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15 Genius Ikea Hacks That’ll Instantly Upgrade Every Room On The Cheap

15 Genius Ikea Hacks That’ll Instantly Upgrade Every Room On The Cheap

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These genius Ikea hacks will take your home decor to the next level on the cheap! Turn the ordinary into the extraordinary with these awesome DIY projects and ideas! 

Officially inspired! These Ikea Hacks are off the charts amazing! Decorate on the cheap, while making home decor look fabulous the easy way with these Ikea hacks for the bedroom, living room, and kitchen! I love all of these Ikea hacks and ideas, but the built in Billy bookshelves are my favorite! #ikeahack #ikeahacks

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Whether you’re looking to update your bedroom with new side tables, a dresser, or headboard or you want to level up your home office with a reinvented desk, or you want to update the look of your den with a new coffee table, these 15 genius Ikea hacks will help you get the look for less.

Gold Leafed Desk Hack 

Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from Style Me Pretty! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ Ruth Eileen Photography

Project number 1 is a fabulous Gold Leafed desk that would be perfect for a home office or teen bedroom. Jacqueline from Style Me Pretty Living took a plain Ikea Vika Gruvan desk with trestle legs and made a masterpiece using adhesive gold leaf and acrylic spray!

Ikea Billy Bookshelves Hack

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from The Makerista! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ The Makerista

Using two different sizes of Ikea Billy Bookshelves along with extension cabinets to make them taller, Gwen (aka: The Makerista) managed to achieve the elegant look of custom built-in cabinetry with what has got to be one of the most amazing Ikea hacks of all time!

Besta Shelf Hack 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from Sugar & Cloth! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ Jared Smith

Pair a little creativity from Ashley Rose of Sugar & Cloth with an Ikea Besta shelf, a couple of doors, some wood stain, and two hexagon door knockers and you get this fabulous retro sideboard!

Vittsjo Ikea Hack 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from Dwellings by Devore! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ Dwellings By Devore

If you really squint you may be able to see that this bench was once the Ikea  Vittsjo TV Unit. Bethany from Dwellings By Devore added a multi-purpose foam pad, a chic black and white print, and gold metallic spray paint to hack her bedroom seating situation!

Ikea Rast Hack 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from Vintage Revivals! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ Vintage Revivals

The cost of a Rast dresser from Ikea is around $35, but this tutorial from Mandi at Vintage Revivals is priceless! It’s amazing what adding a coat of paint and a little leather and brass can do, right?

Sideboard Hack 

Image: Kristi Murphy

Creative genius Kristi Murphy glams up an Ikea sideboard with thin patterning tape and brass strips resulting in a unique mid-century modern statement piece.

Glam Gladom Table Hack 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from Apartment Therapy! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ Ashley Poskin

The Ikea Gladom Table gets a makeover with a little sanding and spray paint! You can find out how to do it at Apartment Therapy.

Farmhouse Style Hack 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from Lolly Jane! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ Kindred Vintage & Co

Ikea isn’t limited to modern! You can do Farmhouse too! Just look at what Susan on Lolly Jane did to this Ikea Norden sideboard using stain and metal brackets!

DIY Headboard Hack 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from Sugar & Cloth! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ Sugar & Cloth

This may be one of my favorite Ikea hacks because it’s so simple! If you’re up for a headboard that involves no dry wall screws or pain and suffering then you’ll love it too! Hint: It’s All About Magical Adhesive Wood! 

Dresser Hack 

Image – Sarah Sherman Samuel

While the Ikea Tarva Dresser hack is nothing new, Sarah’s attention to this key detail ensures that this piece will create a more elegant profile.

Chic Coffee Table 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from The Hunted Interior! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ The Hunted Interior

Kristin uses the power of her faux marble treatment along with metallic gold spray paint to make the Ikea Vittsjo box a chic nesting coffee table!

Storage Hack 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from The MomBot! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ The Mombot

If you have kids then I know you’re drooling right now! This fabulous Ikea hack uses Stuva storage benches and is perfect for keeping things organized and out of the way!

Farmhouse Table 

15 Ikea Furniture Hacks Take your home decor to the next level with these 15 DIY Ikea furniture hacks for your bedroom, living room and beyond! Whether you’re looking for a chic desk or dresser upgrade or a farmhouse sideboard you’ll find inspiration for your next Ikea project! I love this one from East Coast Creative! #ikeahack #ikeafarmhouse #ikeaideas
Image ~ East Coast Creative

Want to Ikea-hack your way to a one of a kind Farmhouse table? With a little help from the East Coast Creative team you can!

Tarva Hack 

Rain on a Tin Roof

Jenna is brilliant-&-she’s from Tennessee so I love her & this Ikea Tarva hack that doubles as a bar! 

Ikea Rast Hack  

In Between Chaos

I love the Farmhouse detail on this Ikea Rast hack from In Between Chaos! The drawer pulls are a great touch-and the space allows for so much storage!

Did I Miss Anything?

What project will you try first?

Or maybe I didn’t mention one of your favorite Ikea hacks?

Either way, let me know in the comments below!

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Don’t forget to save these genius Ikea Hacks!

Fabulous Ikea hacks! Want to decorate on the cheap & easy? These are the Ikea hacks you need in your life to get organized & decorate every room of the house! From chic & stylish desks to mudrooms and bedrooms you’ll get super inspired by these unique DIY projects! Love all of these but the built in bookshelves are the BEST! #ikea #hack #DIY

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