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
pronomen set of 3 coffee tables
marc, aka roamingstudio, [via the ikeafans forum] sent me his set of coffee table and side tables, bjorna style. “the image is from our lounge area… and shows three coffee tables i created a few years ago. the surfaces are birch from the ikea pronomen range – 2 x 65cm…
lilybee’s bug side table
update! see ben’s version of lilybee’s side table hack below. do you have a version too? send it in and share in the bug love. i love lilybee’s bug side table inspired by a vivavi credenza she spotted in domino magazine. using wood effect contact paper and a steady hand,…
billy doors room divider
hack no. 2 from megan – a room divider salvaged from her billy doors. “when my billy ydre bookcase doors got scratched i was going to take them to the dump. instead with some help from friends, we used the door brackets to connect the doors to each other and…
DIY Mirrored Coffee Table: Get the Vintage Look for Less
Aprica had enough of eyeballing way-too-expensive vintage mirrored tables and took things into her own hands. “After coveting numerous vintage mirrored tables ranging from $450 to $2500 on eBay and other online sites, I decided to make my own using a 35″ long IKEA LACK coffee table. While the cost…
news: bemz’s serendipity slipcovers
if you have ikea sofas but don’t want to be stuck with the limited selection of slipcovers, then bemz is the place to go. Bemz is a Swedish company that designs slipcovers for Ikea sofas and chairs. They recently released a new collection – Serendipity, inspired by Sweden’s 18th century…
bookcase sliding door hides secret passageway
ooh … this is cool. nicole‘s bookcase sliding door that hides an entryway to the bathroom. love the disappearing doorway act. “my husband and i are installing all sliding doors in our modern remodel. in the den area we have very little wall space for any display area, so we…
anatomic factory’s nata vintage chair
presenting the first “designer” hack. AnAtomicFactory sent me this ikea stefan chair hack, which they call nata vintage. the italian on the site reads: “nata vintage stems from a reflection on the eternal return of the ‘old’ as a recurrent tendency of the market. new objects are created, not…
hack a sectional sleeper
what do you do when you can’t fit a conventional sofa through the door? beverly merz’s solution is this 5 seater sectional cum sofa bed made from ikea mattresses and footstools. i like how the solsta pallbo footstools are smartly disguised and made into storage. “when i moved into a…
zebra solsta pallbo cubes
i had the nagging feeling that i missed something when i posted the solsta pallbo footstool hacks earlier. further digging in my inbox led to this zebra cube from theresa choi. “i bought two of these cube frames (they had a cushion on top) without the cover. then i bought…
padding up benjamin
like mike, i really like the benjamin stool. it’s a good looking stool that can be used as a side table, footstool or occasional table. mike writes, “i like the aesthetic of the benjamin stool, but it lacks the padding necessary to be comfortable as a foot stool for any…
curtain room divider
another curtain room divider idea. this one is from marc who used lightweight muslin with the kvadrant curtain rail system. i can no longer find it on the ikea site, but i think the ikea kvartal may work the same. adding to marc’s idea, if you choose not to use…
things to do with a solsta pallbo footstool
the humble solsta pallbo footstool is more versatile that you think. a little imagination is all it needs. 1. give it a new look like what lynn did “i have my own little baby ikea hack from a while ago. they had a bright lemon yellow floor sample solsta pallbo…
a Lite-Brite coffee table
this is unique one from tay. a Lite-Brite coffee table. who would have thought! what tay did was: “i cut open the top panel of a ramvik coffee table, and secure under it 2 custom-drilled peg boards, which now are the perfect fit for Lite-Brite pieces. inside the coffee table…
custom made footstool cover
i cracked up when i saw this hack sent in by winnie – a custom made chocolatey-marshmellowy (is there such a word?) footstool cover for the solsta pallbo. the top are covered with pompoms, hot glued on, and the sides are made from warm and fuzzy faux fur. chocolate sundaes,…
woo! a cath kidston skruvsta chair
yvonne from netherlands, who runs the amazing yvestown blog sent me two hacks. and they are GORGEOUS, major gorgeous. the first is the skruvsta swivel chair, which has a nice shape but hardly inspiring fabric. with yvonne, it didn’t stay that way. she writes, “it’s in cath kidston fabric. this…
help! can’t find karlanda ‘add on unit’
i purchased a karlanda couch and ‘add on unit’. the couch came, the add on unit never did. after waiting for almost a year for my order to come in i was informed it would not ever, as it was discontinued. so, now i have a couch and what i…
the tord coffee table edition
it is hard to believe that this chic looking slate top coffee table is hacked from a file cabinet. jason scavenged a tord file cabinet (which i’m not able to find on ikea’s site) from the ‘as-is’ room for $9.99 and used the base as legs for the coffee table.…
ikea spotting!
hey, some mid-week eye candy. nicole [thanks!] did some ikea spotting and spied this on apartment therapy. pretty little space with nice use of the docksta table and gilbert chair. doesn’t look like it cost less than $350, does it? and can anyone place that gorgeous media unit? go here…
oak stained sideboard
happy new year! here’s a nice one, spotted on curbly to kick off 2007. a pair of akurum kitchen wall cabinets turned into an elegant sideboard. urbanmark wrapped two 30″ ikea akurum wall cabinets in oak plywood cut at home depot and stained them dark brown. the cabinets are hung…
salvaging an ikea lack coffee table
well, we know that ikea furniture is not made to last forever but before you trash it, get a little crafty and you may just give it a new lease of life. chris salvaged his ikea lack coffee table – gave it new legs and a new look. first, he…
