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.
Got 2 free Kallax units and here’s what happened
I wanted a challenge to see if I could make…
RAST gets an Anthropologie twist with furniture stencils
Furniture stencils can turn any old, boring, hand-me-down and create…
Chic bedroom storage from two $35 RAST dressers
We got the RAST chest of drawers for our tiny…
Apothecary cabinet from RAST chest of drawers
If you are wondering how to turn your RAST dresser…
Coffee table and side table hacks
From kitchen stool to sofa tables
Materials: FROSTA stool and BILLSTA table top I used two…
Colorful LACK Pedestals
Lots of LACK Side Tables in different colors. Glued them…
Simple, sleek and easy side table from MOLGER tiles
Materials: Two MOLGER bathroom floor decking tiles We needed a small,…
VIKA OLEBY, except better…
I found a bin of VIKA OLEBY legs on clearance…
Kitchen panels form coffee table
All you need is a screwdriver. You take off the…
Mix and Match side table
This is quite easy to do: the bottom is 4x…
IKEA Bookshelf Hacks
Mid-Century Modern Shelving from IKEA Rast
IKEA items used for this Mid Century Modern Shelving Unit:…
BILLY Wrap-Around
IKEA items used: 4x BILLY 80cm Shelves + 3x BILLY…
KALLAX Wall Unit with Smart Tiles
Materials: 4×4 KALLAX 102.758.62 1×4 KALLAX 402.758.46 4* KALLAX drawer…
A hanging rope shelf
IKEA items used: IVAR board You need four boards with…
OaKallax Display Unit
After turning my old Expedit units into full-time bookshelves, I…
Wood shim RAST dresser
I have a really cool IKEA Rast hack! I attached…
IKEA Hacks for sofas, poufs and stools
Solsta Pallbo Beach Footstool
Materials: Solsta Pallbo Footstool in white, bambus beach mat, hot…
Godmorgon sink cabinet to bench
Materials: Godmorgon 2 drawer sink cabinet, ply wood, finish Description:…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
KALLAX Wall Unit with Smart Tiles
Materials: 4×4 KALLAX 102.758.62 1×4 KALLAX 402.758.46 4* KALLAX drawer 902.866.49 4* BULLIG bamboo box 302.648.86 10* SMART TILES “Bellagio Keystone” SM1034-0 (www.smarttiles.com) To give credit where credit is due, I saw this IKEA Hack and I liked the usage of the Smart Tiles. I used one tube of Gorilla Glue…
Scandinavian Bamboo Sideboard
Item List: BRYNILEN bed legs x2 | 602.996.91 METOD / FÖRVARA Base cabinet w 2 doors/2 drawers, white, Veddinge white 80x80x37 | 199.157.33 METOD Base cabinet 80x40x37 | 302.056.32 VEDDINGE Door, white 80×40 | 002.054.31 HILVER Table top, bamboo | 802.782.87 Steps: I assembled both base cabinets and screwed them…
Zhuzh my Ektorp!
Ikea items used: Ektorp armchair, Ektorp Abyn armchair cover (discontinued), Brattvag legs It was time to upgrade my beloved Ektorp sofa range. I decided on the Stocksund, which I’m really pleased about, but I just couldn’t bear to part with my trusty old Ektorp armchair. I wanted to put it…
A hanging rope shelf
IKEA items used: IVAR board You need four boards with the following measurements for your shelf: 7 cm X 80 cm. Since I still have a few IVAR shelves lying around, I sawed my smaller boards from a single IVAR board. After sawing the boards I sanded them down slightly. In…
Custom built-in fireplace surround with mantel
I really needed to build a fireplace surround for an electric fireplace. I looked online for all kinds of information on various surrounds, and ultimately fell in love with some concepts that were pre-built to be hung on the wall. The problem was that I wanted it to have a…
OaKallax Display Unit
After turning my old Expedit units into full-time bookshelves, I ended up with a bunch of spare red inserts which needed a new home. I also had a lack of storage in my study, and nowhere to put my larger models. With the Kallax saving weight over the outgoing Expedit, it…
LACK tables hacked into corner couch under loft bed
Ikea items used: 6x Lack Tables, 1 set of 3x Skubb storage boxes I spent a good few weeks looking for something like this and couldn’t find it either on Pinterest, your site, google images etc. so thought I would share! I made a corner couch/snug for under my daughter’s…
Mid-century SÖDERHAMN
IKEA Items used: SÖDERHAMN chaise Wanting to match a chaise to our existing sofa, we purchased the SÖDERHAMN chaise, but not the upholstery covers. There would be three parts to this hack: a) replace the chrome legs with walnut legs, b) use custom upholstery, and c) modify the backrest so it…
Wood shim RAST dresser
I have a really cool IKEA Rast hack! I attached wood shims to the drawer fronts in a 3×3 grid pattern to create a chic show-stopping dresser. To create this awesome Rast hack, stain all your pieces before assembling the dresser, glue shims on the drawer fronts, trim any shim…
Free Standing Stuva Room Divider
I attached 4 STUVA storage cabinets together and then added plywood and plaster to the back to make a free standing room divider. ~ Jeanie
TARVA ombre built-in
Materials: 2x TARVA Chest with 5 drawers (32″ wide version) 3x TARVA Chest with 5 drawers (15″ wide version) 3x 10ft 1×8 pine boards 1x 10ft 1×6 pine board 2×4 studs Screws, shims, paint, etc. Built from 2x4s, leveled and mounted to the wall. Face board is 1×6 pine scribed…
How We Raised the IKEA KIVIK Sectional Higher Off The Ground
About a year ago, we bought a KIVIK sectional from IKEA. We liked how comfy it was compared to some of the other IKEA couches, but we didn’t like how low it was. We thought adding legs to the couch would be an easy upgrade. Boy, were we wrong! This…
NILS stool goes glam
I wanted to glam up my 3 Ikea NILS stools. I taped off the legs and left about 1 ½” of the bottom of them exposed and spray painted them gold. I purchased 3- 18″x 18″ Mongolian Fur Pillows at Target. I cut an “X” on one side of the…
Lack Media Table
The idea was to replace my old living room coffee table with something new and useful. The final solution I came up with is easy and works great. I used a LACK coffee table and the LACK TV Bench, then I cut out the table top so that the lower…
Fabric Paneled dresser – IKEA Tarva Hack
I created a fabric paneled version of the Ikea Tarva dresser. Here is how I did it. MATERIALS NEEDED FOR THE MAKEOVER – 1″x 2″x 8′- quantity 3. I used furring strips. 1/4″ x 3/4″ screen moulding – need around 40′ Burlap – 2 yards New Knobs Spray adhesive Primer,…
Chunky Kivik Chair
IKEA items used: Kivik 1 seat section (x2) I liked the “seat” of the Kivik, but it was too low, and I wanted arms. The original arms aren’t available for 1 seat sections, and they were way too low to begin with. I constructed wooden arms out of 2x6s, sanded…
IKEA LACK table with height extension
Here is my hacked IKEA LACK table. We made this modular table as we had another student living in a small apartment and so needed this modification. I bought wood panels and veneer and wood cleats to tinker my table in the workshop (diy workshop with circular saw, band saw,…
Hacked and Stacked Billy Rolling Ladder Library
IKEA items used: 5 Billy high/wide bookcases (402.638.48); 5 Billy Low/wide Bookcases (702.638.42), 1 Billy high/narrow (902.638.36) and 1 Billy low/narrow (202.638.30) 5 Oxberg cabinet doors The original idea was to turn a high ceiling (9 ½ feet) room off the kitchen being used as a home office into a…
IKEA LACK Storage Bench
I decided to update my hallway so I converted my Lack Storage unit into a seating bench. First I removed the top panel and inner shelf dividers. I left the bottom panel attached to the lower unit. I made “doors” to cover the front openings out of Fiberboard, painted them white, and attached them…
No Beer Lack Hack
Materials: LACK table, wood pattern I wanted to give some “personality” to a classic LACK table. For this LACK hack, I cut a series of beer cans of 33cl and 50cl with a simple pair of scissors, and manually bent them in the opposite direction of the original beer can shape,…
