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.
Mid Century Style Credenza
Materials: FAKTUM I made this vintage style credenza using three…
3 Ikea Tarva Dressers into 1 Shaker style dresser
Materials: TARVA dresser x 3 Here’s what I did: Used…
Hairpin Expedit for the hall
Unfortunately I didn’t take any in progress pictures because I…
Siamese RAST Twins
Having been inspired by many other RAST hacks we proudly…
Coffee table and side table hacks
Four Lack table base coffee table
Materials: Lack side tables, piece of Pragel, flower pot, glass…
Lack Bottlecap Table
Materials: LACK sidetable Description: With a couple years of college…
Over Sofa Table
To friends and readers in the US, happy happy July…
Man Cave Table Hack
Materials: Dalfred stool, used dart board, 1″ hole saw (I…
Lack coffeee table & lace
Materials: Lack coffee table & Alvine curtains Description: 1- Clean…
Lillangen end unit as coffee table with storage
Materials: Lillangen end unit Description: 4 Lillangen unit combined together…
IKEA Bookshelf Hacks
Fake old library
Materials: Billy, Benno, Lack Description: We wanted to create an old style…
Flexible Pine book shelf
Materials: 7 black Lack shelves (26×30 cm), 8 pine shelves…
Ikea Shelving to Built in Bookcases
Materials: 4 Ikea shelves Description: The full detailed instructions can be found…
Billy Bookcase Face Lift
Materials: Billy bookcase Description: I beefed up two Billy bookcases using…
Billy cupboard doors
Materials: Two Billy bookcase Description: We wanted a clean front for our…
Compact Discsplay Case
Materials: 3 x Boalt, 2 x Ledberg, shockcord, old CD cases…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
Cat cubby window seat with Ikea Akurum Kitchen Cabinets
Materials: Akurum Abstrakt kitchen cabinets and Ikea red pillows Description: Akurum Abstrakt 36″ wide x 24″ deep x 15″ high cabinets, which would normally be used above a refrigerator, were placed on the floor on a 1-1/2″ high base covered with a matching Akurum base kick ripped down to size.…
Hacker Help: Sofa with built-in storage shelves?
Materials: unknown Description: I’m looking to hack or build a sofa sectional with built in storage shelves on the side arms all the way to the back of the sofa. I think this has extremely hacker potential, anyone have suggestions? ~ Gus
Riveting Ply PELLO Recliner
Materials: IKEA PELLO Armchair, Sheet of Marine ply, Pop rivets, Enamel spraypak (optional) Description: My neighbour was throwing out a very worn and torn up Ikea recliner, but the bones were good and I just wanted to try and revive it. With a bit of thought, patience and a good…
Klubbo + Fjellse Slats = Vintage Industrial Table
Materials: Klubbo side table, Fjellse bed slats, stain, polyacrylic, screws, spray paint Description: I found a Klubbo side table in the garbage and the same evening I stumbled across the wooden bed slats from a Fjellse. I started by measuring my wood so I have about a 3/4″ overhang and…
From dining table to kitchen bench
Materials: BJURSTA extendable dining table Description: when I restyled my kitchen, I converted my BJURSTA table into a kitchen bench. But you can also make this for the hallway near to your wardrobe, easy to sit on while putting on your shoes. In that case the storage under can be…
Nordmyra window table
Materials: Two Nordmyra chairs, One big and heavy window (1/2″ X 17.5″ X 52.5″), sand paper, handsaw or jigsaw, self-adhesive felt strip. Description: 1. Remove the seat of both chairs, and keep bolts on the side. 2. Take the saw and cut the stiles of each chairs sharply. 3. To…
DIY Fauxdenza from Ikea Kitchen Cabinets
Materials: Akurum Wall Cabinets, Applad Doors, Birch Plywood, Walnut Stain Description: I wanted a streamlined, and narrow solution for my media center. I have seen fake, floating credenzas on the web (dubbed a “fauxdenza”) and decided to give it a try! The 13″ depth of the kitchen cabinets was perfect…
Coffee table from old Nenne computer desk
Materials: 4 dowels, 2 x 6cm screws, 2 pieces of wood 44cm x 5cm x 2cm, 6 pieces of wood 72cm x 3,5cm x 1cm; 1 pieces of wood 44cm x 3,5cm x 1cm; old champagne box(optional) Description: I decided to turn my old computer table in to a coffee…
Mandal room divider
Materials: Mandal Description: For my single room flat, I was looking for a nice and beautiful way to part my room into a living area and a sleeping area. Having guests, sitting for a chat at the sofa, without seeing my bed was very important. Now I have the perfect…
Lack Coffee Table with footrest
Materials: $29.99 Lack coffee table, 1×2 wood, foam, upholstery fabric, staple gun, screws Description: I wanted a coffee table that I can rest my feet and still be able to use the table for drinks. The $29.99 lack coffee table was the perfect dimension for my u-shape sectional. Started framing…
Mother and son Lack table
Materials: Lack table Description: 2 6mm mdf boards, side 18mm mdf and inside also 18mm mdf strips. All glued and nailed. Cut out the space for the original Lack table. Old Lack legs shortened by 20 mm were used for the legs of the bigger table. Have fun. It’s easy…
Double Lack Hack
Materials: 2x Lack coffee table, Circular Saw, 4x angle iron with holes, black spray paint Description: Our old Lack coffee table was a little bit worn-out, so we kept looking for a new table that would fit into our U-shaped couch. It turned out that tables from Ikea or other…
From a Lack table to a sweet little stenciled one
Materials: Lack side table cedar wood strips, stencil, wood stain, paint Description: I picked up this lack table with an idea to re-purpose it but I had no idea how. Then I remembered this technique of gluing wood strips to make a new top. I got cedar wood strips, cut…
Vittsjo Laptop Table to Upscale Side Table
Materials: Vittsjo Laptop Table Description: Inspired by the stylish “C” shaped side tables from stores such as West Elm and Crate & Barrel, we turned the Ikea Vittsjo laptop table into a beautiful wood topped side table. We removed the glass top that came with the Vittsjo, and replaced it…
Billy walk-in room divider (psst… it’s a secret room)
Door to room opened, taken from inside the room Door closed, taken from outside the room (living room) Materials: 3 40cm-wide Billy bookshelves with doors, IKEA cloth Description: We needed to create a room for our child, and decided to build it with Billys, rather than create an actual wall.…
A Better Bench featuring Malm and Lack coffee table
Materials: MALM storage cabinet and LACK coffee table Description: We combined a MALM storage unit and a LACK coffee table to make a bench with storage. To make this work we had to widen the coffee table by a few millimeters and flip the storage unit so that the lid…
Collector Display Case – Granas Coffee Table Hack
Materials: Granas coffee table Description: Maanzzon found this on Youtube and tipped me. It’s really cool way to display your wares. I didn’t know there was a whole world of Granas coffee table hacked into display cases for Star Wars figurines to the Godfather. Check out this link to the…
Hova goes Honeycomb
Materials: Hova armchair (1993, discontinued), painters tape, paint, fabric medium Description: My aunt gave us an old accent chair she no longer had room for. It was 20 years old and from Ikea. My initial idea was to make a new cover out of a fun patterned fabric. The problem?…
Hemnes Beautified Barnboard Coffee Table
Materials: Hemnes Square Grey Brown Coffee Table Description: I loved the size and shape of my Hemnes Coffee Table but thought it needed to be beautified just a bit. I began by painting the base of this coffee table in Anne Sloans Chalkpaint in French Linen and then sanding with…
Lack TV Unit (again) Coffee Table
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…
