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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All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
Eye Candy: Markus’ living room (LACK mal anderst)
Materials: LackDescription: My livingroom ( mein wohnzimmer) ~ ecker markus, AUSTRIA LINZ “Again, no response from Markus. 🙁 ” ~ Jules
Dining Table for Sofa
Materials: 1) Tabletop, already owned or from IKEA’s as-is 2) Rast bedside table 3) 4 L-brackets, 2 1/2 or 3 inches, 16 screws 4) (Optional) 4 small casters with screws 5) (Optional) one piece of plywood or shelf board cut to fit bottom of Rast – approx 30×52 cm. Description:…
Privacy Glass Wall for Studio Space (PAX)
Materials: Pax Description: This hack helped divide an upstairs loft from downstairs living room. It provides privacy, also it is somewhat temporary and not a huge install like that of putting in a full stud framed wall with drywall, plus this looks much more appealing and can be used for…
Stencilled side table
Materials: IKEA Frosta stool, PLAID Acrylic Paint, Stencil Brush, Plaid Simply Stencil set, PLAID extra thick glaze, Double Bracket Description: I saw this hack and was inspired to do up a side table for my living room. However, I wanted something more decorated and had really wanted to try stencilling.…
Sleek Console Table
Materials: 3 ECKBY JARPEN Shelves size 46 7/8″, 8 2″ coarse pocket screws, table saw Description: I had been looking for a console table to fit in a nook behind my sofa so I went to Ikea to see what might work. 1) Purchase 3 Ekby Jarpen Shelves at 46…
Lack and Lego side table
Materials: Lack shelf, Lego bricks Description: I used Lego bricks around a wooden leg which I attached to a Lack free standing shelf with very small mounting triangles. I then attached a white wooden shelf as a base, with nothing more than a long screw. I guess someone can use…
Shoe racks into stone coffee table
Materials: 2 Ikea Babord shoe racks, nails, zip ties, 6 slate tiles, plywood sheet, wood moulding, glue, grout, black paint Description: Having 2 unused $9.99 Ikea shoe racks (Babord) and no coffee table in my living room, I decided to make my own stone-topped table. I started by zip tying…
Chair with guest
Materials: Gilbert chair of Ikea Description: I propose a chair with our “guest” sitting on it. He is very worried that someone will sit him and exclaims: It’s occupied!! ” I have taken Ikea’s “Gilbert” chair, and I have drawn my image on it. I have used markers uniposca and…
Give Your Side Table a Boho Glow-Up with this easy DIY
I have an IKEA LACK side table that the Mr. and I bought years ago when we were just starting out and had no furniture. It was headed for the dumpster when I thought it would be perfect if it were covered in sisal rope. The project wasn’t hard to…
Rustic Klubbo
Materials: Klubbo coffee table (the frame) Screwdrivers/Drill MC HAMMER Sandpaper Some 2x4s Wood stain of your choosing Home Depot employee to cut your wood Metal straps/something to attach all strips of wood Patience Upper body strength, or someone with it Description:Ikea klubbo coffee table. You’re cute, but can do better.…
A little country for Kilippan
Materials: Klippan footstool, wood sofa legs, metal mounting plates Description: The tube metal legs have always been my least favorite part of my Klippan loveseat and footstools. (I liked them even less when I saw the cool angled wooden legs that first came with the sofa in the 1970s: http://vimeo.com/5821682)…
Ikea’s Magnetic table DIY
Materials: The necessesary tools needed: Ikea Spontan magnetic board (choose the version you prefer), Loose magnets (without any housing), All-purpose-glue, Screwdriver, 4 screws, 4 loose legs (possibly Lack table), 4 bolts for the screwsDescription: Where did the idea come from? Hasn’t it ever happen/occur to you that when you are…
Plant pot coffee table
Materials: 4 plant pots “BJURÖN”, 4 legs of an older IKEA-couchtable (with screws etc.) and minimum 8 screws and nuts and driller for wood Description: I bought this plant pots (20x20x17cm), because I liked them, but I had no idea, what to use it for. After a few months I…
Malm Coffee table
Materials: Malm storage unitDescription: It is a coffee table made from 3 Malm storage units and capita legs. Assemble 3 Malm according to the IKEA instuctions Put them upside down and attach them to each other using perforated metal plates along with the connecting sides. Use alot of screws Put…
Customize Your Henriksdal Slipcovers With Fabric Paint and A Stencil
Materials: – your Henriksdal slipcovers – fabric paint (I’ve also heard good things about silk screen paint) in the color(s) of your choice (I mixed together 2 colors, and wound up using a total of 22 ounces of paint) – 1 small artist brush – 1 slightly larger brush –…
Lack Gets a Makeover
Materials: Lack coffee table I wallpapered out little Lack and added decorative nails to give it a bit of glam. See more of the Lack makeover. ~ Lizzie, Chicago
Ikea Wall Shelf Turned Console Table
Materials: (1) Ikea Ekby Statlig wall shelf 47 7/8×11″, (4) Ikea Vika Moliden legs, (16) screws, Minwax Wood Stain, Minwax Polycrylic, (1) 2″ synthetic brush, and a power drill. Description: Steps: First, I screwed on the Vika Moliden legs to the long Ekby Statlig shelf using a power drill. I…
Lack and Vika Amon Sideboard
Materials: 4 LACK side tables, 1 VIKA AMON table top Description: The LACK side tables were assembled first and 2 of them were attached using L flat brackets to form one row. Next, they were attached to the VIKA AMON table top using eight 2.5″ screws with washers. They were…
BRANAS stool + table + plant pot
Materials: BRANAS, birch plywood, chipboard, glue Description: As space is obviously the biggest worry in a small flat, I was looking for a cheap flexible solution to provide storage and seating at the same time. Therefore I thought of a little, but effective addition to my BRANAS baskets. I simply…
Waiting for the mail
Materials: SKRUVSTA office chair and post bags Description: A while ago, I got hold of 5 old post bags from our former company. As a remembrance of the company I used to work for for almost 25 years, I knew that I wanted to make a new cover for the…
