If you read design magazines and websites with any regularity, you will have encountered the topic ‘IKEA hacks’ many, many times, but the truth is we never get tired of these stories. It’s so fun to see what people with good imaginations and a few DIY skills can do.

• House Beautiful, 12 Furniture Makeover You Won’t Believe Began with IKEA
• Design*Sponge, Before & After: A Basic IKEA Cabinet Gets A Stylish New Look (and search the site for other examples)
• Style Me Pretty, 23 IKEA Hacks
• Apartment Therapy, A Year of IKEA Hacks for 2012, 2013, and 2014
• Domaine, 16 Astoundingly Chic IKEA Hacks
• An entire category on Lifehacker
• The whole site at IKEA Hackers

And more, we’re sure!

Image: “IKEA at Cascades” by Ben Jones. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 (CC BY 2.0).