IKEA Living Room Hacks

Materials: Lack TV Unit, 2x Lack Side Tables, Rill Caster Description: I had another “Lack TV Unit” in the basement and this time I needed a new coffee Table. I use the cheap “Lack Side Tables” to hack this coffee table. I unmounted the legs of both side tables and…

Materials: Stencils, paint, primer Description: Michael’s stencils and a weekend of patience. Step 1, tape out paint area, I did a wide border. Measure and double check lines. It must remain straight Step 2, paint 2 coats of primer and let dry for around 2 hours Step 3, use stencil…

Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Bekvam Kitchen cart, Numerar Butcherblock Description: We scored the butcher block in the As Is section and my husband had the instant idea to finally make a window bench for our daughters room. We also ran into the Kitchen Cart which was heavily reduced. Here’s how it…

Materials: Hemnes Entertainment center, DIY hearth and mantel Description: I used a Hemnes entertainment center, minus the center piece. Built a false mantel, and hearth for an electric wood stove. This is the result. ~ Ken, Hudson, Florida

Materials: Lack side table, leatherette, silver paint, furniture molding; hammer, brush, jigsaw Description: I wanted a chic coffee table in silver! Using a jigsaw, I cut 20 cm off of each leg and painted the table! I attached the leatherette square to the table top using furniture molding! Love it!!!…

Materials: Stefan chair, additional seat panels Description: My grandmother lives in an old house in Malacca, Malaysia without upstairs plumbing. I hacked the Stefan chair to build her a potty that looks like a regular chair. It was quite easy, mainly because I stumbled across a bunch of extra seat…

Materials: 2 old hardwood pallets and 2 IKEA lack tables. Description: Basically had the idea to make a bigger table out of 2 lack tables a while back and removed 2 legs from each table then screwed them together with old boards on the bottom. We found a couple of…

Materials: LACK Coffee Table, VHS Collection, Bit of Wood and Paint, Glass Description: For my new offices (I’m a filmmaker), I wanted a coffee table that would be a talking point and I also wanted to do something with my (possibly quite valuable) VHS collection rather than allowing it to…

Materials: SOLSTA PALLBO footstool, candle holders (4), screws (4), jigsaw, polisher, plywood, upholstery foam, lining, stapler, textile, sewing machine Description: I took the footstool apart and turned it upside down. I drilled four holes on the bottom and screwed in the candle holders. I sawed the new top from plywood,…

Materials: Hemnes desktop + cherry boards + cherry legs Description: 1. Purchased 3 Hemnes desktop pieces in white. (The have to be Hemnes because those pieces are wood and you need to be able to paint the pieces.) 2. Purchased unfinished table legs in cherry wood from an online vendor…

Materials: IKEA Lack Description: Well, my hack was inspired by this site, I just wanted to share the result, as it is my first project 🙂 Used an IKEA Lack bookcase 1×4 bought from a used furniture local website. As the shelf was pretty scratched and dark brown, which didn’t…

Materials: LACK table, faux gator upholstery fabric, staple gun, sewing machine Description: My poor IKEA LACK coffee table has been through a lot. Originally black, I attempted to paint it silver (big mistake), then painted it white, then covered it with a white and gold patterned contact paper. For year€™s…

Materials: 2 Ikea Lack Side Tables, 2 Yards Ikea Sofia Fabric, Batting, Foam Camping Carpet Pad from Home Depot, Spray Adhesive, Staple Gun, Hacksaw, Scotch Guard, and scissors of course! Description: I made these inexpensive custom ottomans for my mom for Christmas to make her Ektorp sofa more comfortable for…

Materials: Norden table, paint, clear varnish, plastic pipe clip, permanent maker Description: The plain wooden Norden table in our kitchen started to look boring after a while, so we decided to repaint it and to turn it into an interactive art guestbook. We first painted the table white, then sprayed…

before Materials: Spontan Magnet Boards, plywood, screws, rare earth magnets Description: We were tired of looking at the original brick fire place in our main living space. The open fire box was changed into a gas insert many years ago and the room has been painted over 4 times, but…

Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Lack room divider Description: Having bought a second hand LACK room divider, it didn’t really seem to fit in my room. The thick black beams were somewhat overexposed in comparison to my other furniture. But I did need a piece of furniture to store my administration, stereo…

Materials: Expedit Bookcases Description: We wanted to make a dining booth for our odd shaped corner dining room. We bought 2 Expedit bookcases in the dark brown-black and planned on turning them face down and making “lids”. Turning them sideways made the height better, we could always add baskets or…

Photo: IKEA.com Materials: MAMMUT child chair Description: The backrest is made out of solid metal and polystyrene. Been glued to paper (wallpaper paste). Then painted with acrylic paint color. ~ Jürgen Behrens, Wiesbaden Germany

Materials: Stolmen poles + wood Description: After carefully deciding the sizes of the shelves and of the “working station”, (sketchup plan appeared pretty useful to avoid mistakes) I cut/sand/tint in teak color/varnished each part from one 5′ x 5′ cherry wood board bought at a local shop. I made them…

Materials: 3x Prant boxes, 1 Alkov basket, cuphooks Description: During our first Ikea hack we converted Expedit bookcases into a wall unit with bench seating. But with the Alkov basket being discontinued years ago, we didn’t have enough matching storage baskets under the bench seating. Three baskets, just three baskets,…