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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Coffee table and side table hacks
Lack and Irma Footstool
Materials: 1 Lack side table, 4 Irma pillows, Fabric, stapler,…
A sign of the times…
Materials: DALOM Pedestal table, Newspaper cuttings, PVA glue, paint brush…
LACK tables lack creativity
Materials: LACK tables x2, denim fabric, thumb tacks, staple gun.…
The table clock
Materials: Ikea Bravur wall clock, small old round table, black…
Lack on wheels
Materials: Ikea Lack table and Ikea textile, 4 litle wheels,…
DIY painted "driftwood" table
Materials: Hemnes coffee table, Milkpaint, brushes, electric sander Description: I…
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Handpainted Update
Materials: IKEA Coffee Table Description: I had this coffee table from IKEA, which has nice clean lines to it – but I wanted to do some thing exciting to it – a herringbone pattern with paint markers. I used silver and gold metallic paint markers for this. And I have…
Overlapping gliding panels
Materials: Kvartal, Anno Tupplur Description: We have a rather large window on the living room, approx 2.5m wide, where we wanted to place some panel curtains (like the Anno Tupplur ones). However, these ones are quite narrow (about 60cm), so we would need 5 panels and to rethink the “standard”…
Julia wanted a credenza. Julia got a monster.
Materials: 3 Akurum kitchen cabinets with Avsikt frosted doors, 8 capita legs and, yellowpine and moulding cut to length.Description: After finding out just what the hell a “credenza” was, I realized I liked the idea of one but am not a fan of the modern/midcentury aesthetic. After stumbling upon this…
Knihult lives and relives
Materials: Knihult couch Description: I have a couch called Knihult and I bought it nearly 4 years ago. It looks like Karlstad but was much cheaper, but the fabric was really fast in a bad shape. Surprisingly, the upholstery is still in a good “shape”. So the first time, nearly…
Faktum goes sideboard
Materials: Faktum, Härlig, Besta Description: I saw some sideboard post here lately, so I thought I could post mine too. It’s quite a easy hack, the “hardest” thing was finding a fitting top panel. I used three of 60x70x37 cm Faktum structure together and mounted them on one wall in…
The perfect childseat
Materials: 2 step stools IKEA BEKVÄMDescription: My granddaughter is 18 months and she needed a chair to sit when she comes to visit, but I didn’t really feel like spending a lot of money for it.. What I did then was buying 2 step stools BEKVÄM. I built one according…
Pimped Haparanda stools
Materials: Ikea stools “Haparanda”, Ikea fabrics and industrial wheels Description: The Ikea stools almost went in the trash after 15 years of basement storage, but with some new fabric (from IKEA’s collaboration with design students at Beckmans school) and a few large industrial wheels – they immediately feel like 2012…
Jeff Chairs a la M(IA)ondrian
Materials: 2 x white Jeff foldable chairs + various spray paints/acrylic paint + masking tape Description: Taking two plain and simple foldable Jeff chairs we had sitting in the garage, we decided they could do with a splash of colour! My first intention was to add a simple Mondrian style…
Double Layer Coffee Table
Materials: 2 VIKA Table tops, 4x VIKA MOLIDEN Legs, 8x L brackets (1/2″) , 1/2″ self-tapping metal screws. Tools: Dremel (cut off wheel and wood router bit), metal file, Drill Description: I got the black && stainless steel 47 1/4″ x 23 5/8″ table top (really any 2 of the…
The bachelor’s living room
Materials: Expedit shelves, Solsta stool, Ribba photo shelves, Kottebo boxes Description: Here is my living room setup using some of the wonderful ideas from IKEAhackers. My girlfriend says that our apartment looks like a bachelor’s house so that was the inspiration for the title. The project is simple: the 2×2…
Lilleby bench
Materials: Lilleby trestle, 2×6, drillDescription: My wife and I added an Utby bar underframe and put a slate slab on top to make an island in our kitchen. I decided to build some benches so we can also use the island as a breakfast table. 1) Sand the paint off…
Large and plush upholstered IKEA LACK ottoman hack
Using the base of the IKEA LACK coffee table I hacked a large upholstered ottoman/coffee table. It’s so good for putting up our feet and displaying our coffee table books. Materials: IKEA LACK Coffee Table How I made a large upholstered ottoman from the IKEA LACK I took apart the…
Romantic Lack
Materials: Lack (EUR 4,99), Stromby frame (51×51 — EUR 8,99), Dofta Pot-pourri (EUR 0,99)Description: Used an old Lack table and a Stromby frame. To keep the frame in place I used 4 screws. This way you can change the look of your Lack every time. Inside the frame I used…
Throw turned into rug
Materials: Vilmie Rund throw, non-slip fabric, sewing machineDescription: I’m a poor student, with a rather large living room, and have been trying to find a rug that’s big enough but still fairly cheap. I decided to try an experiment and it turned out really well in my opinion. I used…
Chalk and cheese – Two Lack hacks
Materials: Two Lack side tables. Antonius topDescription: I needed an ottoman for my couch, but since it was only a cheap Klobo sofa, I decided to make one. Then I realised I needed a new coffee table, because my existing one was much lower than the ottoman. But my ottoman…
Ektorp Tullsta to Rocking Chair Using Spare Crib Parts
Materials: Ektorp Tullsta, Spare Crib Parts, Screws Description: I had a Tullsta chair I loved, it was just the right size for our nursery but I really wanted a rocking chair. I’m super cheap though so I went digging in the garage for something I could use as rocker runners.…
Mac Lack Ikea Hack
Materials: Lack Side table, Apple G5 access panelDescription: I’m always on the lookout for creative ways to repurpose old Mac gear. When our old quad core G5 workhorse breathed it’s last breath I decided to craft a project that combined two of my favorite things: Apple and IKEA. Since in…
Vendôme Lack
Materials: Lack side table Description: Here is a table made with 6 Lack tables, I have used trays. A foot was retained to maintain the table horizontally. All plates were glued back to back with wood glue. The other art were screwed on the inside The second part can move…
Trofast Frame into Concealed Lego Storage Table
Materials: Trofast Frame and Tub, Paint, Fabric, Velcro Description: I used a Trofast frame and tubs, which start out looking like children’s toy storage. I painted the frame, then designed and sewed fabric flaps that are attached to the frame with concealed velcro. They conceal the Legos and turn the…
APPLÅD and Godmorgon Coffee Table
Materials: APPLÅD doors (60×90 cm), APPLÅD drawer fronts (13×60 cm), Godmorgon legs (22 cm), Screws, construction glue Description: We had been looking around quite a while for a suitable coffee table for our new penthouse apartment. We had a fairly good idea of what we were looking for, but we…
