During the whole week we’ve been sharing cool IKEA hacks for various rooms, and today I’d like to have a look at home offices. A basic unit in every home office is a desk, and here IKEA just strikes with a ton of cool items that can be hacked: desks, tables, credenzas, shelves and even...
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Paper towels are a must for every kitchen because the countertops can’t always be clean. Let’s make a holder for them, you’ll need 1″ diameter wooden dowel (13 ” long), 4″ diameter wooden round plaque, 1″ copper end cap, a glue gun, a saw, a miter, brass colored spray paint. Measure and saw the dowel...
A chalkboard is perfect for the kitchen: you can leave notes, write menus and make remarks or recipes. So, let’s make one, prepare a blank mat, tracing paper, chalkboard spray, acrylic paints, 3+ paintbrushes, thin black marker, chalk, stand / easel, masking tape / magic tape. You should spray the chalkboard with 2 layers of...
A frequent problem of entryways is that they are small, so it’s hard to decorate them. But IKEA gives us lots of solutions here! There are various IKEA hacks for entryways, and you can easily change some item to fit your own entryway. Different shelves, shoe storage items, credenzas, sideboards and rails will be great...
We’ve just told you of toy storage ideas, and here’s one more awesome piece! Prepare a crate, narrow table top sign, 3 inch pvc pipe cut into 4 inch segments (13), acrylic paint in bright colors, chalk paint in two colors, a hand saw, sand paper, a paint brush and water, construction grade adhesive. Lightly...
Need a rustic piece for your bathroom? This easy wood slice stool is right what you need! Prepare a small chair, unfinished stool, legs, a wood plaque, stain, a hammer, a pencil, a drill, 1 1/4″ speedbor drill bit {or one that is the width of the legs, Gorilla glue. Remove the back of the...
We’ve already told you of many IKEA hacks for kids’ rooms and nurseries: play kitchens, kids stools, beds and so on and today I’d like to roundup some other projects that were not included into previous ones. Take IKEA table and chairs and hack them to fit your kids’ room: add some patterns to the...
Do you have a coffee table you’d like to revamp? If you do, we have a brilliant idea for that. Purchase a piece of birch wood of the same size as your table top, Minwax stain in dark walnut, poly acrylic in satin, and gorilla glue. Stain the wood piece with the Minwax stain and...
If you have little ones, a cool night lamp is a must. Here’s an idea of making one using IKEA, prepare FADO table lamp by Ikea, liquid porcelain or glass paints in red, black and white, a permanent marker in black, paper plates, two paint rollers. Take the inside of Fado lamp, mix a little...
IKEA is famous for creating simple and timeless designs that fit almost any interior. If not, or if you feel creative juices flowing, you can always hack an IKEA item and personalize it. Today we are speaking of decorating your living room with cool IKEA hacks, and the most popular and discussable piece here is...