IKEA has been designing and selling ready-to-assemble furniture for decades. The company operates 460 stores in 62 markets and aims to, as it says, "offer a wide range of well-designed, functional home ... products at prices so low, that as many people as possible will be able to afford them."

And it's succeeding. Every year, IKEA welcomes more than 680 million customers in its stores and around 3.8 billion on its website, amounting to sales of 39.5 billion EUR (or 41.8 billion USD) in the fiscal year 2022. However, with around 10,000 products, some clients are having doubts if they can make the most out of the retailer's supply.

This is where the internet comes in. There's a Facebook group, called 'IKEA tips, hacks and more!' and as the name suggests, it invites people to share their proudest shopping discoveries. Whether you are already planning a complete makeover for your place or are simply looking for some DIY project inspiration, this online community might have exactly what you need.

#1 The Window Seat I Built In My Bedroom, Using The Nordli Drawers

Image credits: Lauren Ramoth

#2 We Aren’t Fully Done With This Laundry Room Upgrade But It’s Already So Much More Functional!

Image credits: Eryn Yates

#3 IKEA Kitchen Cabinets In The Bathroom

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#4 Made «the Death Star» From Ps IKEA Lamp

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#5 I Used Fejka Plant Tiles To Decorate My Veranda Roof

Put them together in rows of 4, then fastened each row to a 5x1m plastic garden fence. Put in a light chain. Everything was then fasten to 8 shower rods. For fastening I used green metal thread. The shower rods had to be a 2-3 cm wider than the space so they could hold up.

Image credits: Janecke Heber

#6 Thanks To Malm Bed With Drawers, I Neither Need To Accidentally Step On LEGO Nor My Son Get His City Dusty. Ready To Be Played With When He Wishes

Image credits: Annelie Tedenmark

#7 This Is My Hack To Stay Organized; I Don’t Know Where I Learned This, But It Has Been A Huge Help To IKEA Projects; A Muffin Tin

Image credits: Jill Rockett

#8 Simple And Easy Tricks Dronjons Magazine File Converted Into Storage For Scarves And Gloves, Umbrellas Or For Something Else

Image credits: Ivana Farago Holjevac

#9 For The Cat

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#10 I Needed Storage Space In My Hallway For All My DIY Stuff. This Is My Idasen. I Went To The DIY Store And Got A Cheap Roll Of Wallpaper For The Doors. Now My Stuff Is Hidden Away

Image credits: Kiki Gato

#11 Who Says IKEA Is Only In Favour Of Home? We Have A Different Home. A Home On Wheels. Our Facility Is Made Entirely Of IKEA

Image credits: Franzi Dennis

#12 I’m What Is Known As An Afol (Adult Fan Of LEGO) And I’ve Come Up With An IKEA LEGO Minifigure Hack

I’m what is known as an AFOL (Adult Fan of LEGO) and I’ve come up with an IKEA LEGO minifigure hack.

I used:

* 2 x IKEA Gnedby DVD/CD units (often cheap on Gumtree as people are getting rid of their DVDs/CDs) screwed together

* 1 x IKEA Oxberg glass door

* Moulding (I used 42x11x275 primed wood lengths from Bunnings)

* I finished it off with 3x20 LEGO plates (trimmed from 32x32 baseplates)

Now I have dust free LEGO minifigure display/storage! ?

Edit:

I had a third Gnedby that was broken and I could salvage the shelves from, so the number of shelves shown in my pictures is more than you’d get with just 2 units (so with 2 units you'd just space the shelves a little further apart)

I had to drill the holes for the door to go on as they were not pre-drilled - I used the holes on our Billy bookcase as a guide to where they should be positioned.

You can get around 25 minifigs on each stand (more if you space them closer), however I did 20 on most shelves as the door obstructs a bit on either side. Where there were themes that had more than 20 minifigs I just put the ones I didn't like as much in the column that would be harder to see.

Image credits: Ellie Sibbald

#13 I Made The Kids Moppe A Bit More Fun With Wallpaper

Image credits: Ida van der Tol

#14 I Created A Unique Piece Of Design By Putting Together A Mirror And A Coffee Table From The Stockholm Series By IKEA, I Attached Them Together With Bi-Adhesives To Avoid Ruining Them And Being Able To Reuse Them Later

Image credits: Katerina Immobile

#15 IKEA Malm Chest Of Drawers, Bought Used, Removed 4 Drawers So The Dogs Each Got Their Own Sleeping Space In The Living Room

Image credits: Mayvi Fossheim

#16 We Built Our Own Laundry-Dry Drawer From The Maximera Drawer Pulls

Image credits: Katha Ina Bank

#17 Just Glue A Vinyl Record Onto A Marius Stool For A Neat Table

Image credits: Suzanne Victoria

#18 Love Love Love My Powder Room Vanity Made From The Möllekulla Oak Worktop!

Image credits: Kim Hughes

#19 Pull Out Bed Camouflaged Between 2 IKEA Pax Cupboards

Image credits: Pauline Rousselot

#20 No More Rambling To Get A Hanger

Image credits: Min Thijs

#21 IKEA Sektion Hack

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#22 Bestå Hack, As Wood Storage

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#23 My Weekend Job

Previously a dumping ground…

SMÅSTAD / PLATSA wardrobe, KALLAX cubes and BERGSHULT shelf with GRANHULT brackets, all white but painted with dark blue After Midnight  Frenchic paint.

KARTOTEK hooks screwed onto pallet wood. 

All baskets and fake foliage from IKEA. 

TV bench from different brand, covered with pallet wood, stained and waxed for maximum protection. 

Made a massive difference to the entrance and we love it 

Image credits: Carla Mariano

#24 I Had A Small Space Between The Wall And The Closet, I Assembled Three Cabinets Each 15 Cm Deep. Just Have To Mount The Wheels And Make The Hutch That Will Take The Furniture Back, And Add One On Top To Wire

Image credits: Lucia Onair Schillaci

#25 For Parents With Lots Of LEGO Mini Figures: Sannahed Frame Used (Took The Front Cover Off- Used Velcro Command Strips To Hang Them)

Image credits: Amy Emarine

#26 Try To Make A Side Table With This Chair

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#27 Made From The IKEA Method Upper Kitchen Cabinets. A Floating Dresser 3 M Wide TV Cabinet 4.10 M Wide And 2.60 M High

Image credits: Eveline Speetjens

#28 This Is My IKEA "Hack". It's A Restaurant And Toilet For My Cat

Image credits: PS Spijkertje

#29 We Used IKEA Countertops As Our Mud Room Bench Top. Love How This Came Out

Image credits: Seth Goldstein

#30

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#31 A Slightly Different Greenhouse Made Of Picture Frames

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#32 We Bulit A Play Kitchen With Cooking Island And Seating From Two Duktig Kitchens Ready For Bulky Waste. A Few Little Things Are Still Missing, But My Daughter Already Loves Her Kitchen

Image credits: Jenny Lorenz

#33 IKEA Trofast & Ivar

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#34 Finally Got Some Storage For Spices And Stuff In My Tiny, Tiny Kitchen

Image credits: Sara Malmqvist

#35 A Little Spring Nice In The Little Hall

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#36 The Old Classic; The IKEA Rast Drawers! I ‘Upcycled’ The Plain Pine Drawers Into A Taller Drawer Unit, After Not Being Able To Fond Quite What I Was Looking For Online. Hope You Like This Little Project

Image credits: Lauren Ramoth

#37 This Has Become Our Pantry! All Billy's With Two Separate Billy's Converted As Wine Rack

Image credits: Petra van Adrichem-Spithoven

#38 Upcycled An IKEA Toy Box, Aka Småstad, Into A Deluxe Litterbox

Image credits: Sa Bina

#39 Showroom Display Unit. Billy Bookcase With Mosslanda Picture Shelves To Hold Plates. Angled Shelves And Trim Work

Image credits: Christina Filice

#40 I Used The IKEA Mackapar On My Closed In Veranda For My Climbing Pots Plants. I Think It's Come Up Really Nice

Image credits: Amy Flower