one kitchen size does not fit all. here's how carsten added almost 8 inches of height to his kitchen base unit."as i am really tall, i always wanted a kitchen with a high countertop. these are insanel…
start your day with coffee in bed
at the rate i am failing at trying to wake up early, i should be making sven's bedside table with coffee maker hack. a piping hot cup of coffee ready the moment my alarm clock rings. waking up to the …
peter reborn as a floor lamp
another vintage hack from a discontinued product, the peter shelving. alex turned it into a sleek floor lamp as a birthday gift."this is an old (1995) hack and the shelf 'peter' (first pix below) is d…
Heartbroken over Goteborg
finally, some thing different! a poem for a sofa."I remember fondly a spring day,seven years ago this May.That�s when my new Goteborg came home to play.It was my second apartment, all on my ownInto a …
make it smell good again
a minor fire makes a stinky sofa. give lisa a sweet smelling new slipcover."I think our sofa deserves a second chance not only because it's starting to look really saggy but the fact that it stinks!We…
pierre and christine's "love again" couch
a story of second chances - for love and for sofas."We are two ikea-fans living in rainy Vancouver, BC. Our Nikkala was purchased upwards of 10 years ago, when Pierre was living in Paris. He purchased…
uglydolls demonstrate against ugly sofa
uglydolls look better than ann's sofa. give her a pretty new one?"My name is Ann and I live in Sweden. My living room would look a lot better with a fresh Bemz slipcover for my Karlanda sofa...I tried…
a new slipcover for silke?
the last of the cat entries, for now. phew!(if you're thinking of sending in an entry, no more pet stories, please!)"Unfortunately for my Tomelilla armchair my two cats love it as much as I do. I love…
harald pimps ikea for his mac mini
the mac mini. it's way too cute to be hidden. so harald pimps a stand for apple's smallest desktop computer."after experimenting with three trunna lights (can't find the link on ikea's website) from i…
gaelle's grey sofa to go red
gaelle's stromstad wants to slip into something red."As you can see on the pix, our Stromstad sofa is very tired. It came into our life in 1999, and it has been our best friend till today. It is also …
a new klippan slipcover on the menu?
cooking accidents on the klippan. how in the world did that happen? but it did with thomas."My Klippan 2-seater is still in a good condition, but the surface is simply *#f*?�. The spots come from cook…
lavanya's sofa that nobody wants to sit on
lavanya's sofa is a huge turn off for her friends. a new one could perk up her social life again."My reasons why my Lillberg sofa needs a new bemz slipcover:1. I thought my Lillberg sofa would add a t…
ikea hack on YouTube

thought we'll take a video break from the contest entries. alessa sent me a link to a funny video from antirelusionist based on this laptop desk hack. nice to see ikea hacks getting some tube-time!enj…
can't afford a wedding centerpiece? hack one from ikea
this is some thing new - an ikea wedding centerpiece. kim used tall and short glasses, candles and lots of plumeria to make her own centerpiece. and it costs only $25 per centerpiece.kim says, "i thou…
maureen's sad sofa story
will be posting up quite a few contest entries today and tomorrow as the contest closing date (oct 5) is fast approaching. do bear with me (and the cats!). i seriously never knew that our feline frien…