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 sideboard
Materials: EXPEDIT TV storage unit, 2X4 lumber, circular saw, cordless…
JOSEF Sideboard
Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Josef (3x), wooden board Description: Varde and…
Tile sideboard
Materials: Akurum, Vika Byske, Stickers Description: We need a small…
Coffee table and side table hacks
Mosaic Coffee Table
Materials: Klubbo coffee table Description: I had this chocolate Klubbo…
Ikea hacked coffee table turned upholstered ottoman
Materials: Klubbo coffee table Description: When I first moved into…
Lack Tables Tiled
Materials: 2 Lack side tables, 1 small can of primer…
Stainless Steel coffee table
Materials: VIKA HYTTAN table top and LACK side table Description:…
Desktop with rugged wheels as coffee table
Materials: VIKA VEINE table top, wheels from hardware store Description:…
Clayton Grey Inspired Nailhead Side Table
Materials: Lack Side Table Description: I bought two Lack tables.…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
Gorm for a beach house
Materials: GORM Description: After putting a “champagne gate“, we decided to brighten up our “beach house” with the help of Gorm again. We made a bench (photo above) We replaced the doors of an old cupboard. We created shelves with the boards. And a headboard with a driftwood look. Quick,…
Closed Expedit wall
Materials: 2 4×4 and 2 2×4 Expedit and several custom made panels Description: My home office is actually a part of the living room and was divided by a 5×5 and 2×4 Expedit. It looked very messy and didn’t filter any noise from the kids while working. Inspired by a…
KNUFF Transformable Coffee Table
Materials: KNUFF Magazine file X 4 sets, rotating artist stool, shelf insert, liquid nail. Description: I was looking for the perfect coffee table for my mini seating/TV area inside my room, and after weeks of analyzing every Ikea’s product, I finally came out with this hack. The size of this…
EXPEDIT sideboard
Materials: EXPEDIT TV storage unit, 2X4 lumber, circular saw, cordless drill Description: Problem 1: Large “5X5” EXPEDIT TV storage unit that didn’t fit in the living room of our new house. Disassembled and stowed away in the basement. Problem 2: Funky attic room with low sloped ceilings and no storage.…
IKEA VITTSJO Nesting Tables
Materials: VITTSJO Nesting Tables, Miter Saw, Jigsaw, Paint Description: The VITTSJO nesting tables seem perfect in concept, except what’s up with the child table being twice as long as its parent table? Not sure what IKEA is going for there. I would prefer that the smaller table nest fully within…
Baby Karlstad corner sofa
Materials: 2 seater Karlstad, 3 seater Karlstad, 2 x brackets, drills and screws Description: We have a small space in our lounge and wanted to put a corner Karlstad sofa. The problem was that the corner sofa available at Ikea was too big. We decided to make a smaller version…
Lack Ottomans
Materials: Lack side table, high density foam (21 5/8″ x 21 5/8″ x 4″), upholstery fabric (72″ x 72″), craft glue, staple gun, jigsaw Description: I wanted a couple of custom made ottomans that could also double as a coffee table or even extra seating in a pinch. Using a…
Geometric Pebbles on the Ramvik
Materials: Ramvik Coffee Table, acrylic craft paint (grey black white silver) painters tape, sea sponge. Description: This is a very inexpensive hack. Took me about 4 hours and 20 bucks to transform this second hand Ramvik Coffee table. I originally wanted to tile the service but it would have set…
JOSEF Sideboard
Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Josef (3x), wooden board Description: Varde and Stenstorp were to deep (+ no front). So we took 3 JOSEF Lockers and went straight to the carpenter for a wooden board. A few screws a holding the units together. So simple! Depth only 35cm, makes a perfect kitchen…
Poang Armrest Extension
Materials: Poang, timber, Fret G clamps, chisel, timber stain Description: I’m too lazy to hold my iPad 🙂 It’s basically a simple extension of Poang. Handy for the iPad, drinks, writing, etc. And I reckon it’s simple enough for everyone to make. The most challenging part was to make the…
Lift top coffee table
Materials: 2 Lack coffee table Description: From 2 Lack coffee tables (401.042.94 or 000.950.36 or 101.042.95), one piece of chipboard and 2 gas cylinders for office chairs (non-IKEA). My total cost – 50€. First, I drilled 2 holes in one of the table tops to fit the gas cylinders. I…
Folding table + bench
Materials: Björkudden, two foldable shelf brackets, hooks Description: Having my girlfriend move into my apartment we had a spare Björkudden table which we temporarily stored at our balcony. This balcony being only one meter wide wasn’t big enough to place the table as a whole. With the desire to be…
Tile sideboard
Materials: Akurum, Vika Byske, Stickers Description: We need a small sideboard for our home entrance. Most of plain sideboards that we like are very expensive. I have an old Ikea Vika Byske oak table top. I bought two Akurum wall cabinet with Applad doors from Ikea and tile pattern stickers…
Marius Industrial Stool
Materials: Ikea Marius stool, an old wooden plate swing, srews and spray paint Description: Get a one of a kind industrial stool! 1. Spray the old wooden plate swing in your favourite color and let it dry. 2. Remove the old plastic seat and screw your new wooden seat on…
One Leg Lack
Materials: Lack table top +18″ diam. wood reel + 3 screws Description: Rescued from a Brooklyn sidewalk, the life of a wood reel and a Lack table top continues together, in my bedroom. ~ Matteo Minchilli, Brooklyn
Granas gone rustic
Materials: Ikea granas table, applaro patio, glue gun, skill saw Description: I went to ikea as-is to find a computer chair and ended up stumbling upon 2 pieces from a patio chair, being only $1.90cad. I have an old Granas table in my living room, and the gel in between…
Outdoor sofa from Fjellse bed
Materials: 2x FJELLSE, SULTAN LADE, 1 shelf 200×30, 140 cm of 2×3 pine, outdoor heavy duty stain, SULTAN FAGERAS Description: Looking for quality outdoor furniture and not finding what I am looking for, I came up with this in the mean time. I only bought the 2 beds and the…
Lack doesn’t lack!
Photo: IKEA.com Materials: Hack Shelves x2 , three 2’x1.5″x.75″ Wood Bars, Screws, 1 6’x.5″x1.5″ Wood Beam Description: For a fun little project…. Take some Ikea wall mount shelves (from the Lack series, you will need two of them), turn the brackets vertical, add three or four reinforcing bars, and leave…
Four Lack table base coffee table
Materials: Lack side tables, piece of Pragel, flower pot, glass top Description: What I’ve tried with this hack is to copy a square coffee table that I’ve seen in shops but that is way too expensive for me (around 1.000 euro with the size and the glossy white finish I…
Lack Bottlecap Table
Materials: LACK sidetable Description: With a couple years of college bottlecap collecting, some super glue, and resin, my boring black table turned into a high-gloss bottlecap decor. I followed this instructable. ~ Sara Kowatch, Cincinnati, OH
