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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Do a Panna?
Over at Apartment Therapy, the good folks came out with an idea on turning the humble (and cheap) Tullsta into a designer Tokujin Yoshioka Panna chair. Batting, moving blankets and a staple gun may be all you need to replicate your own. What do you think?
Side chairs into mid-century-ish club chairs
Tim gives a new mid-century twist to these side chairs. “I’m not sure what the Ikea name for these side chairs is, but they were old and wobbly and the back legs were breaking off. I made a simple base out of 2×10’s and used the original arms from the…
Skruvsta office chair makeover
Maya turns the Skruvska swivel chair into quite a stunner. “I bought a badly-scuffed white Skruvsta office chair in the “scratch-and-dent” section of Ikea in Israel, as well as some fabric remnants. I used these remnants to recover this chair entirely, adding some extra padding to the chair cushion. I initially covered it without…
Get into the hot seat
This has got to be the first Mercedes Benz inspired hack. Nico Mertens adds seatheating to the Poang. Now, a hack you can really warm up to. “I have pimped my Ikea Poang with heated seating and extended the headrest to suit my purposes. The idea was born when I…
Besta small entertainment unit
Dez hacks a floating entertainment unit from the Besta. “I haven’t really done anything revolutionary here, but I thought I’d share how I used a Besta extension and hung it as a floating entertainment unit. It makes for a nice a clean installation for a master bedroom and gives it…
Retractable Lack coffee table
How about a side table to flips up when you need it and hides quietly when you don’t. Here’s what Colin did with his Lack side table. The side table is to place all the goodies when friends come over for some poker. It’s quite simple to do. Just fit…
A chair to rock your Summer
Alex’s Emmabo Rocking Chair finally gave up its ghost. But he resurrects them into this outdoorsy deck chairs. How perfect for summer. He says, “I’ve retrofitted wooden slats to an Emmabo Rocking Chair frame. It’s now suitable for outdoor use as a deck chair. The metal frame is salvaged and…
Coffee Table
A really slim coffee table. Great if you have a small space and need something to just fit right in. KayJay says, “It’s fairly small and not a functional for someone with a large space. My living room area is tiny. I mean… HELLA TINY… like, five steps wide tiny.…
Bonde sideboard
Oscar Cederwall from Bålsta, Sweden converts the Bonde TV Add-on into a handsome sideboard. Oscar says, “I did this hack a couple of years ago. The color of my Bonde side board is not available any more as far as I know. The main reason for why I decided to…
Ikea Expedit Asian inspired entertainment center
Jim recently completed an entertainment unit with an Asian bend. Nice. Very nice. He says, “Basically, it’s an Ikea Expedit reconfigured and modified as an entertainment center in an Asian inspired style. The first photo shows it without the bottom cube shelves and removable shelves. Photo 2 shows it with…
A TV unit rerun
Elodie gives her old TV unit a new burst of life. Again. “This is a third life for my TV furniture. At the beginning it was ‘birch’. I transformed it in brown and flashy colors, and some years later I painted it in white and then I put a shiny…
Bookcases to bay window seat
Cindy always wanted a window seat/bay window thing in her living room. Here’s how she fulfilled her wish with a few Traby bookcases. She says, “I adapted some Traby bookcases to form a window seat that doubles as a daybed for visiting guests! The units are basically different size Traby…
Hand embroidered Svenning chair
Helga gets crafty with her Svenning chair. The fabric is simply gorgeous. She says, “I embroidered some fabric I got from the offcuts bin in John Lewis (a big chain of department stores in the UK, who sell good stuff, including lovely fabrics). Then I used it to recover my…
An armchair to go
All the furniture in Andrew’s house are on wheels. Hmm … certainly makes cleaning easier. For us, he gives the Tullsta Armchair mobility. He say, “Basically, I remove the stick legs from the Tullsta and replace it with a wood 2×4 box and Rill casters to put the armchair on…
Suit your sofa right: A step-by-step sofa re-upholstery
Over at Eddie Ross‘, they’ve posted an amazing step by step re-upholstery of a Manstad sofa. The chocolate twill cover is from the Slipcover shop and tucked using only a staple gun and an Exacto knife. The right suit really does make the sofa. See more of the slipcover re-upholstery.
IKEA TULLSTA chair cover reimagined in 2 fresh new ways
The IKEA TULLSTA armchair is one of the most enduring armchairs in IKEA’s range. It’s compact and easy to place. The curve lines give it a timeless feel. Another great feature is the removable slipcovers so it’s easy to keep clean. And you can quickly change the color and style…
LACK coffee table gets a mosaic top
Julie spruces up an old LACK coffee table with mosaic. She says, “It was pretty simple, actually. I got my dad to make a wood cover (pine sides + mdf base) to slide over top of the original table. I think he made it about 1mm bigger on each side,…
A woody window sill
Tim gets hold of some Platta wooden decking to embellish his window sill which gives it a nice natural look. He says, “I just made a hack using five Plattas. They were to be used for your terrace for flowers or walking on it I suppose. I don’t really know.…
The Baseball Card Collage Table any fan will want
It’s a Saturday and perhaps you’ll like a round of baseball too. Matthew made this baseball card collage table that’s so awesome. Happy weekend and happy hacking. He says, “I discovered an interesting way to give the LACK side table a baseball make-over using a bunch of vintage baseball cards,…
Benjamille Chair
Eric, who is a Masters candidate for a degree in Industrial Design, has been hacking Ikea for a while now. His most current hack is his successful recovery of his Snille Chair. It’s a mutant between a Benjamin stool and a Snille – a Benjamille? He says, “The stem and…
