Shop unique and handmade items directly from creative people around the worldIn a whirlwind of activity last night, I completed the dining room chair seat covers in a decorative mossy green and blue fabric. My parents arrive tomorrow and it was one of my last sewing tasks to be completed. Now I can focus on grocery shopping and the menu for the week ahead! We recently purchased this small dining room table from IKEA, as we needed something compact. Although the store can be hit or miss in quality, it generally offers functional furniture that fits my nomadic lifestyle. I picked out the round table shown above but wasn’t thrilled about the chair options. I liked the Borje chair style but the chairs came with nasty, cheap white fabric cushion covers. Fortunately, the cushion covers were removable so we bought the chairs with the plan that I would sew new seat covers. I’ve updated seat covers before and think it’s such a great way to turn a boring chair into a customized, beautiful object.

All you need is an inexpensive staple gun and fabric, and a little creativity. My only concern with the chairs was on which fabric to use. Not only did I order more than I needed, the company mistakenly sent me a couple extra yards! I love the fabric but wasn’t sure if it was the pattern or color I wanted in the living space. Since I haven’t had time to shop for anything better, it became the lead choice by default. Making an IKEA Seat Cover If I were upholstering the cushion in fabric, I would lay the cushion on the fabric and cut around it, allowing enough excess fabric to compensate for the cushion thickness. I would then use a staple gun to attach the fabric around the cushion with staples placed on the underside. I could have done the staple approach but liked the idea of removable cushion covers. I’m a spiller so being able to remove the seat covers and wash them will be a benefit. Since I already had a seat cover in hand, I cut apart the main seams so I could use it as my cushion cover pattern.

I put it on my fabric and marked around it before cutting the fabric to size. It’s important to make sure you don’t rush. I like to rush. Make sure that you align the pattern the same way on your fabric for each cushion you cut out. I have one chair on which the fabric pattern runs in the opposite direction. It’s not a big deal, but I notice it and it annoys me. Also, I found it helpful to take photos of the existing cushion cover before and after I cut it apart. You may think that you’ll remember what it looked like, but once you cut it apart there’s no going back. I quickly forgot how the corners folded and ended up taking off another cushion to see how it had been constructed. Overall, it only took me about an hour to whip these out last night. The fabric color is growing on me but is making me reconsider our couch cushions. For now, I’m going to enjoy the upcoming holiday and worry about that some other time.Transform your favourite sofa or armchair with hundreds of beautiful and affordable new slipcovers to choose from.

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Share your own personal faves below! There's no end to what you can to with an Expedit (RIP). This awesome hamster habitat won the Hack of the Year in 2010, and it's easy to see why: Some small modifications to the Expedit—plus a little glass—turned Ikea's beloved shelving system into a home for a furry friend. You'd never guess that this sleek, sinuous privacy screen—which turns the bathroom of an open loft into its own space—was made from $2 Rektangel vases. But yep: Hundreds of these glass thangs were tipped on their sides and repurposed. There's a reason this incredible personal library won the 2011 Hack of the Year. It's made from 60—yes, 60—Billy bookshelves, Ikea's bargain basement bookshelf. Attached to the French country home of Chas Saunter, they look undeniably classy. Here's the archetypal example of IkeaHacking brilliance. Take one stool, four nested file organizers, and boom: A transformable table with tons of storage space for under $10. All you have to do is glue the folders together and attach them to the stool.

For an added bonus, the nested folders inside the table pull out to change its profile. Things really get cool when an Ikea hacker has soldering skills: This brilliant hacker turned a plain old wood table top into a beautiful working guitar. Now this is unexpected. Tracing around an old kid's jacket will give a decent enough pattern for this cute little coat. Lined or unlined, it's pretty ingenious—though apparently it will dull the hell out of your sewing machine needle. I'm wondering whether to try to make one for myself... Here's a solution for all those space-challenged Ikea hackers out there (and aren't there so many!). This Dutch hacker took a shelf and a cabinet and mounted them to the wall, creating what might be the skinniest desk for an iMac ever built. The best part might be the fact that there aren't any errant cables hanging around: They're all stored inside the upper cabinet. Okay, this is admittedly not for everyone, but it's a smart solution! An industrious family member made this for her grandma's home in Malacca, Malaysia, which is lacking upstairs plumbing.

Adding a raised section to the top and a few privacy panels between the legs of a Stefan chair, a small bowl can easily slide in to the hole. Noted: next time she's choosing a model with arms, for extra comfort (though it would be tough to beat Homer's Lazy Man Toilet Seat for sheer sit-back-and-relax luxury). This was designed to allow or opening the drawers under a Mandal bed, but relocating two of the Frosta stool's legs looks like it would make a killer sofa table, too (as long as the height was right). There are a lot of storage beds on IkeaHackers, but there's something about the structure and staging of this one, which used nine Faktum cabinets, that makes it look particularly perfect for a small space. It's involved (with extended blog post how-to here), but if you had the tools and the time and the drive—it would be incredible to make something this functional look this good. This is another project that's going to require some power tools, but if you're keen on sewing and have the room for a dedicated place to stitch, this is a might purdy use of an Ingo table.

Additional tutorial here, if you're into it. Okay, hey—we're back to unconventional spots to pee and poo. The name here really says it all, and all it took was a long piece of MDF, a pair of Ikea PS Lockers, and a cat flap inserted into a custom cut-out in the side. Slide a litter box in the drawer and you're good to go.This effect was made pretty much exclusively out of Trofast toy storage boxes affixed to the walls and ceiling: some facing out and filled with magazines and books, some facing the other way and lit from within by LEDs. Ikea's iconic Frosta stool is a cult favorite—and here, it's turned into a beautifully abstract bookshelf that seems to climb up the wall like a vine. Rather than spring for some spendy backsplash, this cool kitchen has a series of Rationell glass panels installed flush up against the wall between counter and cabinet. Wallpaper will make it match whatever else you've got going on, color-and-style-wise. Take an average Bjursta dining room table, two average plastic high chairs, do a little clever sawing, et voila: An incredible double-trouble high chair.