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myIKEA Hacks: 15 Clever Ideas to Upgrade Your Home
Looking for DIY-friendly tasks to upgrade your home? With the high cost of living thesedays, many homeowners and renters are looking for ways to upgrade your home.
Important Notes (please skim over the essentials as these are important considerations to take on board when using IKEA hacks):
- If you rent your home just ensure that any changes/upgrades are okay with the landlord before proceeding.
- Also, it’s important to consider safety. For instance, if you are using old elements from IKEA furniture, be sure it is not too worn down that it might collapse or otherwise pose a health or/and safety hazard.
- Plus make sure that you can pull off any IKEA hacks that are more challenging than others - otherwise hire a professional to err on the side of caution.
- Lastly, products listed can vary over time and by region so it’s important to ensure that the IKEA furniture you purchase will work for the hack intended or how to take any required adjusted approaches to succeed!
1. Spanish-Arched Bookshelves Hack
IKEA’s Billy Bookcases are sleek, appealingly simplistic and (as with IKEA furniture in general) relatively low costing.
While advantageous in their own right, one TikToker showed how to convert one of these bookcases into a custom-built alternative with Spanish-style arches. Like most IKEA hacks, this is a great way of achieving a home upgrade on a budget that would otherwise cost a good bit more.
In this case, user Tamara Smith (a.k.a. @grandparentschair). Tamara took the approach of applying some standout paint tones along with hardboard and trim to create an upgraded approach.
2. Bed Slat = Wall Hanger
One way of using IKEA furniture to upgrade your home is with an IKEA Sultan Lade bed slat. When installed and used right, this IKEA element can act as a slick, well-integrated form of storage.
Consider how to add different items suitable for this type of storage to make the best of this neat IKEA hack.
3. Rotating Storage Island
A clever example from YouTuber Emma Hill shows how two Ikea METOD wall units can be converted into a rotating storage island.
Emma purchased two IKEA METOD wall units and four of the matching doors. All IKEA furniture she purchased came in all white but she painted them after lightly sanding along with other steps as discussed in her YouTube video.
Beyond this, Emma went on to apply another light shade to the furniture, installed a spinning mechanism and added the finishing touches including fitting the shelves. The end result; a slick, budget-friendly rotating storage island!
4. DIY Boucle Accent Chair
Another great IKEA hack to be found on TikTok is a boucle accent chair. TikToker @lonefoxhome or Drew Scott provided a further luxury-for-cheap solution.
Drew took a TULLSTA IKEA frame chair, four yards of fluffy fabric, cut pool noodles and half inch staples (as added by a staple gun) to create a less than $300 (or sub-£240) DIY boucle accent chair.
Drew shared a 15-minute video on YouTube laying out the steps need to achieve this neat little IKEA cosiness hack.
5. DIY Custom Walk in Closet
This IKEA Pax hack from YouTuber Chase Amie focused on creating a walk-in custom closet by using the IKEA Pax system and IKEA Billy Bookcases.
As Chase Amie goes on to show, the units are customised for the purpose of making a built-in look. Other key steps included adding colour to the units and finalising to create a seamless appearance.
6. Opulent Boho-Style Dresser
TikTok user @__karaweber hacked an IKEA Malm Dresser in order to create a Boho-luxe dresser. Using golden cabinet handles with vinyl textured wallpaper were all that the TikToker needed to provide a quality boho-luxe appearance.
7. Room Divider
This home upgrade hack from YouTube channel Cloudy Hills sees Ikea’s Elvaril Open Wardrobe System reimagined as a wall divider. This was shared as one among many full tutorials provided in their IKEA hacks YouTube video.
8. IKEA Bedside Table Hack
Stacked Homes discovered a Redditor’s clever IKEA hack in the form of a Rast bedside table. Redditor MrReger513 converted a dresser to a bedside table that better matched the surrounding environment such as by adding Rattan and wood trim.
9. Utility Unit
This hack from a Tiny Life Tips list (as initially posted on Instagram by @klk.interiors) looks at the value an IKEA utility unit can offer to a laundry room.
Klk.interiors which can be found across social media, posted a video to TikTok in 2023 showing how to make the unit.
10. Small Bedroom IKEA Hack
When it comes to small bedrooms, one IKEA hack to consider is that of a custom vintage themed dresser. Here, gold contact paper is used to offer great value (or rather luxury) for money.
Originally posted by a French blogger and shared by Typically Topical, this IKEA Malm dresser was enhanced while adding a gold accent to the space as a whole.
11. Ivar Storage System for A Kid’s Room
For family homes with kids, it’s worth considering the Ivar storage system as a fancy, versatile storage solution. Shared by Tiny Life Tips and originally posted by @majasimply on Instagram, the Ivar Storage System shown above.
12. Understairs Pegboard Storage
If you have an understairs storage area, you should consider adding an IKEA pegboard if it fits and works well for the space. This hack was posted by Instagramer @coopers_new_build and used a SKADIS pegboard and ALGOT shelving.
13. Upcycled Artistic Design
Here is a great IKEA hack from Instagramer @alfieadjacent that uses an upcycled IKEA frame. The design plan and items used help to create a stylish and appealing look.
14. Fancy Side Table Hack
TikToker @diekleinebotin shared an easy-to-follow IKEA hack taking a stool and creating an opulent, classic- styled side table.
As shown in @diekleinbotoin’s TikTok video, an IKEA MARIUS stool and IKEA GLATTIS tray are among the items needed to create this budget-friendly and surprisingly straightforward side table.
15. Luxurious Round Coffee Table for a Fraction of the Price
TikToker Arin Solange took the Listerby oak veneer coffee table and combined it with three small black matte painted bins to replicate an expensive Delta Round Coffee Table from Lulu & George.
Solange provides a full breakdown of this budget-friendly upgrade through her website. Based on the items used and conversion rates of USD to GBP, this IKEA hack will probably cost somewhere in the region of £250 to £320, a fraction the cost of the Lulu & George coffee table mentioned above.
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