21 Ikea hacks to transform your bedroom
How to make a normal piece of furniture into something special
If you’re as obsessed with Pinterest as we are, then you’ve definitely got about a million IKEA hacks pinned to your home interiors board. And while you *probably* sit staring at them every night before you go to bed, wondering when you're going to wake up to your dream bedroom, £10 says you’ve never actually tried one of them. Until now.
We’ve searched the depths of Pinterest and found these hacks that will have you jumping into your best DIY dungarees before you can say (and eat) IKEA hotdog. From bohemian boudoirs to bookcase beds, these ideas will show you how to create super chic upcycled fittings that look like they cost 10x more.
Hair scrunchies at the ready, you’ll be hitting your living room and kitchen up next.
Update a wooden headboard with rattan
Want to experiment with the rattan trend without forking out for a new headboard? Invest in a roll of cane and a staple gun, and you're en route to the chicest bedroom around.
Use dowels to decorate the front of a Hemnes chest of drawers
Update a boring old dresser with a glue gun and bits of wood cut to size, perfect for experimenting with the minimalistic trend.
Swap the handles out for something more to your taste
Add a little bit of spice to your Ikea furniture by swapping the hand pulls or handles out for something a bit more luxe and unique.
Swap the legs on your ALEX drawers
Everybody has a set of ALEX drawers for makeup, products or bits and bobs. This hack adds midcentury modern-esque legs to the bottom to make the furniture look a bit more luxe.
Use a wall mount for storage
Need somewhere to keep your keys, sunglasses, and plant babies? These distressed-style wall mounts can work as both a shelving unit and a rail at the same time. This super simple hack is multifunctioning at its finest and works perfectly if you're in a houseshare and need to keep all your belongings together.
Create an industrial mirror for a fraction of the price
Want a huge bedroom mirror but can't afford the hefty price tag? This brilliant hack combines Ikea's Lots mirrors with a large piece of mdf painted black. So simple but expensive looking.
Use a trolley for extra storage
Need a flexible space to store your things? A trolley could be the perfect option, and can also double up as a bedside table.
Create a spacious desk with a worktop
This Ikea desk hack mounts a long worktop on top of two chests of drawers to create a unique, spacious work space.
BUY NOW Ikea work top, from £30.00
Use wall brackets for hangers
They might be made for mounting shelves, but Ikea's wall brackets also make great space saving devices for hanging clothes on.
BUY NOW EKBY LERBERG Bracket, £2.00
Make your drawers into a dresser
Combine your dresser and drawers by mounting the latter on the wall and using it to keep your makeup on top of. Clever.
BUY NOW EKBY ALEX Shelf with drawer, £41.00
Add some colour to your chest of drawers
If you want to spruce up your trusty IKEA Malm drawers, there are so many cool transfers lurking on the internet. And we're not talking about those tacky 'live, laugh, love' ones - you can actually get some really stylish designs like this floral one.
Utilise your bedside table
Turn your bedside table into storage space by capitalising on the space under the top surface, too.
Did we mention utilising your bedside table space?
And if you're short of horizontal space, invest in the LACK wall shelving unit, because you'll be able to store so much stuff vertically.
BUY NOW LACK Wall shelf unit, £50.00
Display photos on shelves
Constantly mixing and matching your prints or never certain on what you want, where? Mount your photographs on shelves instead!
Make your own copper trolly
If you didn't manage to get your hands on the Oliver Bonas trolly (you all know which one we mean), DIY your own with this excellent Ikea hack.
BUY NOW SUNNERSTA Trolley, £22.00
DIY a copper rug chair
Is this DIY chair the Instagram dream or the Instagram dream? It looks quite easy, too!
Turn storage into seating
Turn any storage units or cabinets you might have into a feature area by painting them white and chucking some cushions on top.
Turn a bookshelf into a storage bench
All you need is a classic BILLY bookcase (or similar) and some baskets that slot in the right shaped hole, and bingo!
Combine your dressing table with a sideboard
Haven't got space for both a sideboard and dressing table? Combine the two by slotting a little stool underneath, and having a side light at one end and all your makeup and bits at the other.
Create a bed from bookcases
This ikea bed hack creates perfect storage under your mattress by turning actual bookcases into your bed frame. Ta-daaah!
BUY NOW BILLY Bookcase, £45.00
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