It all started 17 years ago through one person: Jules Yap. On the Internet, this man found several users dedicated to ‘hacking’ Ikea furniture to turn them into other products with different functions. At that moment, it occurred to him that all those great decorating ideas had to be grouped in one place, and that’s where the Ikea Hackers movement began.
With an absolute fascination for Ikea furniture, Jules Yap set about his task: to create a single space dedicated to these decorating tricks. Over the years, the Ikea Hackers community has grown into an ample space with thousands of users. There, they share all kinds of ideas for reusing or simply creating new designs from Ikea furniture.
Ikea Hackers and home decor
With the help of the website and its community, we can access countless designs created by other users. In them, we can find chairs with very modernist designs that no one would ever say that they come from Ikea furniture. Bed headboards are redesigned to impress and bring freshness to any room or TV sideboards created from kitchen furniture.
No matter what is our style or preferences, in Ikea Hackers, we can find furniture adapted to anyone. A book about this phenomenon and how it affects the interior decoration world has even been launched on the market. Since it is a turning point concerning what we have seen so far on Ikea furniture, this concept is based on leaving the established to give our furniture a different and intimate style.
There is no better way to create a unique and different room than decorating it based on our preferences. It would be much better if we could do so without investing thousands of dollars to carry it out. Ikea furniture is quite affordable, so that we can give life to any part of our house with an adequate budget.
Moreover, it is not only about changing the way the furniture is built, but also about painting it in different ways, adding accessories or even wallpaper. For example, we can get a marble effect shelf with a standard Ikea shelf and wallpaper. If we dare more, we can make an elegant bed headboard with compartments by including shelves in the headboard or transform a simple desk into a kitchen island.
All these tricks and many more are available on the Ikea Hackers website and in their new book, which is worth having on hand if you plan to decorate your home.