30 People Modified Items Bought In IKEA And Ended Up With Brilliant Results
Need a new mattress? Ikea. Want a scented candle? Ikea. Craving Swedish meatballs with lingonberry jam? Did I already mention Ikea..? Want to play hide and seek? You guessed it right, Ikea. Actually, no, that would be breaking the rules. It turns out that Ikea officially banned hide-and-seek in 2015. Was it truly necessary? Seriously?
Despite not being able to play hide-and-seek there, we still love Ikea for its affordable prices and easy-to-assemble furniture. Ikea even has a fanbase where the craftsmen of Reddit take the goods sold in IKEA and reinvent them by giving the items a new purpose. The community is called “Ikea Hacks,” and it’s “focused on helping people build the perfect furniture for their living space using items sold by IKEA.”
Scroll below to see the most brilliant ideas people came up with. Would you buy any of these if they were actually sold in Ikea? Let us know!
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#1 I Used The Fabrikor Cabinet To Build An Indoor Greenhouse!
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#2 Duktig Doll Bed And Handmade Covers For My Little Buddy
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#3 I Painted A Kullen Into A Nintendo NES For My Son’s Room
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#4 My Fjallbo Hacked Bar
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#5 Wall Panel Made Out Of IKEA Cabinet Doors
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#6 My Solution To Keeping The Cat Off The Desk
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#7 A Simple Hack Cutting A Keyhole Shape Into An End Table For A Handy Tree Table!
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#8 Upgraded My Cat’s Toilet With This Bestå Litterbox Hack
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#9 Ivar Hidden Desk
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#10 Billy Bookcase With Plywood Front For The Built-In Look
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#11 Karlby Laundry Room Counter + Custom Shoe Rack/Cat Litter Drawer
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#12 Using Toilet Paper Holder As Headphone Stand
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#13 Like Many, I Used The Kura As A Starting Point For Something More Fun
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#14 Converted The Guest Room Closet Into A Craft Space
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#15 Havsta Units Turned Into A Built In
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#16 Turned The IKEA Ps Lamp Into A Disco Ball And I’m In Love With It!
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#17 I Hacked An Kvistbro Table To Be A Cute Pet Crate For My Dog (And Cats)
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#18 I Finally Finished My “Library” With Floor To Ceiling Shelves (Still Need To Put In New Flooring)
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#19 I Found An Hemnes Shelf In The As-Is Area And Upholstered Some Fabric To The Top To Help My Dogs Get On The Bed. They Could Never Use Pet Steps And This Is Shorter The Normal End Of Bed Furniture So They Are Able To Hop On It
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#20 Who Says You Can’t Have A Shed In An Apartment? 42 Units Of Trofast Units Into A Single Pax Wardrobe
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#21 I Built A Sliding Bookcase Out Of 3 IKEA Besta Bookshelves With 6 Casters Screwed To A Large Bottom Plate
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#22 First Time Staining… I Love How This Turned Out! (Ivar With Foldable Table!)
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#23 Finally Finished My Custom Home Office Using Eket And Alex Cabinets!
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#24 Whole New Level Of Hack
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#25 Repurposed Kallax For Camping Gear
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#26 Classic Hack
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#27 Saw This Billy Hack All Over Pinterest. Finally Made My Own
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#28 My 17oz DIY Ultralight IKEA Camping Backpack Made Out Of Frakta Bags
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#29 My Use For The 3 Inch Gap Between Cabinets
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#30 Was Told To Post This Here. I Built A 3D Printer Enclosure From 2 IKEA Lack Side Tables. All The Blue Pieces Are 3D Printed
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#6 My Solution To Keeping The Cat Off The Desk
Just a bit of education and your cat will never go on the desk!