I’m coming back with what I love the most, giving makeovers to old stuff and making them not just nicer but also giving them a new purpose.
I had an old IK...
First things first, I wouldn't have been able to do this Double POÄNG without looking at a previous Triple POÄNG article by Ian Fish.
Mine is similar, but ...
If you have an old foam mattress you no longer need, upcycle it into a delightful DIY ottoman.
I wanted a pouffe for my living room but couldn’t afford to b...
Scripto took the KOARP armchair with a metal frame and give it a warm, mid-century modern style. The end result looks like a designer armchair at a fraction of...
Bet you never knew your sofa armrests were prime storage space.
Ok, so the guys at IKEA are the masters of hidden / secret storage everywhere. In fact, one ...
The missing link in IKEA’s range. Why? We inherited a cat that shredded our furniture, apart from a 20-year-old IKEA POÄNG armchair, with no cat resistant seati...
IKEA items used: Klippan two seater sofa
We are in the process of changing our sofa, and wanted to make use of our old Klippan sofa rather than just thro...
I propose to you to transform a piece of furniture that almost everybody has in their homes, the FROSTA stool from IKEA.
Materials:
- An IKEA FROSTA s...
Ikea items used: Ektorp armchair, Ektorp Abyn armchair cover (discontinued), Brattvag legs
It was time to upgrade my beloved Ektorp sofa range. I decided on ...
Ikea items used: 6x Lack Tables, 1 set of 3x Skubb storage boxes
I spent a good few weeks looking for something like this and couldn't find it either on...
IKEA Items used: SÖDERHAMN chaise
Wanting to match a chaise to our existing sofa, we purchased the SÖDERHAMN chaise, but not the upholstery covers.
Ther...
Materials: plywood, bolts, bed risers
About a year ago we bought a Kivik sectional from IKEA. We liked how comfy it was compared to the some of the other...
IKEA items used: Kivik 1 seat section (x2)
I liked the “seat” of the Kivik, but it was too low, and I wanted arms. The original arms aren’t available for 1 s...
I've had an Ikea Poang chair since ~1990 and used it regularly for many years, then it became a driving chair for video games, but in the last few years hasn't ...
It was an imposed project during my first year in design school. To re-interpret the Bekväm, create something new.. but we should still be able to recognise the...
Correction: The IKEA item used is referred to as the IVAR. It should be the GORM (now HEJNE).
So I’ve been an IKEA fan for a while however I haven’t ...
