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.
Coffee table and side table hacks
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…
Upholstered Hack-a-Lack With Nailhead Trim
Materials: Lack side tableDescription: I needed an upholstered ottoman for…
Turning new tables into vintage farmhouse finds
Materials: MARKOR sofa and side tables Description: To make my…
Klux4
Materials: Klubbo Nesting Table, 1″ wood screws, 2x4s, wood stain,…
EXPEDIT beach at home coffee table
Materials: EXPEDIT coffee table, silicone sealant, bird sand Description: I…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
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…
My slick Lack hack
Materials: Lack side table, metal frame Description: For quite a while I’ve been crushing on side tables with thin metal frames/legs. I like the industrial-chic look, the juxtaposition of the warm wood and metal, and the fact that the streamlined design helps make any small space appear larger. Since furniture…
Stamped Ikea chair
Materials: Ikea Poang chair, handcarved stamps, textile paintDescription: I carved some cloudstamps and decorated my white Poang chair with it. ~ Judith Tops, The Netherlands
Lack Side Table Beautification
Materials: Ikea Lack Side Table Description: Supplies Ikea Lack side table – $10 8 Brass Corner Plates – 2 packs of 4 came to be $12 Brass Fabric Nails – 3 packs of 25 came to be $6 Tools Hammer Small Phillips head screw driver Tape measure Small drill for…
Working class hero
Materials: Solstad olarp, Old jeans Description: Upolstery with old jeans and jacked. Painted legs red. There are pictures of other hackers in my link to my blog also. From Ikea Leangen, Norway See more of the denim reupholstery. ~ ide-puffen, Norway
Billy Sideboard
Materials: Billy, Applad cabinet doors, shelves and Capita legs Description: I used to live in a small apartment and needed a discreet storage in my living room. Many sideboard is pretty deep and a high bookcase can steal some of the space instead. I solved this problem thanks to Billy,…
Sofa Fleece Blanket Bin and Magazine Storage
Materials: VIKA ANNEFORS x2, White Emulsion Paint, Glue (Double-sided Adhesive Tape or Instant Grab Adhesive) Description: We needed somewhere to store our sofa’s fleece blankets and my wife’s collection of magazines and newspapers. We already had a white BESTA JAGRA TV Bench so I wanted a similar looking piece of…
3-Pointer! Recycled timber vs basketball vs Ikea Klubbo
Materials: Klubbo (Nest of 3) Tables Description: We’d bought an Ikea set of tables a few years ago. They served us well, even surviving our first daughter and her drawing / painting / play-doh / doll mash-ups. Over time the veneer cracked, and edging started to peel away. The tables’…
Pretty Nordmyra Chair Camouflage
Materials: Nordmyra chair, wallpaper, spray adhesive, knife Description: I found a Nordmyra chair in the clearance section that had been scratched on the seat. Nothing a little camouflage can’t fix! I cut pieces of leftover wallpaper to size for the seat and back, and used spray adhesive and then covered…
Upholstered Malm Console Table
Materials: Malm Console Table, staple gun, 4 yards of fabric, fabric glue, tack strip Description: Cut fabric in half length-wise (so it is half of the 54-inch wide fabric). 27-inches perfectly covers the top and sides of the Malm table. Lie fabric down flat on the floor, upside down, and…
RE-LACK-IT
Materials: LACK tableDescription: Cool coffee table design. It’s very easy to do, you only need to glue the tables that appear in the photo. Hope you like it! See more of the Ikea Lack coffee table. ~ Guillermo Sanz, Málaga, Spain
Karlstad Swings
Materials: Karlstad Chairs and Loveseat, U-Channel, Cables Description: We wanted to create a fun sitting area for employees of our advertising agency to brainstorm creative ideas for clients. We took standard Karlstad furniture, bought some metal U-channel, plastic coated cable and suspended them 8″ from the floor. ~ Bronson Smith,…
TJUSIG Shoe rack turned small bench
Materials: TJUSIG Shoe rack, some pieces of lath, some oak, Description: Just wanted to share a small bench I made from a TJUSIG Shoe rack. I realise that IKEA also sell a bench like that (with the same name) but I didn’t want it for 2 reasons; it’s too big…
New modifed LACK tables
Materials: LACK Tables, LACK wall shelfs & VIKA Curry legs Description: Main Table: Cut the 8 LACK tables and 2 LACK wall shelves (shelves to white table edge on the pictures) to fit as the picture shows. Use screws and heavy duty silicon to bond the tables together. Make two…
Old chair – new chair
Materials: An ancient Ikea office chair (the new version of it is called Snille, I have no idea what this was called back then): fine sanding paper, spray primer, spray paint, 2 Nedda chair pads, universal glue. Description: Sand chair with fine sanding paper before painting, spray paint with primer,…
Rover/Poang Chair
Materials: Leather Rover car seat and Ikea Poang chair frame Description: I was inspired by Ron Arad’s 1981 Rover chair, which utilised a leather Rover car seat with galvanised steel scaffolding poles for the legs and arm rests. My Ikea Hack follows the same theme utilising a black leather Rover…
