IKEA Living Room Hacks

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!…

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…

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).…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Materials: Tundra Laminate Flooring, 2.5 inch Finishing Nail Gun (rent), Ladders, Extra Helpers, Table Saw, Color Match Filler Paste for minor flaws, Tolerance for Minor Flaws Description: The original plan was to use a finishing nail gun to use T&G bamboo flooring as a unique green ceiling. Tundra flooring was…

Materials: RUBRIK, CAPITA legs, wood planks Description: We’re going with a beach theme in our front room, to facilitate this we’ve placed a couple of white chairs and a white bookcase in the room. I wanted to add a complimentary coffee table to the mix but was not having any…

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…

Materials: STOLMEN SHELF W110XD50, STOLMEN W55XD50,STOLMEN Cabinet w/2 doors W11xD45, HEKTAR wall spotlight, EKBY JARPEN shelf, EKBY BJARNUM bracket, EKBY RISET bracket for sloping wall, Description: This inspiration came from Mid-Century modern design and architecture scene from its early years by George Nelson. This CSS shelving unit is still up…

Materials: expedit 4×4, plywood, beam, magnets, double face strong tape, screws Description: I was looking for a quick and cheap way to hide the messy shelves of my Expedit that would match my style. To make each top I used: 33x33x0,5 cm plywood 4x2x1 cm beam (for the handle) two…