Shoppers Are Sharing Brilliant IKEA Hacks They’ve Come Up With (35 Pics)

IKEA is one of those stores you can get lost in for hours. They even serve meatballs in case you need sustenance after wandering around for hours.

Putting the furniture together when you get home is the real work. People have even figured out some IKEA hacks along the way. See how many of these work for you.

1. “I Finally Finished My “Library” With Floor To Ceiling Shelves (Still Need To Put In New Flooring)”

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2. “I Hacked An Kvistbro Table To Be A Cute Pet Crate For My Dog (And Cats)”

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3. “A Simple Hack Cutting A Keyhole Shape Into An End Table For A Handy Tree Table!”

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4. “An Unusual Ikeahack – This Regency Gown Is Made From An IKEA Duvet Cover! It’s A Perfect Print For Around 1800 And Is 100% Cotton! Even A Single Duvet Cover Contains Quite A Lot Of Fabric”

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5. “My Solution To Keeping The Cat Off The Desk”

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6. “Converted The Guest Room Closet Into A Craft Space”

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7. “Ivar Hidden Desk”

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8. “Adjustable Window Desk”

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9. “Duktig Doll Bed And Handmade Covers For My Little Buddy”

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10. “Whole New Level Of Hack”

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11. “Using Toilet Paper Holder As Headphone Stand”

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12. “I Decoupaged Prints Of Starry Night To The Drawers, And Layered Metallic Paint And Medium Over Them For A Painterly Texture. Base Is Stained With Watered Down Paint And Sealed”

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13. “I Painted A Kullen Into A Nintendo NES For My Son’s Room”

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14. “Kind Of Silly, But I’m Proud Of My Ingenuity. The IKEA Lamp (Fado) Was Brighter In Home Than In Store And Hurt To Look At So I Cut A Hole In The Back Of The $5 IKEA Basket I Also Bought (No Product Name Online). Super Cool Mood Light!”

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15. “Kind Of Silly, But I’m Proud Of My Ingenuity. The IKEA Lamp (Fado) Was Brighter In Home Than In Store And Hurt To Look At So I Cut A Hole In The Back Of The $5 IKEA Basket I Also Bought (No Product Name Online). Super Cool Mood Light!”

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16. “Simple Hack, I Mounted My Ekby Hall Wall Brackets Inverted So I Could Use The Brackets As Natural Bookends For The Shelf”

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17. “My 17oz DIY Ultralight IKEA Camping Backpack Made Out Of Frakta Bags”

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18. “My Fjallbo Hacked Bar”

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19. “100% Recycled Material, Some Hot Glue And Duct Tape, And A Fathers Imagination And A Happy Kid”

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20. “Billy Bookcase With Plywood Front For The Built-In Look”

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21. “Saw This Billy Hack All Over Pinterest. Finally Made My Own”

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22. “I Built This Mirror Wall, Using Lots Of Mirror Tiles And Some Wood”

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23. “First Time Staining… I Love How This Turned Out! (Ivar With Foldable Table!)”

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24. “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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25. “I Needed A Crafting Nook, So I Removed My Track Closet Drawers And Created This Space In My Guest Bedroom Closet!”

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26. “Fintorp Used To Hang Plants On My Ceiling”

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27. “Fintorp Used To Hang Plants On My Ceiling”

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28. “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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29. “IKEA Waste Buckets, Attached To Door With Pulley System For The Lids”

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30. “Turned The IKEA Ps Lamp Into A Disco Ball And I’m In Love With It!”

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31. “Turned The IKEA Ps Lamp Into A Disco Ball And I’m In Love With It!”

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32. “I Gave My Old Hemnes Dresser A Lick Of Paint”

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33. “My IKEA Kitchen With Custom Fronts”

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34. “I Built A Sliding Bookcase Out Of 3 IKEA Besta Bookshelves With 6 Casters Screwed To A Large Bottom Plate”

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35. “I Used The Fabrikor Cabinet To Build An Indoor Greenhouse!”

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