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.
EXPEDIT Shelf into a Apothecary Console
Materials: EXPEDIT media cabinet This is an EXPEDIT Media Cabinet…
DIY-ish Floating Credenza
Materials: BESTA I’m certainly not the first person to turn…
Combining 2 HEMNES console tables into 1
It all has started when me and my wife realized…
BESTA wall cabinets mod to sideboard
Materials: BESTA wall hanging units Purchased 2 of the Besta…
Coffee table and side table hacks
Vika Amon, Hacked
Materials: Vika Amon and Capita Legs Description: Step 1: Search…
KNUFF Transformable Coffee Table
Materials: KNUFF Magazine file X 4 sets, rotating artist stool,…
IKEA VITTSJO Nesting Tables
Materials: VITTSJO Nesting Tables, Miter Saw, Jigsaw, Paint Description: The…
Lack Ottomans
Materials: Lack side table, high density foam (21 5/8″ x…
Geometric Pebbles on the Ramvik
Materials: Ramvik Coffee Table, acrylic craft paint (grey black white…
Lift top coffee table
Materials: 2 Lack coffee table Description: From 2 Lack coffee…
IKEA Bookshelf Hacks
Backwards Billy TV Mount in Built-Ins (with Clock)
Materials: Besta shelf unit (47.25″ x 15.75″ x 25.25″) with…
The de-squaring and shelf-itizing of an Expedit unit
Materials: One Lack shelving unit, one-4X4 Expedit and one-1X1 Expedit Confession, I…
The Angled-High Wall Unit
Materials: LERBERG Shelves (60×148 cm) dark grey To create this modular…
A built-in library with HEMNES and STORNAS
Materials: HEMNES bookcase, STORNAS buffet The HEMNES bookcases are shortened…
Catpedit, the Expedit hacked for cats and books alike
Materials: EXPEDIT This IKEA hack turns the 5×5 Expedit bookcase…
Hacking BESTÅ cabinets into full wall-to-wall storage
We quickly decided on a BESTÅ cabinet to conceal all…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
DIY Coffee Table from Malm bed slats
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…
Ikea Rast Dresser for the Nursery
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…
BESTA Window Seat for Little Girl Room
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…
Elevated and concealed Besta media cabinet
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…
LACK »Extended Version«
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…
Fabian wall shelf becomes a custom shelving unit
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…
Couch table with a snack drawer
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…
Upholster an Expedit With a Panel Curtain
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…
BESTÅ goes back in time: A vintage style room divider
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…
FJELLSE Chaise Longue
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…
Applaro window bench
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!…
Hacking the Lack into an upholstered ottoman
Materials: Lack Coffee Table Description: I had an old Lack coffee table but I really wanted an upholstered ottoman. Since it was the right size, I just decided to see if I could turn what I had into what I wanted. I knew I wanted mine to be thick, so…
Klassy Butcherblock Tops for Klubbo Tables
Materials: Klubbo Nesting Table set; John Boos maple butcher block tops Description: IKEA’s Klubbo nesting tables have a very classy look – except for the tops, which are very light weight, and frankly look pretty cheap. At IKEA I bought the white Klubbo table set ($10 less than the black).…
Table from the fifties
Materials: Ulsberg Description: You take 3 Ulsberg table and you cut the table leg. 3 colors with aerosol paint under the top and that’s it. ~ fred, rennes – france
EXPEDIT LEDs with style
Materials: EXPEDIT 4×2, LEDBERG, 19mm Anti-Vandal switch button. Description: Here’s my second Ikea Hack. I’ve decided to add a button on top of the Expedit to turn on/off the LEDBERG led bars. As you can see in the pictures there’s just a button switching on and off my LEDBERG lights…
BESTA Coffee table
My girlfriend and I decided, that we needed a nice coffee table, but none of the usual suited our needs. It should be a table not everybody has in his living room, and we wanted to store some annoying stuff inside, for example different remotes, a serving tray and some…
Expedit built in room divider
This is my attempt at an Expedit room diver, it all began with a large attic flat I have which was two rooms but someone knocked into one. I looked at ‘canned’ solutions to dividing the rooms and didn’t really like any of them. A friend gifted me a black…
Ex Ikea Upright Bookcases now Mid Century Modern Sideboards
Materials: Expedit, 12mm ply board Description: Ex Ikea upright Expedit hack! Turn the bookcase on its side, we had 12mm ply board that we cut to size, sanded the edges and then stained in “maple” coloured stain with a satin finish. Then a few tubes of liquid nails spread onto the…
Spotted in Switzerland: Expedit with wine styled drawers
During a trip in Switzerland I visited the Castle of Oberhofen. In its restaurant I came across an amazing (but simple) Expedit Hack with custom drawers, made of old wine boxes. I peeked inside to see how it works – there is a thin metal on the side to support the…
A library on wheels
Materials: Expedit, Linnmon Description: I live in a duplex in which the upper floor has an inclined ceiling. In a corner I have my computer desk, and behind my back the ceiling is pretty low, and I need to make the most of it. So I thought of something like…
