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
Bookshelf room dividers with a little help from BILLY
This is Lily’s very first IKEA hack — Billy bookshelf room dividers — and it’s a nice one. Clever use of BILLY bookshelves to section out a ‘sleeping area’ and create storage. Definitely a snuggle-worthy corner. She says, “I’m renting this large one space studio but didn’t like the idea…
Head cushions for the sofa
An old cushion headrest and makes two under the hands of Gianluca and Rossella. They share, “We were trying to fix an old bamboo sofa, so, after new covers for the sofa cushions, we were thinking about adding little cushions. We had this cylindrical foam rubber cushion from Ikea. I…
Bowling alley chair hack
Chris scores some seats from a bowling alley and pairs them nicely with Ikea swivel legs. He explains, “Through my relentless searching of craigslist, I found these free seats from a bowling alley. Initially I was going to build a bench with them, but a stop at Ikea led me…
Stencilling the Poang
Vidya gives the Poang chair a swift makeover. She says, “My husband and I have always disagreed about the Poang chair. He loves the comfort – I don’t like any of the fabrics that it comes in. The cover we have for it is plain white and it is so…
Extra large low coffee table
This is from Ran, who wanted a big, low coffee table, but couldn’t find one that fitted the two requirements. So he hacks one from Lack shelves. I love the size and the white strip. It would work great with Capita legs too. He says, “I thought about using a…
Time to put on some new skin
It’s amazing what new skin can do to furniture. These from Anna of Forty Two Roads look simply gorgeous with new fabrics. Anna writes, “I recently reupholstered some furniture in my house with Ikea fabric (from the As-Is bins, where I usually hunt for cool fabric pieces). I’ve really been…
Magiker decoupaged coffee table
Monica got a Magiker coffee table (link no longer available) but was soon sick of people seeing all her junk under the glass. So she took old CD covers and pasted them on the top of the glass. Then mod podged over on top of that, and a polyurethane spray…
Benjamin gets suped up
Well, we’ve had Dennis and Elvis, so it was only a matter of time that we have superheroes. Enjoy this series of decoupage stools from Eva. She says, “I hacked 3 Benjamin stools using the decoupage technique. The first and second are made applying various pictures from old art magazines…
The Alseda gets a top
Am loving what Antonella did to the Alseda stool. She transformed it into an oriental style coffee table. Antonella simply screwed a round wooden server on top and added three wooden legs, painted with aniline colour. Easy and cheap.
a touch of faux
The first hack I’ve received so far using faux animal print. And this Svansbo table set (can’t find it on Ikea’s site) by Georgion turned out pretty amazing. Georgion says, “This one is the Svansbo table set, like the one you have on your site with floral painting on it,…
Ceramic tiles to the rescue
JoBeth from Singapore has an old Ikea table (name long forgotten) that little sis destroyed and Dad saved. All you need to re-create this tiled table top, which I think will look great on a lack coffee table, are a hammer, ceramic tiles in different colours, tile adhesive, grout, a…
a train in your coffee table
steffen builds a model train inside his ikea coffee table, vinninga. More hacks on IKEAHackers.
Sit Pretty: IKEA Chair Cover Ideas
Upgrading the style and appearance of IKEA chairs through upholstery is a fantastic way to breathe new life into your furniture while maintaining their practicality and affordability. These IKEA hacks allows you to transform basic, mass-produced chairs into unique, personalized pieces that complement your home decor. By choosing your own…
the well lit living room
mike does a little light makeover – replacing an old track light in his living room with 5 regolit pendant lamps. he says, “we started with 5 of the regolit lamps and build a framework out of mdf to hide a powerbar and all the cords. the mdf panel is…
and this is how you should do a loft
alex sent me his gorgeous hack – a room divider to separate his living and bedroom. he says, “moved into a loft in downtown L.A. and needed to divide up the living space and create a closet as well. (two full baths but no closet!!!) anyway, found these ready made…
a living room makeover pt. II
denise sent me some additional pictures after the rave reviews on her boyfriend’s pad’s makeover. she adds, “basically, we didn’t want to buy furniture since the green way is not to consume more. staining the furniture was not an option since ikea uses laminate. i came up with the idea…
a living room makeover
some eye candy to start off the week. this cool pad once looked like a dorm room. thanks to denise, the girlfriend, the place is completely made over. “for my boyfriend’s birthday, while he was away for about a week, my friends and i made over his place. it used…
elvis is in the house!
some time back i featured this comic art stool. erin sends me her version – of the king, no less – on the stefan chair. the chairs are done by erin’s husband, artist adam sorensen based in los angeles, ca. she says, “we couldn’t stand our boring stefan chairs any…
a little bit of green for your feet
a crop of moss growing on your footstool? definitely an unusual take on the solsta pallbo from ottoman (the hacker, not the stool). “earlier this year, i thought it would be pretty rad to make an ottoman that looked like a rock with moss growing on it. after much hashing…
save your old chair with a new look
a pretty one from holly. “this one is really simple, but turned out to be quite a task. i took this rolly chair (svenning) and punched it up a little with some fabric from JoAnn’s. when i bought it in 2003, they offered a camo option. now that i’m married…
