# Great fun site: Ikea Hackers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [January 9, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020 "2011-01-09T20:57:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)
#### Post date: [January 9, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020/1 "2011-01-09T20:57:53Z")
This site, [http://www.ikeahackers.net/](http://www.ikeahackers.net/) is my new addiction. It is full of pictures of DIY projects where ordinary people took (parts of) Ikea furniture and made it into something unexpected for their homes. After browsing the site it becomes even more fun to roam around in an Ikea store, looking at all their stuff with an hackers eye.
Here’s the top ten of Ikea hacks from [2009](http://www.ikeahackers.net/2010/01/its-here-again-vote-for-your-favourite.html) and [2008](http://www.ikeahackers.net/2009/01/vote-for-hack-of-2008.html). I put it in the Barn House forum because a lot of the projects verge on home renovation. Enjoy !
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### Author:  [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2011, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020/2 "2011-01-10T13:12:14Z")
Ow, come on! No Ikea love out there on the Dope?
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### Author:  [@sisu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sisu)
#### Post date: [January 10, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020/3 "2011-01-10T23:59:58Z")
Very cool,
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### Author:  [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020/4 "2011-01-12T00:07:46Z")
I’ve perused the site and like some of the ideas. But personally I just don’t want to buy something pre-made and then cut it up. If I’m going to attempt to make something I’d rather try to make it from scratch and just ruin some plain wood.
[Here is a site](http://ana-white.com/) that I like for that.
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### Author:  [@dukette71](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dukette71)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2011, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020/5 "2011-01-12T02:37:40Z")
thank you for this! I am loving it.
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2011, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020/6 "2011-01-27T17:10:17Z")
Reported.
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### Author:  [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020/7 "2012-01-12T23:06:24Z")
Oops.
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### Author:  [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-fun-site-ikea-hackers/567020/8 "2012-01-16T01:45:44Z")
I’m all for hacking Ikea stuff. Over Christmas, I put some Grundtal shelves in the kitchen that I plan to hang hooks from and make into a pot rack, and the bags of spices (bought in bulk) are already hanging on shower hooks and binder clips. I’m also (still) disappointed that they discontinued the Fira boxes.