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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Living Room Storage
You not only create a storage system that's tailored to your living room and the items you need to store, but also seamlessly match your style and taste.
Rast Dresser gets a makeover and it’s so good
For the last few months I’ve become a big fan…
IVAR with beautiful Louis Cubes parquet design
I would never recommend trying this. Because it drove me…
Hello 2021! Light the year up with a candle fireplace
A cosy candle fireplace to set the mood for 2021.…
MARKERAD display cabinet, stacked and elevated
The MARKERAD glass door cabinet is a really nice, simple…
Coffee table and side table hacks
Double multi-position Tingby Coffee table
Materials: 2 TINGBY tables by IKEA (we used the 64x64cm)…
The eX(pedit)-BOX – An arcade coffee table
IKEA Items Used: Expedit 2×2 shelving unit (white) Algot Metal…
IKEA LACK multi-purpose side table
IKEA items used: LACK side table (birch effect), wood panel…
7 easy steps to transform an IKEA stool into a cute table
I propose to you to transform a piece of furniture…
Lack Media Table
The idea was to replace my old living room coffee…
IKEA LACK table with height extension
Here is my hacked IKEA LACK table. We made this…
IKEA Bookshelf Hacks
Making the ultimate built-in action figure display case
Action figure display case from stock IKEA BILLY bookshelves Since…
DIY corner speaker shelf for the SONOS Play:1
I already had a long MOSSLANDA picture ledge on that…
IKEA HEMNES built-in: Trim and moulding does wonders
Here’s how I made a wall to wall IKEA HEMNES…
Go big! Dress up your wall bookcase with a mural
One thing I’ve always wanted in my ideal house is…
This BILLY celebrates with one-of-a-kind cane doors
Cane furniture is definitely here to stay. I first saw…
Box shelves: Make them really quick and easily
I hacked the IVAR shelving system, because I wanted to…
IKEA Hacks for sofas, poufs and stools
Two love seats make one super long sofa
Materials: 2 x KARLSFORS Love seat, 3x BESTÅ leg (2…
Klippan Corner Sofa Conversion and Longer Oak Fence Post Legs
Materials: KLIPPAN sofa x 2 Firstly, I cut the arm…
Manstad Hack to fit Avion Travel Trailer
Materials: MANSTAD For 3 years, we’ve wanted to add one…
From PELLO to perch
Materials: PELLO chair The chair frame was dismantled and the…
I framed Jules
Materials: JULES chair The wheels on the swivel part of…
Malm bench into ottoman
Materials: MALM bench I took a Malm bench put some…
All our IKEA Living Room Hacks
$5 thrifted dining table takes on the elliptical shape
I picked up an INGO dining table at a church sale for $5. So, I thought I’d have a shot at turning it into a coffee table for our small living room. We’d decided on an oval shape (elliptical to be precise) as we kept banging our shins on the…
Natural wood coffee table hacked from 2 benches
After a lot of searching we did not find any matching natural wood coffee table so I hacked two 120cm SKOGSTA benches into one coffee table.
TARVA Dresser hack inspired by this expensive one
Part of Jessica’s Reading Room transformation for the One Room Challenge includes a Tarva Dresser hack. Right up our alley. Her inspiration piece is this classy unit from West Elm, called Gemini. The distinctive feature of the Gemini unit are the routed circular overlays. They function as a design detail as…
Go big! Dress up your wall bookcase with a mural
One thing I’ve always wanted in my ideal house is a library. I love to read, but when I first moved out of my parents’ house years ago I gave away most of my book collection. It simply wasn’t practical to move it around and try to fit it in…
This BILLY celebrates with one-of-a-kind cane doors
Cane furniture is definitely here to stay. I first saw Kathryn’s BILLY hack with cane webbing doors on Instagram. When I reposted it, I captioned it saying we should petition IKEA to make this style of doors. Quite a few hands shot up. I’m not alone in wanting cane cabinet…
Screen with greens: Make an Indoor Plant Room Divider
This is our hack of the PINNIG coat rack and shoe bench into an indoor plant room divider. Which we now call “The Pinnig Sprout Screen”. Backstory We have always wanted a room divider to have clear demarcation between the living room and dining area. And we’ve looked through countless number of…
Box shelves: Make them really quick and easily
I hacked the IVAR shelving system, because I wanted to have stackable box shelves which are more flexible and easier to moving around. They also save space. The hack wasn’t very hard to do and it took me just half a day, approximately 4 hours. NOTE: Obviously, this hack is…
42 EKETs make a unique IKEA Cube Bookcase
We built a new house three years ago and now decided to build a new book case to replace our ages old EXPEDIT. The idea was to cover the whole wall with books and bookcase. As we did not find anything we like, I came with an idea to build…
The BILLY bookcases are made for built-ins and here’s proof
The goal behind the IKEA hack was to create a useful division in the basement. We had a really long wall that needed something to separate the games area from the media area. What better way to introduce more storage than with some IKEA BILLY built-in bookcases. Items used for BILLY built-in…
See it. Or not? How to make a BILLY bookcase secret door
We wanted to achieve two goals with one project: Find a clever, affordable, and easy-to-install (and break down) secret door in our rental home (we’ve always wanted one) AND … … make this weird middle room in our home with doors and windows on every wall useful! We already have…
Mind the gap: Fit IKEA MALM over a tall baseboard
I forgot one thing when I ordered the MALM dresser: The baseboards in my apartment are very tall and very wide. So, when I installed it, I had a 4 cm gap between the wall and the back of the cabinet which was not aesthetically possible for me. As it…
Transform your TV dinners with this uplifting hack
When I started to live on my own I bought the MELLTORP square table. First it was a dining table. Later, when I could afford more space, I got another dining table and I changed the MELLTORP into a coffee table by cutting down the legs to sofa height. But…
Triple POÄNG – The astonishing cat resistant sofa
The missing link in IKEA’s range. Why? We inherited a cat that shredded our furniture, apart from a 20-year-old IKEA POÄNG armchair, with no cat resistant seating products on the market, we decided to buy 2 additional POÄNG armchairs, we went for the new range that come with a blue/grey…
Easiest fish tank stand ever and DIY room separator
I was wondering how to better separate the entrance (taking into account a fish tank stand with a large aquarium, 120L) from the other areas. Fish tank stand – before: Related: There’s something fishy about this EXPEDIT Materials: 2 units of KALLAX 2×2 MDF panels Wood slats (1200mm x 6mm) I…
Got 2 free Kallax units and here’s what happened
I wanted a challenge to see if I could make the KALLAX units unique after we received them for free. Plus they fit the bill perfectly as home office furniture.
The IKEA Billy Project: A BILLY library like no other
Benjamin sent in his massive IKEA BILLY project — a BILLY library to be exact. He wanted “a large bookcase in the style of a small library.” And he got exactly what he envisioned. The library spans across a doorway and so classy when lit. If you’re planning on your…
IKEA LACK Stencilled Accent Table for succulents
Hi, my name is Elyse and here’s an IKEA hack inspired by Nifty, on how to upcycle an IKEA LACK side table into a beautiful stenciled accent table complete with succulents. Materials: IKEA LACK Side Table (black) Indian Inlay Furniture Stencil Kit by Kim Myles 120 grit sandpaper Stix primer…
Rattan doors for the EXPEDIT / KALLAX cubbies
This is an old hack of mine. I had an EXPEDIT TV shelving unit and wanted some BRANÄS drawers for it. However, for some of the cubbies a door was better suited, so I had to do a small hack. I hacked the rattan doors for the EXPEDIT but it will…
How to disguise your Bike Trailer as a end table
I created this hack for two reasons. It saves space by not having to store my bike trailer and I really thought it would look interesting to use the trailer as an end table. To use the bike trailer all I do is lift off the top and connect to…
Extendable Board Game Table made from IKEA TV stands
We have a small apartment but wanted to host board game nights without a huge table taking up space. This board game table IKEA hack took around 2 hours total, and cost around $180. The expanding board game table gives us flexibility in using our limited amount of space in…
