IKEA has been designing and selling ready-to-assemble furniture for decades. The company operates 460 stores in 62 markets and aims to, as it says, “offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home … products at prices so low, that as many people as possible will be able to afford them.”

And it’s succeeding. Every year, IKEA welcomes more than 680 million customers in its stores and around 3.8 billion on its website, amounting to sales of 39.5 billion EUR (or 41.8 billion USD) in the fiscal year 2022. However, with around 10,000 products, some clients are having doubts if they can make the most out of the retailer’s supply.

This is where the internet comes in. There’s a Facebook group, called ‘IKEA tips, hacks and more!‘ and as the name suggests, it invites people to share their proudest shopping discoveries. Whether you are already planning a complete makeover for your place or are simply looking for some DIY project inspiration, this online community might have exactly what you need.

#1 The Window Seat I Built In My Bedroom, Using The Nordli Drawers

Image credits: Lauren Ramoth

#2 This Is My Hack To Stay Organized; I Don’t Know Where I Learned This, But It Has Been A Huge Help To IKEA Projects; A Muffin Tin

Image credits: Jill Rockett

#3 We Aren’t Fully Done With This Laundry Room Upgrade But It’s Already So Much More Functional!

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#4 No More Rambling To Get A Hanger

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#5 I’m What Is Known As An Afol (Adult Fan Of LEGO) And I’ve Come Up With An IKEA LEGO Minifigure Hack

I’m what is known as an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) and I’ve come up with an IKEA LEGO minifigure hack.

I used:

* 2 x IKEA Gnedby DVD/CD units (often cheap on Gumtree as people are getting rid of their DVDs/CDs) screwed together

* 1 x IKEA Oxberg glass door

* Moulding (I used 42x11x275 primed wood lengths from Bunnings)

* I finished it off with 3×20 LEGO plates (trimmed from 32×32 baseplates)

Now I have dust free LEGO minifigure display/storage! ?

Edit:

I had a third Gnedby that was broken and I could salvage the shelves from, so the number of shelves shown in my pictures is more than you’d get with just 2 units (so with 2 units you’d just space the shelves a little further apart)

I had to drill the holes for the door to go on as they were not pre-drilled – I used the holes on our Billy bookcase as a guide to where they should be positioned.

You can get around 25 minifigs on each stand (more if you space them closer), however I did 20 on most shelves as the door obstructs a bit on either side. Where there were themes that had more than 20 minifigs I just put the ones I didn’t like as much in the column that would be harder to see.

Image credits: Ellie Sibbald

#6 IKEA Kitchen Cabinets In The Bathroom

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#7 Who Says IKEA Is Only In Favour Of Home? We Have A Different Home. A Home On Wheels. Our Facility Is Made Entirely Of IKEA

Image credits: Franzi Dennis

#8 I Created A Unique Piece Of Design By Putting Together A Mirror And A Coffee Table From The Stockholm Series By IKEA, I Attached Them Together With Bi-Adhesives To Avoid Ruining Them And Being Able To Reuse Them Later

Image credits: Katerina Immobile

#9 For The Cat

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#10 Just Glue A Vinyl Record Onto A Marius Stool For A Neat Table

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#11 I Used Fejka Plant Tiles To Decorate My Veranda Roof

Put them together in rows of 4, then fastened each row to a 5x1m plastic garden fence. Put in a light chain. Everything was then fasten to 8 shower rods. For fastening I used green metal thread. The shower rods had to be a 2-3 cm wider than the space so they could hold up.

Image credits: Janecke Heber

#12 I Needed Storage Space In My Hallway For All My DIY Stuff. This Is My Idasen. I Went To The DIY Store And Got A Cheap Roll Of Wallpaper For The Doors. Now My Stuff Is Hidden Away

Image credits: Kiki Gato

#13 I Had A Small Space Between The Wall And The Closet, I Assembled Three Cabinets Each 15 Cm Deep. Just Have To Mount The Wheels And Make The Hutch That Will Take The Furniture Back, And Add One On Top To Wire

Image credits: Lucia Onair Schillaci

#14 I Used The IKEA Mackapar On My Closed In Veranda For My Climbing Pots Plants. I Think It’s Come Up Really Nice

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#15 Try To Make A Side Table With This Chair

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#16 Made «the Death Star» From Ps IKEA Lamp

Image credits: Richard Høvik

#17 A Slightly Different Greenhouse Made Of Picture Frames

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#18 IKEA Sektion Hack

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#19 We Built Our Own Laundry-Dry Drawer From The Maximera Drawer Pulls

Image credits: Katha Ina Bank

#20 Pull Out Bed Camouflaged Between 2 IKEA Pax Cupboards

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#21 My Weekend Job

Previously a dumping ground…

SMÅSTAD / PLATSA wardrobe, KALLAX cubes and BERGSHULT shelf with GRANHULT brackets, all white but painted with dark blue After Midnight  Frenchic paint.

KARTOTEK hooks screwed onto pallet wood. 

All baskets and fake foliage from IKEA. 

TV bench from different brand, covered with pallet wood, stained and waxed for maximum protection. 

Made a massive difference to the entrance and we love it 

Image credits: Carla Mariano

#22 Thanks To Malm Bed With Drawers, I Neither Need To Accidentally Step On LEGO Nor My Son Get His City Dusty. Ready To Be Played With When He Wishes

Image credits: Annelie Tedenmark

#23 IKEA Malm Chest Of Drawers, Bought Used, Removed 4 Drawers So The Dogs Each Got Their Own Sleeping Space In The Living Room

Image credits: Mayvi Fossheim

#24 Love Love Love My Powder Room Vanity Made From The Möllekulla Oak Worktop!

Image credits: Kim Hughes

#25 For Parents With Lots Of LEGO Mini Figures: Sannahed Frame Used (Took The Front Cover Off- Used Velcro Command Strips To Hang Them)

Image credits: Amy Emarine

#26 The Old Classic; The IKEA Rast Drawers! I ‘Upcycled’ The Plain Pine Drawers Into A Taller Drawer Unit, After Not Being Able To Fond Quite What I Was Looking For Online. Hope You Like This Little Project

Image credits: Lauren Ramoth

#27 Finally Got Some Storage For Spices And Stuff In My Tiny, Tiny Kitchen

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#28 I Seen This One On A Fb Video And Had To Steal It … Love It!!

Image credits: Tina Lorraine

#29 Upcycled An IKEA Toy Box, Aka Småstad, Into A Deluxe Litterbox

Image credits: Sa Bina

#30 Bestå Hack, As Wood Storage

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#31 I Made The Kids Moppe A Bit More Fun With Wallpaper

Image credits: Ida van der Tol

#32 My First IKEA Makeover …the Kallax ! Now I Can’t Wait To Make Over Every Piece Of IKEA Furniture I Have !

Image credits: Teri White

#33 This Is My IKEA “Hack”. It’s A Restaurant And Toilet For My Cat

Image credits: PS Spijkertje

#34 Made From The IKEA Method Upper Kitchen Cabinets. A Floating Dresser 3 M Wide TV Cabinet 4.10 M Wide And 2.60 M High

Image credits: Eveline Speetjens

#35

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#36 IKEA Trofast & Ivar

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#37 Simple And Easy Tricks Dronjons Magazine File Converted Into Storage For Scarves And Gloves, Umbrellas Or For Something Else

Image credits: Ivana Farago Holjevac

#38 My Husband And I Finished Our Playroom Built-Ins For Our Two Daughters! We Put Our Own Spin On An IKEA Hack Using Havsta Cabinets

Image credits: Lyndee Rae Pirigyi

#39 Showroom Display Unit. Billy Bookcase With Mosslanda Picture Shelves To Hold Plates. Angled Shelves And Trim Work

Image credits: Christina Filice

#40 Built A Hallway Storage To Fit Our House From 1914. Built With IKEA’s Place Buds Bought From Other Store

Image credits: Sofia Ahlborg Zetterquist

#41 We Used IKEA Countertops As Our Mud Room Bench Top. Love How This Came Out

Image credits: Seth Goldstein

#42 This Has Become Our Pantry! All Billy’s With Two Separate Billy’s Converted As Wine Rack

Image credits: Petra van Adrichem-Spithoven

#43 Pax And Besta Hack- In Love With Our New Bootroom Thanks To My Hubbys Hard Work

Image credits: Claire Mac

#44 Part Of My New IKEA Kitchen

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#45 A Little Spring Nice In The Little Hall

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#46 Behind These Doors Are IKEA Pax Wardrobes. Had To Cut One Down To Fit The Gap Exactly. And Then Made Doors For The Wardrobes And Panelling For The Sides And Fireplace To Make It Look More Seamless

Image credits: Rebecca Attoe-Butt

#47 Smastad With Trofast As A LEGO-Table, A Small Pöang, Platsa Cuboard (Backside Covered With Wallpaper), Skadis And Ledberg

Image credits: Carmen Kolp-Glaser

#48 This Is My IKEA Duktig Play Kitchen And Flisat Children’s Table Makeover. And My Favourite Part Of Playroom

Image credits: Hannah Yang

#49 We Bulit A Play Kitchen With Cooking Island And Seating From Two Duktig Kitchens Ready For Bulky Waste. A Few Little Things Are Still Missing, But My Daughter Already Loves Her Kitchen

Image credits: Jenny Lorenz

#50 I Made This Room Divider As A Display Cabinet Against The Dining Table And Entrance Furniture Against The Front Door

Image credits: Thyra Juul Morsing

#51 LED Lighting And Back Panel Added To The Kallax

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#52 IKEA Hack With Kallax Cupboards And Rubberwood. The Stockholm Mirror And Lustigkurre Baskets Were Also Not Missing

Image credits: Sien Mispelter

#53 Hubby And I Built This Together Almost 6 Years Ago. It Was Definitely The Reason We Made Such A Profit When We Sold Our House

Image credits: Kasey Clennett

#54 We Just Put Together 4 Brimnes Cabinets! Such A Great Option vs. Builtins. I Was Thinking About Swapping Out The Pulls But I Think They Are Ok As Is

Image credits: Ntxhoo Lauj

#55 This Is Our New IKEA Method Kitchen. My Husband Assembled The Whole Kitchen By Himself, It Took A Month But He Did It

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#56 Besta Cupboard Finished With Björköviken And Polish Pine

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#57 Kallax Transformation

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#58 IKEA’s Series Nordli Is So Good

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#59 My First IKEA Hack Using Trones And Blodlonn Mirrors, Transformed My Space And Given So Much More Storage

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#60 Sometimes IKEA Is A Hack On Its Own. When You Have A Small Hallway And Want To Store Your Shoes. Happy

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#61 Our Little Boy Loves His Bed

Image credits: Karin Adolph Guillaume Rinner

#62 Now Our Walk-In Closet Is Finished With Chests From IKEA, A Little Fix And Just The Finishing Touches

Image credits: Linnea Martinsson

#63 Went To IKEA Yesterday And Bought Some Stuff To Make Small Scale Plant Frames

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#64 IKEA Hack But With Two Small Variants

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#65 Refused To Pay $800 To $2000 For A Credenza. This Is 2 Ivar Cabinets With A Piece Of Pine Added To The Top, Some Trim Wood, Paintable Wallpaper, Handles And Osark Legs

Image credits: Yvonne Trout

#66 I Made This Easy Budget Wall Decoration With Vinterfest Ring, Some Yarn And Roses From My Loved One. I Think It Turned Out Quite Cute!

Image credits: Anna Králová

#67 This Is My Self Made Doggy Grooming Salon Counter. The Corpus Is A 3×2 Kallax

Image credits: Jennifer Dahlem

#68 Just Transformed Our Old Expedit (Yes, Not Even Kallax Yet) By Adding LED Stripes To The Back. Now I Have Some Great Place To Display Our Souvenirs

Image credits: Ria Weyprecht

#69 Created A Room Divide Using Vidga Panel Curtain System. Added Wooden Plinth To Hide The Rail And Upgraded The Plastic Base Rails With 61cm Visback Poster Hangers

Image credits: Lynsey Young

#70 Our Garage. Just Off Our Kitchen. Using It For Pantry Space, Hubby’s DIY Stuff And Also I’m A Hobby Baker. Used Billy Bookcases, Trofast Units And Pax Wardrobes

Image credits: Fiona Sheikh

#71 My Kallax Makeover. I Love How It Turned Out

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#72 Besta

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#73 Very Happy With My Kallax Upgrade. Kallax + 3 Door Units + 1 Drawer Unit

Image credits: Fiona Barbaro

#74 A Different Way To Use IKEA Pax Wardrobes In Our Kitchen – We Wanted A Bar Set Up That Could Be Hidden Away Until Party Time

Image credits: Jane Beaumont

#75 Small Entrance Way Storage Complete! Thanks For All Of Your Ideas!

Image credits: Cheryl Campbell

#76 Used A Kallax 5×5 As A Room Divider. Clad In Mdf, Painted, And Used It As A Picture Wall

Image credits: Liz Coe

#77 We Couldn’t Find A Desk We Wanted So We Made One Out Of Ikeas Kitchen “Bodbyn”

Image credits: Rebecca Marie

#78 An IKEA TV Bench That We Remade By Removing The Handles, Putting On A Sharpened Board (Which We Got Over From The Wall), And Putting The Remaining Floor On Top

Image credits: Julia Brink

#79 Ivar Hack

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#80 IKEA Picture Shelves Are The Perfect Fit For Displaying Boxed Funko Pops

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#81 Рах + Еnhet => Laundry Room

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#82 We Didn’t Need The Changing Table Anymore, So We Made Two Play Tables Out Of It

Image credits: Group participant

#83 Our IKEA Kitchen. We Didn’t Have Much Room To Work With, But We Were Able To Maximize The Space We Had With These Beautiful Cabinets!

Image credits: Ana Fiorilli

#84 So Happy With My Hallway (Finishing Touches/Decor Missing) I Was Sick Of Shoes, Coats, Clutter On Show. Used Task Rabbit For The First Time And They Were Amazing – 1 Hour To Build These Would Have Taken Me Forever!

Image credits: Eve Blakely

#85 Smastad Has Now Become My Household Cabinet

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#86 I Love Swimming And After 2 Teenagers Blocking The Family Pool In The Meantime I Got This Bathtub / New Under Roof Bath From My Family. A Previously Unused Space Under The Slant

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#87 These $5 IKEA Shelves (With Brackets) Are Exactly What I Needed To Organize My Smaller Plants

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#88 Before And After- Daughter Room Makeover

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#89 We Recently Downsized And Was In Need Of Closet Space For Clothes. We Decided On The Pax System For One Of Our Spare Bedroom Walls

Image credits: Rhonda Going-Boating

#90 IKEA Dressing Made To Our Liking With Many Modules And Internal Lighting

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#91 6 Brimnes Cabinets, 2 Black Lack Shelves, 5 Oak Lack Shelves, Lots Of Measuring And Sawing Later And This Is The Finished Result

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#92 After Removing An Integrated Dishwasher

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#93 We Did A Built In Desk In The Basement Using The Enhet Kitchen Base Cabinets & Saljan Countertop. I Needed Something To Transition The White And Black Wall And Thought The Enhet Metal Shelf Does The Job!

Image credits: Elaine Li

#94 Our LEGO Table That Folds Down And I Put The Alex Drawers On Wheels!

 

ETA: the table is called Norberg. Alex is the name of the drawers that hold all the legos (not pictured).

Image credits: Kristin Moul Driscoll

#95 IKEA Smastad Hack

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#96 Dollorama Corner Shelf Added To My Detolf Greenhouse Cabinet

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#97 Got This Adorable New Little Vase From IKEA Today For Propagating Plant Cuttings! It’s Perfect. I Kinda Want The Larger Version Now

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#98 Did You Know The Jonaxel System Is Amazing To Put Shoes Away

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#99 When I Couldn’t Find The Right Mirror For The Room, I Made It

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#100 IKEA Ivar + A Handy Husband = Magic

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#101 Bought Two Worn Hemnes For Sek 50, Wooden Pack, Hard Lacquer Color In The Same Color Number As The Supermatt Wall And New Handles

Image credits: Agneta Nylander

#102 Made This Beautiful Dressoir Last Year From Three IKEA Ivar Cabinets

Image credits: Susanne Kragt-Bos

#103 My Husband Made Us This Display Cabinet In Our Kitchen Diner From Billy Bookcases

Image credits: Jolene Jacobson

#104 Ribba Frame, Some Strings And A Staplegun, And You Get A Hanger For Your Sunglasses

Image credits: Christina Kjeell

#105 I Macgyver’d This To Display My Sons Hard Work. It Turned Out Better Then I Imagined

Image credits: Alexandra Sugeng

#106 Very Happy With Our New Corner Desk Made Up From A Combination Of Kallax, Alex And Bekant

Image credits: Verena June

#107 IKEA Trofast For The Win. I Made These Extra Storage With Trofast System In Kid’s Closets

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#108 Our LEGO Area Is Done

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#109 Kallax Is Great For Dessert Tables!

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#110 Using Flatpack Furniture Such As IKEA Instead Of Going Fully Bespoke With Joinery Affords Us This Wall-To-Wall Acoustic Panels Which Definitely Gives A Warm And Hushed Ambience To Our Living Room

Image credits: Anne McLevel Elliott

#111 Just Wanted To Show You My New All IKEA Hallway. So Much More Space Than Before

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#112 To Get Rid Of A Strange Protrusion Of The Wall Behind Which Pipes Are Located, I Made This Closet. I Closed The Bottem With A Wooden Frame. Which I Then Decorated With Bamboo Sticks, Baskets, Cupboards And Drawers And Voila, Very Happy And Proud Of The End Result

Image credits: Bianca Saarberg-Strooker

#113 I Really Wanted A Plant Wall In The Bathroom, But There’s No Natural Light

…. after a lot of investigation, ikea seemed to have the best price-quality in these wall-squares (that you can easily hang)…. if I saw them lying in the store, I thought “mnaaah, that doesn’t look good”. Luckely, they hung an example nearby, and there it already looked much better…
I bought some extra fake plants, wich I cut up and glued in between to make it more dense and camouflage the sides.

Image credits: Sien Vervoort

#114 My Little Baby Space. Two Staircase Trofasts With A Change Pad On Top. Trofasts Storage Bins For Cloth Diapers And Accessories, Clothing, Diaper Storage

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#115 From This…. To This!!!!!

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#116 I Recently Made This Bookcase Out Of Pass Modules For Our Little Hallway

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#117 IKEA Display

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#118 “Kallax” Upgrade With A Wooden Plate And Fitted To The Wall. I Hope You Like It

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#119 Different Ways To Use IKEA Besta Frames

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#120 My Living Wall And Mirror Going Up My Stairs

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#121 I Have 2 Ancient Kallax (? ) Screwed Over Each Other And Dressed With Lasered Spruce Wood Plates. Also Lasered Spruce Boxes And Now They Can Live Here For A Few More Years

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#122 IKEA Malm Chest Of Drawers

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#123 Addition To Our Dining Room

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#124 Sharing Brimnes Bookshelf Hack Turned Into Wall Cabinet Feature

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#125 Dressed My Kvistbro On The Inside With A Linen Fabric

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#126 Needed More Shelves In Bathroom. Then Remembered Läckö In The Balcony

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