unflatpack your ikeaaah, you guys in the uk have a good thing. unflatpack is a business that well, unflatpacks your flatpacks. you call them, place your order, they go to ikea, buy the stuff, deliver it and set it up for…
dressing up billyvanessa of la apartment therapy spotted this while browsing her copy of style at home, "they show a great way to dress up that blah bookcase. in the photo they purchased billy doors - attached small r…
hacking ikeahackervoila! new looks.i'm kinda hoping the tabs at the top makes it easier for you to browse. that said, i do know it's still kinda dumb navigation wise, because you'll have to keep hitting your browser's …
the third in timtom's series - a beautiful peekaboo bed."we also have a 'palanquin' bed. it's the fairy-tale kinda bed, with curtains, but I always found curtains were a bit too ... well fairy-tale-ey…
the second in timtom's series - a movable feast for the eyes. "i had to place my projector and dvd player on a movable support, since our living room is a bit too wide and the projected image was lar…
ikea 2007 catalogue now out!the 2007 catalogue is now available online at the ikea site. click here to go there directly.you can also pre-order your catalogue by completing the ikea catalogue request. besides getting it snail-ma…
i'm always impressed with the creativity of ikea hackers. a few weeks back, timtom wrote me and told me of his home filled with ikea stuff and hacks. of course, that got me hooked instantly, and I pes…
Switch to handsfree psp viewingholding your psp for hours on end is a drag. and tired hands fuels invention. ck [via make] posts a cool diy psp stand. his prototype was a crappy cardboard version but since then, he has engineered i…
sound of silencei had second thoughts about posting this hack, because, well, it's ugly. but then, i thought perhaps some other hacker out there may have a better solution to this piece of conversation stopper. isn't…
ikea fado lookalike at half the pricethis is another budget saving hack from greg of ecoroofs everywhere. "i wanted a plastic globe instead of the glass version from ikea so i could hang it pretty low over my bed and not worry about it s…
make your own ikea cam creaturei love weird looking creatures and this one, by make flickr photo pool member, zieak, [via make] seemed to have walked right out of a tim burton movie. he writes - "this little guy (ikea unicef brum b…
Cheap yet chic stair lightingi call this one hack of a sexy stair lighting. simon says "putting lighting into our entry stairs has proven rather, err, problematic. I haven't managed to electrocute myself trying to fit traditional…
assemble a colouring bookit's cute overload when i found mike tsao's entry in sowbug.org. he gives us a great tip, "recycle and parent in one step: ikea assembly instructions make great coloring books." my! indeed.tags: ikea,…
following my entries here and here on the ikea 2007 range, i've found more pictures. i'm happy to see that the new range carries the usual ikea clean lines, strong colours and playfulness. i like!to l…
hate the fabric colour? just paint it!nothing like new colour to bring an old piece of furniture back to life. but when you have non-removable fabric covers ... bummer? maybe not.greg of ecoroofs everywhere shows us on his ikea skruvsta h…
help! my boj is so boring!marion from sydney writes me asking for ideas how she can spice up her boj drawers, and cover the flaking bits. (boj is no longer produced by ikea, i think.)"i've been wantin…
found these beautiful pieces at mocoloco. the humble bumerang clothes hanger is reborn as a stag's head. with a few more hangers, you can form a crossbow to shoot ikea pencils at the stag, with no ani…
an ikea bookcase for a swede by and byi may be an ikea fan but being buried in a billy? it gives new meaning to flatpack.anyways, diehards (no pun intended) among you may want to check out joe scanlan's 112-page-perfect-bound-tome - diy, …
seeing this hopf & wortmann dna lamp, available from next [via design*sponge and reluct], i had an "aha" moment. i remembered seeing a similar lamp hack at boingboing - the fractal chandelier from sea…
how to submit your ikea hackafter days sweating over an ikea hack, you deserve your moment of glory here.just write me at ikeahacker[at]gmail[dot]comin your mail, you should include the following info:1. a short description of t…
a cool cuppawhen i saw this i almost scalded my lips with hot coffee. what brilliant use of ikea items. can you spot the cabinet door handles masquerading as coffee cup rails?cgfan's coffee contraption is the "br…
ikea hack of the month - junei survived a month of this blog. and we did alright with a pretty neat crop of hacks. thanks, everyone, who sent me their hacks. i really get a kick out of reading your mails.and *drumroll* for the mo…
hey, i just found some photos promoting the ikea everyday fabulous exhibition. i know, i know, it's a done deal but i couldn't pass over these clever new york city hacking ideas. i wonder, though, did…
custom cabinetthis hack is a dated. but i've just stumbled across it and i am a sucker for awesome mood shots. love the different hues on the frosted doors - how did you do that? and david, where did you get that c…
can't stand iti don't have audio speakers so i'm not sure whether these gaje speaker stands are as bad as this hacker makes them out to be. nonetheless, fluffy rants gives a nifty solution to the problem: "yeah, th…
