IKEA Living Room Hacks

I love the look of those vintage printers drawer units. But, who actually has a bunch of flat things to store?! I already had a couple Expedit units in white and decided “what better way to break in my new miter saw but an Ikea hack on these buggers?!” How:…

Even before the assembly of the locker: – Cut the 4 feet about 9,6 cm to decrease the height (if necessary) – Dry the gates using aceton – Remove the lock on each door – Sand the externals aspects of the doors (Sandpaper 180) – Paint the doors using acrylic…

We started with 6 Billy bookshelves surrounding our TV – One 15″ and one 30″ on either side and two wall-mounted ones above the TV. We also used the extenders at the top of vertical Billy bookshelves to make them even taller. First, we put the shelves where we wanted…

One day, I rested my lizard spiral pattern on my Lack side table and an idea was born. The pattern is laser cut from 3mm plywood and is based on the Escher image “Development II” I stained 3 sheets of laser plywood with wood dye, Mahogany, Jacobean Oak and Antique…

I wanted to somehow create a ‘balancing cubes’ effect with the Expedit line for a unique bookcase. I thought about how to hack the single cube expedit shelving unit and eventually decided on using the long boards of a 1×1 expedit wall shelf combined with the shorter boards of 2…

After buying a new bed, I needed to get rid of our old IKEA Malm bed. When it came to the bed slats, I couldn’t bring myself to do it. I decided to upgrade the wood, which was in great condition, by building myself a coffee table. I wanted something rustic…

I just couldn’t find a dresser for the nursery, so hubby and I decided to make our own. I wanted something that was timeless and also functional. I had in mind to use the IKEA RAST for this project, just to keep this project as low in budget as possible. Once…

We wanted to create a window seat for our four year old girl, so we purchased 2 BESTA bookcases for either side of the window. In order to create the window seat, we added 2 lower cabinets, but they weren’t quite long enough, so we had to create faux panels…

Materials: Besta TV-unit (180x40x32cm (70 7/8×15 3/4×12 5/8″)), Speaker fabric, MDF-board, Capita kitchen-legs, Inreda flip down fixture, magnetic lock, assorted screws, spray adhesive, staple gun, spray paint & angle brackets Description: I wanted a media-unit that could fit and hide all my equipment but still let signals and sound through, and…

Hi guys, I had this idea for about 6 months: a smarter, cooler and more functional version of Ikea’s popular LACK sidetable. I didn’t find a version like this on Ikeahackers, but if there is someone who already did this before, SORRY, but it isn’t nicked. I wouldn’t post this…

For just a couple of bucks you can turn those Ikea Lack tables in your very own Liquorice Lack design table. Buy some Lack tables (three or four will do for a coffee table) in your favorite colors. You won’t need the table legs, but keep definitely keep them for…

After searching high and low for a shelving unit that would suit my needs, I decided on Ikea’s “Fabian” wall shelf. For $7.99 you get a solid pine shelf and brackets. I planned on utilizing these as bookshelves, and I wanted them to be more stable. I ended up going…

I needed something to hold my clutter so I took 2 Ikea kitchen wall cabinets and placed them on a Lillangen base. I then dressed them up in recycled timber. I just took old timber, nailed them onto thin mdf boards and screwed them onto the cabinets. I also sprayed…

Used some old Gorm Shelves and their bolts and new 1″ x 3″ pine from Home Depot to make the unit taller. Cut some of the shelves in half which provided an overlap that let me screw the side shelves onto the middle shelves. Used drywall screws to attach the…

This is a combination of LACK and Expedit. Build LACK like in the manual. For Expedit we needed more components. At first you need this here: And we needed a wooden plank that was in the color of the Expedit. This plank should be around 35.5 cm x 35.5 cm. And…

I recently bought a SKOGHALL side table, but then realised that glasses or bottles with bumped bottoms might not stably stand on it, and might lean into one of the many square holes. Using 4 mm MDF, MDF filler, some sanding and high gloss paint, it now has a very…

The IKEA Expedit is a classic and versatile piece of furniture, and needs no introduction! My old black-brown 4×2 one was due for a makeover after years of use, and a few very noticeable scratches down one side. I decided to give it a refresh using another IKEA product: the…

In designing a new workspace within a heritage building – an old church hall built in 1915 – I needed a cost effective way to create 2 separate spaces. On one side it was an existing coffee shop and on the other, a new shared workspace. I wanted a solution…

I first added 2 wooden boards at the FJELLSE headboard to make it sturdy. Then I wrapped 2 layers of sponge at the headboard as cushioning. The other 3 side frames were also lined with a thin layer of sponge. Fabric was used to wrap up the frames using staple…

We don’t have a ton of closets in our house and I didn’t like having jugs of cat litter out for everyone to see, so I went to IKEA looking for clever ways to hide it. I didn’t measure the pillows; luckily they fit perfectly and it’s easy as heck!…