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
Double Lack
Materials: 2 lack tableDescription: For the first table, cut the four legs (about 10cm less), for the second one, cut just one leg. That’s all, you can nest them as you wish. ~ dunoon, brittany
Coffee table advance
Materials: Malm Storage Unit, Galant Monitor Stand Description: Only a little hack 😉 The Malm Storage Unit is perfect to hide things like the TV guides, bottle opener, the reserve of sweets, … but they are not big enough for a coffee table. So I have expanded it with a…
Build a Rietveld-inspired chair with NUMERAR countertop
Materials: NUMERAR + plywood + paint (red, blue, black, yellow) Description: Rietveld designed this red-blue chair in 1923, inspired by Mondrian. 1. I had some spare NUMERAR countertop (28mm thick) 2. The chair is made from 28mmx28mm sticks that you prepare, following instructions downloadable here. 3. Paint them in black…
Spice it Up! Klippan Sofa
Materials: RIT dye, salt, washing machine, Klippan sofa slipcoverDescription: When I moved into my Lower Greenville apartment in Dallas, I had a limited budget to outfit an entire apartment. So, of course, I went to every budget-lover’s dream store, IKEA! They didn’t have the couches I originally picked out in…
Sater 2.5 seat sofa to leather chair
Materials: Sater 2.5 seat sofa (leather), assorted hand tools Description: My roommate and I bought an IKEA Sater 2.5 seat sofa, and after about 6 months of normal use (never more than 2 people sitting on it, it snapped in half, folding like a hinge, with the frame resting on…
Upholstered Lack coffee table
Materials: A lack table, a Vyssa Slummer kids mattress, some wheels, wood and a board from the hardware store, a little Velcro and some synthetic leather Description: This first step is optional: I shortened the legs of the table, inserted wood in the hole that it created and screwed some…
Billy Built-in with a top
Materials: Half Height Billy Bookcases Description: I love built-ins, I can’t afford built-ins so I made my own out of 5 Billy bookcases. Step 1) Assemble bookcases! Easier said then done. Step 2) Screw bookcases together, pulling the middle section out 3-4 inches. Creating some interest! Step 3) Cut MDF…
LaivaPax Coffee Table
Materials: Laiva TV Stand, Pax Wardrobe doorDescription: I picked up a Pax Fevik wardrobe panel in the as-is section for $5. A couple months later, I picked up the Laiva TV stand for $20. I used some 1×3 lumber to make a support frame to raise the Pax panel a…
Mirror, Mirror….
Materials: Ikea Lack Coffee Table, Mirrors, Measuring Tape, Permanant Mirror Glue Description: Here is a picture of my Ikea Lack coffee table. The color palette in my loft is black, grey and white since I have concrete floors and ceilings. I really wanted something that wouldn’t break the bank and…
Vacation Inspired Coffee Table
Materials: (2) x Billsta table tops, 1 pack of (4) 6″ Capita, 1 pack of (4) 8″ Capita NON-IKEA – (4) 2″x 1/4″ sunken machine screws, nuts, and washers Description:On a vacation to Sweden (yes, the motherland of IKEA) I ran across a coffee table that I’d been looking for.…
Pimp my Poang
Materials: Poang, fabric, walnut finish Description:I had an IKEA Poang chair that I hated. Normally the Poang doesn’t bother me, but this one originally had a red glossy wood finish with a dark green seat. yuck! I wish I had taken photos of it before changing it because it was…
Modern couch
Materials: LACK tv unit, KLUBBO coffee table leg, cushion material, fabric, screws, wood pieces, L shape brackets Description: 1. Arms: Use wood glue to secure two pieces of 4X6X21.5 and one 2X4X21.5 together for the creation of the arms. Sand edges then place thin layer of foam filler to soften…
Domo-Kun chair
Materials: Snille chair ( I used white ) Description: 1. Cut out eyes with black felt. Use Velcro strips to put it on the chair. 2. Make a pillow looks like a Domo-Kun (pic, right) mouth. 3. Put the pillow on the chair. There is a Domo-Kun chair!! ~ Micci…
I Made A Modernist Alex Credenza With Roll Top to Fit My Vinyl Record Player
Mark had been chasing a specific vision for years: a credenza with that clean, low-slung midcentury modern look. He saw potential in the IKEA Alex file cabinets, but they needed adjustment. “I have long wanted to have an old-style credenza with modernist influences,” Mark says. “I thought the Alex file…
EXPEDIT board in IKEA sale corner to a nice coffee table in my home
Materials: 1PC – EXPEDIT Board AUS$19, 2 Pack of EKBY BJÄRNUM Bracket 9, 2 Pack of $15.00/2 pack, 8 Pcs screw nuts that suit the thickness of the board (Not included with bracket), 4 Pcs of metal nuts from EKBY BJÄRNUM Bracket Description: 1. Turn the board upside down. 2.…
Lack Torrone Table
Materials: Lack coffee table, wood glue, wrapping paper, shellac Description:1. Lack coffee table was built as per instructions. 2. A one inch border was measured out around the table and marked with graphite pencil. 3. A corresponding rectangle was cut from a super snazzy wrapping paper. 4. We used burlesque…
"Minibar" Ikea Style
Materials: Expedit, Dioder, Hutten, Rill Description: I wanted to have a small bar inside my living room. So I decided I take a 2×2 Expedit in white, sawed a “Hutten” down to only 6 bottles, they fit now perfectly inside the Expedit. Painted them white for a better match. Used…
Golden Gate Coffee Table
Materials: Lack coffee table Description: Decided to hack my Lack coffee table after seeing a cool jukebox table in an art gallery that was _way_ out of my price range. I used: Lack coffee table, contact paper from a local shop, and a wall decal of the Golden Gate bridge.…
Tray table
Materials: Ikea Stockholm tray, Hutten wine rack, paint, double adhesive tape Description: In Sweden it’s very popular with tray tables (= Brickbord). The price is about 100 EUR/140 USD or more. My tray table cost 25 EUR/34 USD. (I already had the paint and the tape) Instructions: Paint and assemble…
Turn your studio apartment into a 1 bedroom with IKEA PAX
My girlfriend and I bought and moved into our first apartment, with a tight budget we couldn’t afford anything bigger than a studio apartment. I can’t imagine anyone wanting to have their bed in their living room, so we brainstormed. We discussed every type of foldaway bed and room divider.…
