Sultan Lade Table

Materials: Sultan Lade Bed frame

Description: My wife and I had this crazy idea of making a table from these hand me down Sultan Lade. First step is to remove all staples and fabric supporting the frame. A leg was made from 2 wood slats, cut and connected together with screws and wood glue forming a narrow 70cm x 10cm rectangular frame. We made 4 sets of legs, 2 legs were connected by a full slat coming in between the leg frame, this will become the support of the table top made again from slats nailed and glued from the bottom

~ Marcus Isip, Dubai UAE

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Hova goes Honeycomb

Materials: Hova armchair (1993, discontinued), painters tape, paint, fabric medium

Description: My aunt gave us an old accent chair she no longer had room for. It was 20 years old and from Ikea. My initial idea was to make a new cover out of a fun patterned fabric. The problem? I don't really know how to sew, so I'd either have to learn, or ask someone for help. My next idea was to dye it. That posed another issue: it wouldn't be patterned, something I think is severely lacking in the living room.

So I decided to try my hand at stenciling the slipcover with paint. I had already done something similar with a rug and I loved the results, plus I figured if it didn't turn out okay this time I could sew a new cover eventually. After checking out other armchairs out there I settled on a hexagonal design. My idea was to tape off all the areas I wanted to leave as-is (the lines between the hexagons) and leave the hexagons bare so that I could paint them.

I started in the middle of the armchair, and with painter's tape, I taped around a cut-out hexagon. I moved it around and continued to tape, tape, tape.

Once all the lines between hexagons were taped off, I started painting. The best thing about using the painter's tape method is that you can use a roller if you taped off everything properly. I used normal latex paint mixed with fabric medium. Unfortunately one coat of paint wasn't enough in most places so I had to do two. Once it was dry I sprayed it with Scotchgard to protect it a bit.

The verdict? Well, to be honest, I'm not sure. I really like the design, but the paint has more texture than I expected. I only spent 10€ on this - and I have half a can of paint left over. So, maybe eventually I will decide to reupholster it properly, but in the meantime, I can totally live with this.

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~ Ainhoa

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IKEA Lack bookcase to bench

Materials: IKEA Lack

Description: Well, my hack was inspired by this site, I just wanted to share the result, as it is my first project :)

Used an IKEA Lack bookcase 1x4 bought from a used furniture local website.

As the shelf was pretty scratched and dark brown, which didn't match anything in my apartment, it needed repainting.

What I did:

- sanded it pretty well
- gave it 2 coats of white primer
- gave it 2 coats of white glossy paint
- bought foam, fabric for the cushion cover, cardboard and colored paper for the back
- to make the cushion I just first used an old bed sheet I had to make an inside cover, superficially sown by hand
- sown by hand the cover as well, it was easier than I thought and the result was better than what I expected :)
then slid the cushion in and tucked the sides inside
- for the back of the bookcase I cut the cardboard to cover the openings, decided on a chevron pattern so I printed one online, drew it on my colored paper, cut it with an Exacto knife and glued it on the white cardboard.

That's it.

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~ Julia, Montreal

Ikea Lack Side Tables Turned Ottomans

Materials: 2 Ikea Lack Side Tables, 2 Yards Ikea Sofia Fabric, Batting, Foam Camping Carpet Pad from Home Depot, Spray Adhesive, Staple Gun, Hacksaw, Scotch Guard, and scissors of course!

Description: I made these inexpensive custom ottomans for my mom for Christmas to make her Ektorp sofa more comfortable for multiple people because although its great for one person, but add another and it's not quite as comfortable. It's difficult to really stretch out and relax. So ottomans were the perfect solution. Its not the most original Ikea hack, but effective and simple none the less, and I think they came out quite lovely! Not only do ottomans provide a place to put up your feet, but they also function together as a coffee.

First, line your table top up with your foam (I skipped expensive upholstery foam and bought a camping foam carpet pad at Home Depot) and cut along the edges with a sharp kitchen knife so that the foam is the same size as the table top.

Spray both the table top and the foam with adhesive and stick them together. Make sure the foam is on the top of the table. You'll need the holes on the bottom free to screw in the legs.

Next, lay the top onto the batting (foam side down), pull the batting over the sides and staple the batting on starting at the center and stapling one side and then the opposite side to making sure it is evenly taut. When you get to the corners, make sure you don't cover up the hole where the legs will screw in.

Use a hammer to make sure all staples are not sticking out and trim away the excess batting.

Cut your fabric to size and line it up so that it is centered over your foam. Staple using the same method used for the batting. To make clean clean corners, first staple down the side fabric, pull the fabric over the corner to the front, staple again, and then fold down the front and staple again. Hammer in any staples that are protruding and trim off excess fabric. I also coated them with a few coats of Scotch Guard to give them a little added protection.

If desired, cut table legs with a hack saw so that the ottomans will be even height with your sofa. You want to cut the finished end off so that you still have the hole to screw the legs on. I discovered that Home Depot wont do this for you because they are hallow and their machine might split them. But a hacksaw works great and with a little sanding, you can get them looking pretty nice and finished.

Finally, follow Ikea's instructions to screw the legs on and you're done! Now relax and put your feet up on your beautiful new custom ottomans.

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~ Genevieve, Newport Beach, CA

Reverse Stencilled BEKVAM Step Stool

Materials: Ikea step stool; CeCe Caldwell paint; Dollar Store Wall Decals; Poly Acrylic

Description:
1. Pick a decal that you like and apply it on the stool.
2. Paint directly over them. I used two coats of CeCe Caldwell paint in a soft Kentucky Mint green.
3. Carefully remove the decals. With my fingernail, I gently push out any small areas where the paint bled under the decal.
4. I lightly distressed the stools edges after the paint had completely dried. Follow that with two coats of satin poly acrylic.

DONE! I really like the wood grain showing.

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~ Kathryn, Vancouver, Canada

LACK Footrest/Ottoman

Materials: Lack Table (Black), Curtains (2x2,5m), Foam, Nuts&Bolts

Description: There have been many hacks for Ikea Lack posted, but not many had the form of the ottoman that I was trying to achieve: slightly round on top, to look puffy.

You'll need two people for this hack, as one will have to pull the material over the edges, while the other one nails it on the back.

Get foam cut 3cm over the edges of the table, so you can form the rounding at the edges. I got the foam from Hornbach in 5cm thickness, but had to put 2 layers of it.

Challenging was to fold it in the corners, so the pattern doesn't get messy and we used here what youtube showed on how to fold canvas.

Then I made the holes in the material for the feet and got the feet cut to size (electric saw is of great help and cut all 4 at the same time, to be sure they will get same size).

The last row of decoration nails was put at 1am, which sort of excuses the lack of idea of drawing a line first, then nailing on this line to get them straight. Oh well, next time...

~ Josephine, Deutschland

Custom Dining Booth From Bookcases

Materials: Expedit Bookcases

Description: We wanted to make a dining booth for our odd shaped corner dining room.

We bought 2 Expedit bookcases in the dark brown-black and planned on turning them face down and making "lids". Turning them sideways made the height better, we could always add baskets or bins in the holes. But then we got a puppy...so we left them empty.

We butted them together in the corner, put a vinyl upholstered foam cushion on top (easy slippage for butts) and stapled upholstered foam to the wall for the back.

The person who bought the house insisted we leave it for them (must have thought it was some expensive custom-made piece!)

Oh yeah, those are Ikea chairs too.

~ Laura G

Princess throne

Photo: IKEA.com

Materials: MAMMUT child chair

Description: The backrest is made out of solid metal and polystyrene.
Been glued to paper (wallpaper paste). Then painted with acrylic paint color.

~ J�rgen Behrens, Wiesbaden Germany

Prant becomes Alkov

Materials: 3x Prant boxes, 1 Alkov basket, cuphooks

Description: During our first Ikea hack we converted Expedit bookcases into a wall unit with bench seating. But with the Alkov basket being discontinued years ago, we didn't have enough matching storage baskets under the bench seating. Three baskets, just three baskets, I prayed ... many internet searches & shopping trips later and still nothing even close! Then we saw the humble, yet sturdy Prant box.

We first disassembled one of the Alkov baskets. The baskets are held together with metal screws, which made this hack possible. The front piece, back piece and side pieces would be used to complete the illusion that we have 8 matching Alkov baskets under the bench seating.


Using a table saw, we cut off 3/4 of an inch from the top of each Prant box (they are taller than the older Alkov baskets) sanded the cuts and assembled the boxes. Placed the Alkov back piece to the front of the Prant box, and marked the handle location. Drilled holes at the handle locations and screwed in the cuphooks - spray painted black first. I had 3 handles made from a local metal shop and they match close enough. The cuphooks were pushed thru the banana leaves, given another full turn and the new handles hung on the cuphooks.

The cuphooks provide enough resistance to keep the basket attached, however we placed a few Command Adhesive velcro picture frame hanging strips on the backside of the Alkov to prevent any side to side movement.

Repeat the entire procedure three more times, and voila it looks like we have 8 matching Alkov baskets!

~ Marika, Vancouver

Tuneo de Torbj�rn de Ikea

Materials: Chair Tobj�rn of Ikea, wool needle, cotton thread # 5, inspiration

Description: I was inspired by embroidered red and I used the back of the chair mat as well and change its appearance. The drawing was invented on the fly changing in each row fretwork pattern.

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~ Lo veo y me gusta, Espa�a

MARIUS Mongolian Lamb Stool

Materials: MARIUS stool

Description: Lastly I noticed those beautiful Mongolian lamb stools in many stunning interiors! The problem is, as you can imagine, the price of these beauties!!!

As I'm actually working on a girl bedroom project I absolutely wanted to include one of these Mongolian stools for the luxury touch they add and for their incredible softness ...!

So I decided to make my own Mongolian lamb stool thanks to Ikea and their Marius stool. The great thing is the very small price of this stool and the easy way to customize it :)

If you want to have the whole "how to" step by step you can check out the post on my blog.

You'll find the entire DIY including all the pictures step by step here.

~ Nadia, Paris, FRANCE

Sassy LACK Hack Ottoman

Materials: (for one ottoman) LACK side table, 1 yard fabric, 21 5/8" X 21 5/8" foam, nail head trim, a hammer and a heavy duty staple gun

Description: Mission: Convert 2 LACK side tables into 2 sassy ottoman stools.

I needed some low profile seating to go in front of my fire place. This was my solution.

This make over was extremely simple.

I cut the foam from with a turkey carving knife.

Then, lay the fabric face down, then stack the foam and table top on top.

If you are using a pattern, make sure it's aligned. Then being stapling the fabric. Make sure it is the same tension the entire time, so nothing gets pulled weird.

Screw the legs on. If you don't want the added bling factor, you're all done. If you do want some sass, then follow my lead and add nailhead trim. I used a strip so that my lines stayed straight.

That's it! They are sturdy enough to sit on, but I wouldn't PLOP on it. It might make it slightly wobbly. I am going to go back and add "L" brackets to sturdy them up.

Make sure to check out the full tutorial on my blog.

Cheers!

~ Mekenzie, Salt Lake City

How to make a fun fur Jules Office Chair

Materials: Fun Fur, Foam, Jules IKEA Chair

Description: This is an improved version of the current fur covered chair on IKEA Hacker.

It also improves the comfort of the chair to add some foam.

Step by step photo instructions are included in the guide.

~ Joanne Carry

Granas Chairs turned in to a Bench

Materials: 3 Granas Chairs

Description: Hi I'm Ashli from Mini Manor Blog.

We needed a bench, it had to have a back, and I new that I wanted something with an industrial look!

I love the combination of metal and wood. I was searching Craigslist for benches when I came across some Ikea Granas Chairs, they had great clean lines, and the cross backs made me very happy ;).

We found 3 chairs for $25!
We bought 3 1x6's each board was 6 feet long.
We stained them a medium walnut color.

We removed the wicker seats from their metal frames, and were able to use the existing holes (for the screws that held the wicker seats in place) to screw in and secure the boards to the chair.

And for the finishing touch we simply stenciled on a little instruction . . . SIT.

I think that an added shelf on the bottom would also be great if you were planning on using it as a hall bench, a quick place to stash your shoes or maybe a basket or two!

I hope you enjoyed our hack!

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~ Ashli, British Columbia, Canada

Karlstad Sofa Gets Retro Update

Materials: Sofa, Karlstad cushion, tapered screw in legs, upholsterer's twine, upholsterer's needle, 32 buttons

Description: First, we replaced the Ikea sofa legs with ready made, screw-in replacement legs from Uncle Bob's workshop. We, then had an upholsterer use an extra Karlstad throw pillow as fabric to cover 32 buttons. He also sold us an upholsterer's needle.

After deciding where I wanted the buttons to be on each side of the two back sofa cushions (8 on each side per cushion) with a tape measure and light pencil mark, I began tufting using this tutorial.




This method makes only two holes in the cushion fabric per button pair. Twine is threaded through one button, then folded in half and both ends are threaded through the needle. The needle is pressed straight through the cushion from one pencil mark to the corresponding mark on the other side. Another button is then threaded on one end of twine. Then, both ends are brought together to tie a slide knot that allowed me to adjust the space between the buttons. This requires at least 20 inches of twine per button pair for gripping.

Don't be afraid to really pull the buttons close together. After drawing them together with the slide knot, I tied a couple of extra knots and left the twine ends hanging until I had finished the entire pillow and was sure the tufts were all uniform. The ends were then snipped and tucked under the buttons.

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~ Michelle Carter, Texas

 

Reupholstered Ikea Strandmon chair and painted frame

Materials: UNG DRILL oval black Frame and STRANDMON wing chair &footrest

Description: The Ikea chair was reupholstered in white leather with a silver studded trim.

The footrest was reupholstered with chevron zigzag material i bought from amazon.

The Ikea frame was painted in white (3 coats) and then given a gloss finish (1 coat of spray).

The Oleg (deer head) was purchased from WhiteFauxTaxidermy on Etsy.

The printed cushion is inspired by vintage Egyptian movie posters of the 1950's and I bought from mishmaoul.com

the black & white coushin is from Ikea (last season's so it was discounted).

The white sheepskin Rug is also from Ikea (LUDDE)

And finally the decorative dog was from a local store.

~ nawwarah82, Saudi Arabia

Expedit Bench with backrest

Materials: 4x1 Expedit, foam material, wooden panel, pleather

Description: We decided to build a bench from Expedit. Our dining table has leather chairs in beige. We didn't find any compatible benches, so we have to do it on our own. We take an Expedit with white doors. We need some wooden panel 185x39 cm an 185x100 cm. We put some foam material on it and overdraw it with some pleather in the same colour as our chairs. Just put screws in it and finished. The small one for the seats and one the other for the back rest. That's all.

~ Mikel, Germany

Marius Industrial Stool

Materials: Ikea Marius stool, an old wooden plate swing, srews and spray paint

Description: Get a one of a kind industrial stool!

1. Spray the old wooden plate swing in your favourite color and let it dry.

2. Remove the old plastic seat and screw your new wooden seat on the metallic stool legs. The Screws have to be a little bit longer than the original ones.

Finished!

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~ Renaade, Germany