
1. With a little wood stain and a miter saw, you can make the Lack shelf ($19.99) look like floating reclaimed wood.

2. Swap out the legs of any Ikea sofa.

3. Attach crown molding to the top of your Billy bookcases ($79.99).

4. Spraypaint your Ekby shelf brackets ($22.99) a metallic gold or copper.

5. Add legs to an Expedit shelving unit ($19).


7. Cover the Klubbo coffee table ($49.99) with marble contact paper.

8. A genius idea for those of you who own Ikea kitchen cabinets: Fill the holes for a more seamless, custom look.


Ikea makes these little hole fillers that are $0.99 for a pack of 100. Get the full directions here.
10. Paint a Norden sideboard ($79.99) to look dip-dyed.

11. Floating kitchen cabinets are low-profile enough to be used as a hallway or dining room console.

12. Turn cheap Norrlida frames ($12.99) into cork boards.

13. With a little gold spray paint and faux marble finishing, a Vittsjö nesting coffee table ($59.99) looks like you paid $800 for it.

14. Paint and add a decorative drawer pull to the Rast nightstand ($14.99).

15. Gold spray paint comes to the rescue again if you own the Bygel utility cart ($29.99).

16. Sew two Rens sheepskin rugs together to create one giant one.

17. Lay an Ikea kitchen cabinet frame on its side and add a wooden plank for a low bench/media console.

19. Nail some leather pulls to a boring Malm dresser ($79.99).

Or to a set of Bestas.

20. Use a vintage belt to hang the Bondis wall clock ($19.99).




23. Add tufting to your sofa cushions.

24. Wrap the cord of the Foto pendant ($29.99) with three-ply jute twine.

25. Silver-leaf the inside of an oversize shade ($29.99).

26. Turn a Hemnes shoe cabinet ($129.99) into a faux library catalog.

27. Make a Bekväm foot stool ($14.99) less generic by staining it walnut and dip-painting the top.

28. Turn a sideways Expedit (now the Kallax, $59.99) into a mid-century console.

29. Or cover it with paint sticks (FREE!).

30. Make a Förhöja cart look like a custom piece for your kitchen.

31. Remove the wrinkles from your IKEA slipcovers.

32. Transform a Tarva dresser ($149) into a kitchen sideboard.

33. Turn the Antonius laundry hamper frame ($9.99) into a nightstand.

34. These storage boxes look like you paid 10 times as much for them at Kate Spade.

35. Cover a Malm dresser ($79.99) with O'verlays.

36. Turn a Grundtal mirror ($34.99) into a Restoration Hardware-worthy piece.

37. This laptop table ($39.99) actually makes the prettiest bar cart.
