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
Ikea Wall Shelf Turned Console Table
Materials: (1) Ikea Ekby Statlig wall shelf 47 7/8×11″, (4)…
Lack and Vika Amon Sideboard
Materials: 4 LACK side tables, 1 VIKA AMON table top…
IKEA Lack-console table
Materials: Lack table, shower curtain, contact glueDescription: Old and in…
Cupboard + brackets = table
Materials: Lottorp bracket, Ikea bargain section cupboard door Description: This…
Lack Lazy Susan Coffee Table
Materials: Lack Side Table Legs and Lazy Susan Table Tops…
Re-Purposed BRATTBY Kitchen Cart
Materials: BRATTBY Kitchen Cart, Primer and Paint in One, Drawer…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
Poang tuning
Materials: Poang chair & footstoolDescription: We all love Poang chairs. Unfortunately, their design can make you have a position so low that elderly people may have some difficulties to sit up and down. We need the seat to be horizontal and the back less angled. Just mount the lower structure…
VIKA GRUVAN Coffee Table
Materials: VIKA GRUVAN and VIKA AMON Description: Materials: – 1 IKEA VIKA GRUVAN Table Top 140*70cm – 1 IKEA VIKA AMON Table Top 120*60cm – 1 IKEA VIKA AMON Table Top any-length*60cm – black paint (Optional) – 4 long wood screws – 6 pairs of cam lock and screw +…
Low Lack Attack
Materials: LILLÅNGEN leg frame x 2, Lack side table top x 2 Description: Super simple Lack hack , in fact only one step is needed! 1. Instead of using the usual Lack legs, attach a LILLÅNGEN leg to the bottom of a Lack side table top. And you’re done! Great…
CouchProject
Materials: 30 IRMA pillows and one KARLSTAD slipcover Description: A simple beanbag like couch, made out of 30 small Irma pillows stuffed into a Karlstad couch slipcover. ~ Boaz Saragossi, Milano
Ikea hacked coffee table turned upholstered ottoman
Materials: Klubbo coffee table Description: When I first moved into my place, I purchased an inexpensive coffee table from IKEA. It was the right length and height for my sofa, although I was not crazy about the hard laminate top. So I decided to turn it into a ottoman I…
Lack Tables Tiled
Materials: 2 Lack side tables, 1 small can of primer suitable for laminate surfaces, 1 can of textured spray paint, 7 packs of glass tiles, 1 box of tile setting mat, 1 small tub of grout, 1grout sponge, and 1grout float. Description: 1. The first thing we did was coat…
Living Room Wall System
Materials: Friel, Lack, Akurum, Besta and Pax Description: This is a 12″ wide wall system put together with 100% ikea items including 2 Friel TV units (as base), Besta black-brown doors, 2 Lack wall shelves and Pax/Akurum kitchen cabinets top units. The 60″ Pioneer Kuro TV and the Definitive Technology…
Functional Wall Sculpture with Besta Burs
Materials: 3 Besta Burs high gloss Description: A long wall in an open space living room. Needed DVD and small media storage, also did not want to block too much the light coming from the window and keep the room less crowded. Loved the Besta Burs look, but one unit…
Stainless Steel coffee table
Materials: VIKA HYTTAN table top and LACK side table Description: 1. Assemble Lack side table with casters. 2. Lay Vika Hyttan table face down. 3. Using a pencil and measuring tape, identify the area where the Lack side table is to be mounted with L brackets. 4. Place the L…
Desktop with rugged wheels as coffee table
Materials: VIKA VEINE table top, wheels from hardware store Description: Inspired by a table seen in a commercial with big wheels as “feet” for a coffee table I searched through IKEA’s table top selection. VIKA VEINE fit my needs for size and storage. Because of built in storage the table…
Clayton Grey Inspired Nailhead Side Table
Materials: Lack Side Table Description: I bought two Lack tables. I assembled one fully and used the top of the second glued it and used it as a base which created the form I needed to replicate the nail head side table from Clayton Grey. I used strip nail heads…
Rope Ain’t just for Jumpin’: Nautical Rope Table
Materials: NORESUND Table black-brown, rope, drill, tacky glue and hot glue Description: Take the rickety design and turn it into a gorgeous new table. Who could resist? Here is how to make your own rope table: What you will need: table drill rope tacky glue glue gun scissors gloves as…
Ulsberg Updated
Materials: Ulsberg Nightstand, decorative paper, foam core board, x-acto knife Description: This is a really quick and easy hack that makes this simple Ulsberg nightstand into a custom piece that can fit the look of any room. HOW TO! 1. We went to a paper store and chose our favorite…
Design Frosta
Materials: Frosta, paint, felt, yarn Description: Before assembling, paint legs and seat. Using the seat as a template, cut three circles out of felt in various thicknesses. Cut inner circles of various sizes. Design an embroidery to fix the layered felt cover to the seat. Mark required points on the…
Solsta Pallbo Beach Footstool
Materials: Solsta Pallbo Footstool in white, bambus beach mat, hot glue, scissors, stapler, 4x angle joints, screws, maybe a saw Description: I’ve made the EXPEDIT Beach Table you can find here. After finishing it I thought of making a suitable chair or stool for that. So I took a Solsta…
Lack Table Upgrade
Materials: Ikea Lack Table, two straight hinges with screws, fabric, teddy bear stuffing, staple gun. Description: Using the two straight hinges connect the two tables together. You can place the hinges on the bottoms of the tables, but for a stronger support-place them on the sides of the table. Because…
Modern to Traditional Chairs
Materials: Stefan ChairDescription: What does one do when they love Ikea prices but have a very traditional home? Why whip up a slip cover to turn a $19 Ikea-modernish chair into something perfect in a very traditional home! Here’s how: 1) Cut my standard 54″ wide decorator fabric in half…
Bastis Krona Hack – it’s an ottoman!
Materials: Bastis Krona Pet Bed, 1 yd of material, heavy duty stapler, and that’s it! Description: I found BK pet bed in the As Is section at Ikea for $5.00. I’ve wanted an ottoman for the longest time and thought the dimensions looked good. There is a piece that comes…
Revived Lack TV table
Materials: 1/4″ poplar planks and pine lattice, miter box, saw, liquid nails, finishing nails, onyx stain, tung oil finish Description: My TV dug a huge gouge in my Lack TV table. Rather than throw it away or replace the top slab, I opted to cover it with poplar. Since I…
Lack and Irma Footstool
Materials: 1 Lack side table, 4 Irma pillows, Fabric, stapler, saw Description: Pick a Lack side table and 4 Irma pillows. Staple the pillows to the table so that it creates a fluffy pillow look. Take a piece of fabric and put it over the pillows. Stretch it really well…
