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Upgrade your IKEA furniture with these high-end designer hacks

IKEA hacks have spawned an entire design subculture - and it's all gorgeous! - by Diana Moore
  • 18 Jul 2018

Designers all over the world are now creating their own high-end IKEA hacks to help homeowners and interiors lovers upgrade their IKEA furniture.

Ikea continues to collaborate with designers to produce edgy and on trend ranges, as well as extending its base range with pieces designed with sustainability and the long term in mind.

That said, we all love an IKEA hack– the furniture giant itself encourages the attitude that its range can be the perfect springboard for our own interior design experimentation – at an affordable price.

It seems we’re not the only interiors addicts who entertain this line of thinking. IKEA is merely a blueprint for a growing number of design companies who have embraced the retail giant's design aesthetic and taken it even further with their own custom-designed ranges of upgrades to standard IKEA furniture that can give it an entirely personalised look in your home.

Swedish company Superfront create a range of cabinetry fronts, handles, legs, sides and tops to fit IKEA’s most popular cabinetry frames, creating kitchens, bathrooms and storage that is unrecognizable from its originally intended form. Their legs and handles are available to be shipped to Australia.

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THE NEW ASAP COLLECTION! To make things quick and easy for you, we've composed 9 different sideboard-packages - ready to be shipped within 1-2 business days. Each ASAP sideboard-package contains: fronts, sides and a top. Price for this specific sideboard-package is 445 Euro. Legs and handles are chosen separately by you, so that you can put your own touch to the sideboard. These products will then be sent at the same time as your sideboard-package. ASAP Collection is made to fit Ikeas Bestå cabinet frames. Prices of the products are the same as usual. Link in bio to all 9 sideboards in the ASAP Collection.
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Looking for a timeless furniture leg made in genuine brass? A material that will age with grace and add that patina factor to your room. The Slender Low Leg is 17 cm high and costs 40 Euro. The front has the Plus Pattern in Aerugo Green.

Also coming out of Sweden since 2012 are a collection of delightfully designed legs, knobs and fronts by Prettypegs, who believe both in the importance of affordable design and the powerful potential of upcycling a piece to reimagine in your home, rather than buying new.

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Today's nursery inspo by @misstiptop with our Hillevi legs on that Ikea Ivar cabinet👌💫Thank you for sharing this pretty pic🙏💞 . . . #prettypegs #ikeahack #ikeaivar #ikea #furniturelegs #barnrum #kidsroom #nursery
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Can't wait to see what you're up to this time @nordic_remake 😍 🙌 (Repost from @nordic_remake 👆)#Frontly #knobs #legs #Ikeabestå #ikeahack

On the softer side but still with sustainability at the top of their manifesto, Bemz creates custom sewn design covers to fit IKEA sofas and armchairs with the results again a world away from the original and not least because they too ship to Australia.

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Deep navy blue + warm wood details = winning combination! Featuring an #IKEA Stocksund sofa with a Bemz cover in Simply Velvet 🙌 #BemzDesign
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Mentally hanging out here all day! Who else is loving this ultra-chic neutral palette with a dash of colour?! 🙋 Styling @pellahedeby photo: @kristofer_johnsson for @jmsverige 💥 #BemzDesign

It’s the flexibility of the IKEA ranges that is inherent to their design that allows for so many permutations, such as the truly Scandinavian style of Norse Interiors range of options for storage cabinets, TV stands, furniture legs, knobs and drawer pulls.

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Using our #IKEAhack, give some life to your basic nightstand with our 'Eleanor' cabinet front and a touch of gold✨
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Give your #IKEA cabinet a makeover with our 'Frida' door. From nautical to modern, every room can use a touch of blue.

Many designers concentrate on one or two IKEA staple designs, such as the Besta storage system which already has chameleon-like possibilities with the off-the-rack choices on offer at IKEA itself, however for those who can’t see past the catalogue, this might be the perfect balance of bespoke and high street for your home.

  

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Content expert, florist and interior decorator Diana Moore has been passionate about helping others make the perfect home ever since she moved into her own. From styling her local bar to feel like your best friend’s lounge room, to randomly restyling people’s bookshelves, Diana is a firm believer in making the best of what you have in front of you.

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