prettify your ikea frames. jon's mom, leena (who previously gave us the grono lamp hack) used some buttons on the malma mirror. link.the next one is from anittah who added old wine corks to the ikea k…
zieak's towel rack
zieak's cam creature is one of my all-time favourite hacks. he recently sent me another - nothing as far out but it is still pretty interesting."i finally hung my vurm wine rack (which he bought from …
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 eter…
simple cable management on the galant desk
we've seen this cable & computer peripheral decluttering hack from van mardian. now, we have a lazy man's version from dymtns."i got the idea from this site but i was too lazy to get a pegboard and sc…
another winning stolmen media unit
i'm loving this media cabinet with matching bedside table from susan, who blogs at thekitchendesigner.org."i wanted something long, linear, and floating on the wall, definitely not something connected…
a turtle tank hack
deirdr� has been reading ikeahacker for a while and it suddenly dawned on her that she has an ikea hack in her house."we own turtles (red-eared sliders) that at 6 years old are getting quite large, so…
fabric covers for storage boxes
storage is a necessary evil but hey, if we can pretty it up, why not? siri from norway gives these apa storage boxes a makeover."we made very nice boxes out of these apa storage boxes. we used some fa…
Bamboo dish clock

the hultet bamboo dish transformed into an elegant clock by tuck loong from malaysia. nice!…
funky art lamp
pascal from belgium, an art student, sent me this lamp he did for an exhibition."in my art academy, we had to make a lamp object. i used a ikea frack mirror (just the base) and attached a car headlamp…
missing pixs

blogger is a little screwy today. my header's gone missing! at least on my screen. i don't know if it's the same on your connection. also some pixs like the hensvik chest and bowl sink hack are gone …
freestanding kitchen storage from wall cabinets
this is from alex, editor with this old house, where she blogs about the work she does on her apartment."i took 6 varde wall cabinets and stacked them one on top of the other to make some floor to cei…
Splatgirl's stylish bathroom hacks
wes, claire and jonathan all tipped me on this awesome bathroom hack by splatgirl of modern in mn. jonathan called the site the 'holy grail of ikea hacks'. check it out. you'll see why.splatgirl write…
got instructable?
notice the shiny new tab on top of the header? as mentioned here, we're all set to roll ...you now have two ways to submit your ikea hacks:email me at ikeahacker[at]gmail[dot]com as usual. yes, i will…
Stairway to cat heaven

pet hacks are often the most fun hacks i come across. whimsical, cute, funny. i think it just goes with the territory of being a pet owner.regan sent me this catstairs hack, inspired by katwallks.com …
i promise not to run around like a whacka tourist

major digression in this post. that's because i'm in the midst of researching my big outback adventure and decided to pick the brains of those of you who have been to oh-so-delectable-mr-jackman's ho…
the malmese twins
this has got to be my current favourite - dinah and derek's tv storage solution. love, love the floating shelf effect."my boyfriend and i both have apartments filled with ikea goodies and hacks. recen…
hensvik chest for the nursery

ikea furniture colour range is not the best in the world, admittedly. unless you're okay with white, silver, black, oak, beech and birch, you just have to diy if you need some other hue. andrew painte…
smart underbed storage
an impressive hack from bryan stuart, who tells me he loves hacking ikea."i made a storage bed made from an ikea dalselv bed frame. i cut the legs off the bed frame, attached some hinges and handles t…
forum updates

the forums were down for a bit last week due to a server upgrade. but it's up and running again.on the matter of spam in the forums ... urgh ... i'm up to my eyeballs trying to keep them in check. spa…
a time bomb clock
this time bomb clock from lulubean is a blast. originally sent in for a contest in craftster, this ticker surely won my heart."i started with an ikea clock (the rusch, i think) i had hanging in the ba…
ikeahacker meets instructables

i've always been a fan of instructables, the ubercool how-to site. when jeff wrote me about collaborating ... to say that i was thrilled to bits would be an understatement.we are still working out the…
stolmen tv bench
brett's tv bench from stolmen chests - simple but sexy."got an easy one, but think it looks pretty hot. i got 3 stolmen 43" chests, and put them together to make a long tv bench, removed the drawer fr…
how to hack a bowl sink

finally, i'm getting more bathroom hacks. this one is from scott. "my family and i used a 3 drawer bath unit with beech front in this hack. we used an existing pedestal sink, put the ikea 3 drawer uni…
adding a spacer to the lack tv bench
what do you do if your ikea tv bench are a tad too low? frank serritelli hacked 2 lack tv benches so that the tv sits higher and their tv addict pug can't reach the screen, presumably to chase cars."o…
drawer mat madeover into pretty bag
the first thing i asked anna after she sent me her hacks was "can i buy them?" it's always been hard for me to resist pretty bags.my bag weakness aside, these are made from the rationell drawer mats w…
ikea party invitation hack
not only ikea furniture gets hacked. the assembly instruction manual is also fair game. ann wiens from chicago hacked it into an office party invitation."i work at an arts and media college in chicago…