These Clever IKEA Table Hacks Solve Two Issues At Once

It’s great when you can make an IKEA item look even better than it does in the store, but when you also give it another purpose? Pure gold.

VT Wonen demonstrates how to transform basic cabinets into multi-purpose furniture. They added legs, a wood top and a cushion to a trio of $15 EKET units that creates either surface or storage. You decide.

It’s hard to believe this piece of furniture from DIY Candy started out as two LACK tables. Now it’s both a side table, and a closed cabinet that hides tons of clutter —all for under $60.

Mette of Monsters Circus created a table from scratch using the legs from a FROSTA stool, and a wood shelf shaped like a house. Not only is it a surface, but it’s also a fun little place for plants.

This wood and glass NENSA nightstand not only got a pretty green paint job, but also an added layer that looks almost like a shadowbox display. They used the addition to display some cut paper tropical leaves.

IKEA hacked two MOSSLANDA picture ledges to create a wall-mounted bedside table, which offers both a place for nighttime reading, and some built-in lighting to see you way across the room at night.

This LACK table from Shark Tails got both a new tabletop material, which dramatically changed its appearance. It also now has a new inset planter.

Paint is the easiest way to customize an object to work with your decor, as Joy shows with these brightly colored metal LALLERÖD coffee tables. She solved a common living room problem when she added these inexpensive IKEA tables as extra storage.