Grono lamp that's a tuneAnother lamp to brighten your day. This one is from Tom. Aah ... reminds me of my old mix tapes."I saw this on Gizmodo and thought 'I can do that! It turns out the Grono table lamp is exactly on casse…
Iris makes a big bold light for her room by mating 2 Ikea lamps together."As a renter, I find it difficult to hang ceiling lamps in an attractive way without either permanent damage or cords everywher…
Andrew adds some stability to the Billy bookcases."My wife and I just purchased 6 Billy bookcases to go in our dining room. Having read some people complain that they could be a bit wobbly, I did the …
Genna who is one of the Kitchen and Dining co-workers at Ikea Houston (hello to all you guys out there!) glams up the Lekman box. Nice touch."This one is pretty straight forward. I have an Expedit tv …
Makeup stand hackKonstantin hacks a dresser for his girlfriend."I could not wait to come up with an own hack that fits my new apartment in Berlin. I tried building shelves on my own from scratch, but that is more expe…
Just plonking your Blackberry on your dresser nestled in a trail of cords? No way for Hrishikesh. This has to be the zen of Blackberry charging. It's a simple tweak but a solution a Blackberry user ma…
Carley's lucky puppies are getting a happy feeding station."We are adding a new Golden Retriever puppy, to be named Jaxon (pr. Jackson) to our family in a couple weeks. We already have one Golden name…
You can make a mistake and redeem it with some hacking. Adam's "oops" turns out to be a sideboard with "oomph". "I am always looking for new ways to use things and Ikea is great for that. Especially …
And baby makes threeIrma makes it easy to sleep next to baby, with a modified Gulliver crib. "We made this co-sleeper. The bed was made 20cm shorter. We removed one side and adapted the bottom to the same height as our o…
Signum cable manager to handbag rackJana found another use for the Signum cable manager. So if you've got one of those lying around too, here's a great tip on what to do with it."Two years ago I bought a new desk and also a Signum cable…
It's an easy hack but wonderful idea for a wedding. Sheri's wedding gets a touch of Ikea."For our August 2008 wedding, my wonderful mother and her best friend transformed three sets of twin bed sheets…
Minor hack but big impact. Nice work on the workshop remodel, Brett."My recent project, altho' there's not too much 'hacking' going on, there is some. I used two Varde free standing kitchen units in m…
A mobile wardrobe. How about that? Liz goes nomading with an Albert rack, which kind of looks like a Gorm, yet not quite."I hacked the Albert rack, or whatever this type of thing is called in English.…
Mali-mo from Norway does a few hacks on an her Ivar and out comes a dreamy play kitchen. "I started with an Ivar box and ended up with a little fairytale-kitchen for my 2 year old daughter. I cut out …
This is a pretty interesting entertainment set up from Tien. The frame does "hold" the ensemble together and makes an eye-catching wall feature. And the Chinese opera faces is a nice touch. "I just wa…
Nicole and boyfriend has the cutest bunny ever, Eames, named after the renowned designers. And of course, a bunny with a famous name can't live in a shabby hole. It needs a specially designed hutch.Ni…
A baby room with ikea hacksNew mom Alison carves out a baby 'room' in her dining area with clever use of space and Ikea. "Living in a 700 square foot, 1 bedroom condo, did not stop us from creating a cute and functional "room" …
Autumn does some mixing and matching to get the idea Grundtal rack."In setting up a Grundtal rail next to our stove, I found that the Grundtal spice rack was not deep or tall enough for the larger bot…
Well, if you're thinking of offloading your used Ikea furniture, you gotta get creative. Like how this guy did. He demonstrates the multi-uses of Ikea trestles with the finesse of gymnast. Thank you A…
Corked-out Ikea PS workspaceThe wall mounted PS Laptop Workstation is a neat idea, space saving and all but my only gripe is that it feels so "locker-ish" if you know what I mean. John's little hack gives it a nice warm touch. I…
Michael finally gets rid of the temporary paper curtain panel with a merry combination of the Flyn Ofelia and Isdans roller blind. The Flyn Ofelia panel curtain is sewed on top of the Isdans blind. No…
