Grab your Allen wrenches, thinking caps, and emergency frozen meatball supplies, dear Pandas—we’re going on an adventure.
It’s hard to imagine furniture and interior design without the influence of IKEA, the Swedish home furnishings retailer that has become a global phenomenon. The world would be a very different place without its flat-pack, low-cost, self-assembled, minimalistic furniture. And though the stuff you can buy there is great, some people like to take it a step further.
Enter, stage left: the ‘IKEA Hacks’ subreddit. A popular online community, it unites IKEA lovers from around the globe who have a passion for ‘modding’ furniture and furnishings to create great-looking interiors. Some go the upcycling or repainting route while others combine different IKEA products in unexpected ways. Check out some of the sub's best recent pics and modding tips below.
Once you’ve upvoted your fave hacks (and shared a few of your own!), take a peek at Bored Panda’s earlier articles about the subreddit here: Part 1 and Part 2. And if you’re a fan of IKEA and loved the idea behind the subreddit, consider joining it—they’re a friendly bunch.
Bored Panda reached out to Ariane Sherine, the editor at These Three Rooms. She explained why IKEA is so popular, and shared her furniture trend predictions for 2023. Read on to check out what she told us!
#1 Turned My Nissafors Utility Cart Into A Cat Bunk Bed To Keep The Cats Off Of My Desk While I Work
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#2 Built In And Painted My Billy Bookshelves And It Turned Out Great
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#3 My Old IKEA Lamp Was Boring So I Crocheted A New One
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#4 We Used Seven Havsta Cabinets To Create Faux Built-Ins!
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#5 Upscaled My Old Beat Up Kallax!
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#6 Gerdie And Pudda Make A Great And Cute Cat Bed
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#7 I Got My Friend Who Is A Sign Writer To Hand Paint Our IKEA Kitchen Units. I Installed The Kitchen Myself And Built The Extension To The House That It Sits In
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#8 IKEA Kallax Entry Bench Hack
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#9 I Made A Secret Place For Reading
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#10 Finally Almost Done With A New Entertainment/Library
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#11 Bought Used Pax With Damaged Back. So We Put Wallpaper To Cover Damages
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#12 Milsbo Greenhouse!
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#13 Little Wallpaper Backing For The Billy Does It Quite A Bit Of Justice!
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#14 Kallax Hanging Cat Apartment
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#15 Besta Hack
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#16 A Lot Of Billies, One Gnedby And Some Doors. Plus Extra Panelling
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#17 Kitchen Pantry, My First IKEA Hack
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#18 Framed In Some Pax Units For A Walk In Closet
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#19 Obsessed With My Tarva Hack 😍 Stain, Sealer, And New Hardware
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#20 Our IKEA Rudsta Cabinet Greenhouse After Three Months Progress
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#21 Had A Gap Between Our Kitchen Cupboards And Larder Unit, Put A Skadis Board On Some Drawer Runners To Make A Pull-Out Knife Rack/Spice Rack
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#22 Ivar Christmas Tree
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#23 Presenting The Kitty Kullen
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#24 Komplement Pants Drawer As A Wine Shelf!
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#25 Upcycled Besta
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#26 Laundry Room Remodel Using Mostly IKEA Kitchen Cabinets And Countertop
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#27 A Most Basic Hack, But Some Amazon Hairpin Legs On My Kallax Really Brings It To Life
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#28 Made Some Changes To The Ställ
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