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Make a vintage style IKEA Piano Lamp
After purchasing a new digital piano with a classical upright piano design, I needed a matching piano lamp. The piano has high gloss black finish, a classic piano lamp in brass or silver would fit...
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KNAGGLIG crate in custom size: A how-to
Here’s a how-to on customizing the size of a KNAGGLIG crate I hope this information is useful to somebody. It is not a real high-tech or difficult hack, but I was browsing the internet myself and...
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Q: Can MAXIMERA Drawers fit PLATSA Frames?
I have questions about PLATSA frames and MAXIMERA drawers (for METOD kitchen range). It’ll be very kind of you if you let me get some useful tips related to my question. IKEA items used: PLATSA: 80 x...
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Making the ultimate built-in action figure display case
Action figure display case from stock IKEA BILLY bookshelves Since I’ve moved to a new place I wanted to make an ultimate nerd room/ guest room/ home office. I am an action figure collector, so I have...
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Bathroom alcove cabinet with Maximera drawers
A bathroom alcove cabinet with counter-mounted basin and three MAXIMERA drawers The two working upper drawers appear to be close together as normal, but they’ve been modified to accommodate the basin...
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Turn your JANSJÖ into a light off timer lamp!
We hacked an IKEA LED lamp to turn off automatically after twenty minutes. It’s our version of a light off timer lamp. We have a bunch of JANSJÖ LED lights in our home. They’re good quality, they have...
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IKEA used in surprising ways in duo’s van conversion
Items from the Blue and Yellow store takes centerstage in 60sq. ft. van conversion. This shows IKEA can help you make a home out of anything. Grace and Marlon Aquino spent $1,000 at IKEA (and a few...
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2-in-1 learning tower and high chair for older kids
This is a really easy hack of an IKEA BEKVÄM step stool into a learning tower high chair. Only a couple of steps, because the base items are so well suited for this conversion. We already know that...
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(Not another) IKEA TROFAST children’s desk and chairs!
This DIY IKEA children’s desk has an additional table that lets kids play opposite one another. I built this hack because my kids often want to use our kitchen table to spread out, play or draw....
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IKEA Home smart TRÅDFRI remote control gets hacked
There’s nothing smart in my home. I still need to get up, walk over and flip every switch, turn every knob and draw every blind. While I do not mind the physical exertion (it does help add up to...
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IKEA FLEKKE daybed get matching nightstands
DIY bedside tables from IKEA FLEKKE backrest and extension units. After finishing my “Ultimate built-in action figure display case“, I entered the second phase of this project — placing the IKEA...
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New cover for old IKEA SKRUVSTA Chair
Cover the plain white SKRUVSTA chair with a pop of color! I was searching OLX Portugal website, for a chair for my home office. But I didn’t want a standard black office chair and I didn’t want to...
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6 ideas to make your IKEA doormat a lot more welcoming
The IKEA TRAMPA doormat is one of the best around. It’s made from renewable material (coir fibers) and comes with a non-slip backing. The plain coir doormat is so easy to keep clean too. Just shake it...
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IKEA Pax 2.0: The 2 main problems with Pax SOLVED!
Let’s address the PAX wardrobe bulge and sag problems. I did these mods, because in my opinion, there are two big problems with the PAX system: the back and the shelves. 1. The backer board is thin...
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DIY cat house you can easily make with an IKEA step stool
Our DIY Cat House project makes use of the IKEA BEKVÄM stool, with the space divided into two. A “Päls Hem” aka Fur House. We enclosed the space at the base of the stool to create a cosy nook for our...
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IKEA sofa with genius armrest storage
Bet you never knew your sofa armrests were prime storage space. Ok, so the guys at IKEA are the masters of hidden / secret storage everywhere. In fact, one of the things I most loved about the...
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A beautiful design idea for the IVAR cabinet with doors
A wall of IVAR cabinets with doors engraved is astonishingly captivating. Because IVAR is real solid wood (unlike a lot of flat-pack cupboards), it makes a great blank canvas for CNC machining work...
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6 IKEA DUKTIG hacks that are NOT play kitchens
The IKEA DUKTIG. Undoubtedly the king of play kitchens. Chances are, if you’ve bought the toy kitchen, you would have searched Pinterest for hack ideas and found thousands of IKEA DUKTIG play kitchen...
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Old wardrobe gets second life as a retro arcade machine
IKEA TRYSIL wardrobe saved from landfill and converted into a retro arcade games machine. We were dismantling our son’s TRYSIL Wardrobe to remove it from his room. It had been good wardrobe but the...
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20 best IKEA hacks on Instagram 2019
It’s been a while since I last did a round up of my favourite IKEA hacks on Instagram. And since then, the number of IKEA hacks on IG has grown leaps and bounds. When I did a search, I found over...
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