“IKEA Tips, Hacks And More”: People In This Facebook Group Share The Best Hacks They’ve Tried

Unfortunately if I sat on any drawers I got from IKEA, there would be a nice hole roughly the size of my butt on top

I wonder how much additional work was done to make this work?

Is this strong enough to sit on?

Ingenious! It opened up the room by giving more space and bringing in more light; and a cozy place to sit and read. I see they changed the blinds with a shade and the put a light on the side of the wall. Nice.

And do you really want to sit that close to the public walkway ?

How is renovating your entire laundry considered a "hack"?

I have those stupid metal shelves and I hate them. This is an amazing reno!

Love it!!!! Clean, clutter free, and practical storage!

All the hookups go through the wall, I want to see where they end up. Mysterious.

This after shot with cabinets.... it amazes me that this is an extra room, almost like a cupboard in America. In the UK this is bigger and nicer than most people's kitchens, and yes we have the washing machine in the kitchen. It's VERY rare to have a separate laundry room here. Also kinda rare to have a drier because of lack of space.

I like the Farm House sink. It’s a very interesting idea in a bathroom.

Love, love the color!

But can they withstand the moist?

That is a nice green!

It needs a few large holes adding so the vehicles can drive in and out

That lamp was designed precisely to make you think of the Death Star. But they do not have the licensing rights so..

I want one of those!

Love it love it love it

My partner calls that the Death Star lamp every time we go to ikea. He would love one!

OMG YES

You all do realize this is not actually inside the house? Outdoor stuff gets dirty - that's life. Some of you are such fusspots.

He he… “Fejka” means “to fake” in Swedish. We’re a fair bit englishized.

We have this in our bathroom, lights too.

Does that translate to Fake Plant Tiles?

Upvote for string lights!!

Very smart

Fantastic idea! Will definitely use this.

You could also label each category with wet erase markers.

Well sure this is good if you like organization vs. having them spread all over the floor and not being able to find what you need. /s

This is what I use. No spillage issues. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-36-Compartment-Hand-Tool-Box-Interlocking-Small-Parts-Organizer-in-Black-2-Pack-THD2020-002/315003287

That's a $550 cabinet. For $550, I'll just buy a cabinet with opaque doors.

You can sometimes get removable Con-Tact paper (basically removable wallpaper) at hardware stores (and some dollar stores, if you're lucky). This is great if you are renting and don't like looking at white cabinets. Or if you have a metal file cabinet that is a gross baby poop brown or army green colour and you want to look at something pretty (like paisley or arglye print) when you put away important paperwork!

I would have never thought to use wallpaper. We did this to our buffet table because we wanted to use the cupboards for storage not cute decor you could see thru the glass doors. We used decorative contact paper, ended up being too see thru so we kept the paper backing on it so the design popped more and it wasn’t see thru.

If it was one of my cats, they would use the box it came in rather than the unit I had lovingly put together :-(

Our spoiled cat has many options but only uses them for a bit, then moves on to the next.

Meoaw

The cat would lay elsewhere in spite