IKEA EXPEDIT shelving units, and later, KALLAX units. Why an IKEA platform storage bed?…
Hack a Storage Bed that’s massive enough for your entire wardrobe
This is one heck of an IKEA bed hack. Stefan made a storage bed. Correction: It’s a bed with massive storage, probably enough to fit my entire wardrobe.It’s a fantastic…
IKEA KALLAX Queen Storage Bed
I built this prior to knowing this website existed, this probably would have saved some contemplation. For difficulty reference, I am no carpenter (electrician actually) and I built it with…
Nordli 10-drawer platform bed
I have a 9 year old daughter and a 7 year old son… Surprise! I now have a baby girl too. So unfortunately my son lost his room and had…
Malm bed with loads of underbed storage
Materials: Malm, AlsarpDescription: I saw this on a blog. This combines the Malm with the Alsarp and seems fairly easy to accomplish. It looks like a great solution for storage…
How to hack a Murphy Bed in IKEA furniture
DIY Murphy Bed using a Next Bed Murphy Bed Kit and IKEA PAX wardrobe cabinets. While our daughter was away at university, we relied on her room as a guest room. When COVID struck, our…
The need for a multi-functional room quickly arose in our small Copenhagen apartment. The outcome was an office/ guest room which turned out to work really well. With an old bed, a kitchen table in…
We wanted a budget but full size Murphy bed in a closet that does not take too much space. There are many Murphy bed-kits, but they are quite expensive, so we chose to go for…
IKEA KALLAX bed hacks
IKEA Platform Storage Bed Hacks – Easy DIY to store more
Long before it became popular on TikTok, we’ve been featuring IKEA platform bed hacks made from IKEA EXPEDIT shelving units,…
Full size bed frame with storage hack — no tools required!
We hacked IKEA KALLAX units into a full size bed frame with storage to save space and money. Since we…
This is how I made a waterbed frame from IKEA KALLAX
This waterbed frame hack is very similar to the “A full-sized bed built from KALLAX shelves + a DIY headboard”,…
A full-sized bed built from KALLAX shelves + a DIY headboard
I had been thinking about buying a harder mattress and bought one spontaneously one day. But I made a mistake…
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IKEA Loft Bed hacks
The old Akurum. It’s brilliant for a Loft Bed with Den!
Upgrading your old kitchen? Don’t throw the IKEA AKURUM kitchen cabinets away just yet. They can be turned into an ingenious loft bed with den and plenty of underloft storage. Ada repurposes the 15″ AKURUM cabinets into stairs and the…
Loft beds using IKEA KRITTER kid’s beds
I just wanted to share an IKEA bed hack that can help people with limited space and want to re-use KRITTER type of kid’s beds for making loft beds. We…
STORÅ loft bed to loft office
IKEA items used: STORÅ loft bed ALGOT shelving system HELMER drawer unit on casters Living in apartment with high ceiling gave me the thought to exploit height as useful space.…
Metre-high Loft Bed with Hammock from Tuffing Bunk Bed
Item hacked: Tuffing bunk bed First assemble the bunk bed omitting one of the lower bunk long horizontal beams. For the upper bunk, there are 7 bed slats and netting.…
IKEA MYDAL kids loft bed with play area
I have two small sons who share a bedroom. To get the maximum out of the room I wanted a kids loft bed in a corner where they could both…
All our IKEA Bed Hacks
How to raise the IKEA stackable bed for storage
We have an IKEA stackable bed in the guest room and love it. The only problem is that the legs on the UTÅKER bed frame are so short that we cannot store anything under the bed. Also, because of the short legs, you are limited in the height of the…
IKEA BRIMNES bed hack: Easy DIYs to upgrade the bed
For a small bedroom, the IKEA BRIMNES storage bed ticks all the box. The beds come in full, queen and king sizes — all with 4 spacious drawers under the mattress. There’s also a smaller IKEA BRIMNES daybed with two drawers. The daybed looks like a twin bed but can…
DIY Loft Bed for Adults (Thanks for Those Bunk Beds, Kids!)
How to DIY a loft bed for adults from IKEA KURA kids beds. We have a small apartment. We have a principle that every piece of furniture needs at least two functions. It’s a bed, storage, and reading corner. Besides, we also wanted a bedroom free of any clutter. So…
An IKEA storage bed hack optimizes space in a Parisian apartment
We love how the platform bed hack increased storage without sacrificing comfort or ease of use. To fit out a 29 m2 (312 sq feet) studio, we had a two options in order to maximise the storage and flow of the space. The first was to construct a convertible sofa and…
IKEA Platform Storage Bed Hacks – Easy DIY to store more
Long before it became popular on TikTok, we’ve been featuring IKEA platform bed hacks made from IKEA EXPEDIT shelving units, and later, KALLAX units. Why an IKEA platform storage bed? It’s not surprising that it is one of the most enduring IKEA hacks and is replicated again and again. Firstly,…
Elegant Next Bed Murphy Bed in a PAX wardrobe
DIY Murphy Bed using a Next Bed Murphy Bed Kit and IKEA PAX wardrobe cabinets. While our daughter was away at university, we relied on her room as a guest room. When COVID struck, our daughter moved back home full time, so we lost our guest room in the process.…
Turning 2 SVARTA loft beds into one big double loft bed
One double loft bed coming up! I felt like I had too little living space. I wanted a loft bed, but still loved my ‘old’ 160 x 200cm IKEA mattress. There seemed to be no IKEA or even other affordable 160 x 200 double loft bed options. Then, my boyfriend…
From STORÅ loft bed to double bunk bed for 4
Our weekend house is quite small (only 20 m2), so I needed a space saving, fast solution in order to have a double bunk bed option without overcrowding the house. IKEA items used: 2 sets of STORÅ loft bed + mattresses STORÅ loft bed frame | Buy on IKEA.com Other materials…
Makeshift DIY daybed for lockdown napping
Spending more time inside, we needed a narrow, temporary DIY daybed to stretch out and nap on. However, we only had a little niche with a water view. Materials used: HYLLIS storage units | IKEA.com One tall and one short IKEA HYLLIS outdoor steel shelves2 plastic covers, one for each…
Full size bed frame with storage hack — no tools required!
We hacked IKEA KALLAX units into a full size bed frame with storage to save space and money. Since we already had the KALLAX units, we wanted to use them up. The bed is the perfect height for sleep and everything, with plenty of storage. Related: This is how I…
How to make an Upholstered Bed Frame on a Budget
I love all the Ikea hacks I’ve ever done, but none have brought a room together as much as this one. I knew I wanted to do an upholstered bed frame for my son’s first “big boy bed,” but definitely didn’t want to fork over the cash for an expensive…
Improved IKEA bed with easy DIY tufted headboard
I am an interior designer and I love to do things by myself and very often I use IKEA products. This time, I made a tufted headboard for the bed in my son’s room. We moved to new apartment and I had to furnish the rooms for all of my…
This is how I made a waterbed frame from IKEA KALLAX
This waterbed frame hack is very similar to the “A full-sized bed built from KALLAX shelves + a DIY headboard”, but was build to support a full-sized waterbed. This construction must be much more stable to support approximately 400 kg, but on the other hand, requires no ventilation for the…
A full-sized bed built from KALLAX shelves + a DIY headboard
I had been thinking about buying a harder mattress and bought one spontaneously one day. But I made a mistake in thinking that I had a full-sized bed, when in fact, my bed frame was a queen! This wasn’t a bad surprise as I didn’t like the bed frame I…
Upholster your headboard with woven canvas
After a year of waking up in the middle of the night because my 3-year-old had hit his head on his Fjellse headboard AGAIN, I decided to take matters into my own hands and fix the situation. Three rolls of autumn orange canvas, a staple gun, scissors and the IKEA…
Hack a Storage Bed that’s massive enough for your entire wardrobe
This is one heck of an IKEA bed hack. Stefan made a storage bed. Correction: It’s a bed with massive storage, probably enough to fit my entire wardrobe.It’s a fantastic DIY storage bed made of 2 MALM beds, 4 MALM chests of drawers, two nightstands, and one headboard. It’s not…
Professional looking FJELLSE upholstered bed hack
Olivia of Minty Fresh Projects shares her latest hack for her little girl’s room — a FJELLSE bed turned into an upholstered bed. It looks decidedly more inviting than the barebones FJELLSE. IKEA item used: FJELLSE bed Photo: IKEA.com I looked to Emmerson & Fifteenth and Cuckoo 4 Design for…
The old Akurum. It’s brilliant for a Loft Bed with Den!
Upgrading your old kitchen? Don’t throw the IKEA AKURUM kitchen cabinets away just yet. They can be turned into an ingenious loft bed with den and plenty of underloft storage. Ada repurposes the 15″ AKURUM cabinets into stairs and the 24″ ones into storage. The old closet is stripped away…
IKEA KALLAX Queen Storage Bed
I built this prior to knowing this website existed, this probably would have saved some contemplation. For difficulty reference, I am no carpenter (electrician actually) and I built it with my right hand in a cast. We bought an old house with original hardwood flooring from the 40s so we…
Upholstered double bed becomes West Elm on the Cheap
I wanted to share my upholstered double bed made from a cheap IKEA FJELLSE double bed. It took quite a bit of work but I’m so pleased with the results. What you will need: IKEA FJELLSE double bed & LUROY bed slats combo Paint or stain, varnish & foam brushes (I…
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