16 Bright & Colorful IKEA Hacks

If you love bright and colorful, these IKEA hacks are the perfect DIY projects for your home. All 16 of these hacks turn plain IKEA items into colorful bursts of happiness!

 

Bright and colorful furniture and products will add a burst of color and happiness to your home.  

If you know me well by now, you will know how much I LOVE IKEA hacks!  They are just amazing DIY projects to have fun creating for your home.

So when I discovered there were so many bright and colorful IKEA hacks out there I just had to bring these to you. They are not just fun to do, but also will make so many amazing and truly unique pieces for your home.

Have fun checking out, and hopefully making these IKEA hacks yourself!

 

 

 

Color Block Storage Unit

Photo: Sugar & Cloth

 

This absolutely gorgeous color-block storage unit is created using IKEA Besta units.  You need to get matte finish Besta units for this project not high gloss.  Paint the doors in the colors of your choice. 

This would make an amazing modern furniture storage unit for literally any room in your home. You can see the complete DIY tutorial right here.

 

Ombre Tarva Chest

Photo: House & Home

 

This beautiful ombre painted dresser is made using the blank IKEA Tarva chest of drawers.  Just select the colors you want and buy little pots of paint in those colors. 

This would make such a beautiful addition to any bedroom. You can see the full DIY tutorial right here.

 

Donut Rug

Photo: House Lars Built

 

This fantastic colorful donut rug was made just by using a regular IKEA rug! This would make a really fun rug for a kid’s room, or for any room that you want to jazz up with a burst of fun color. You can see the DIY tutorial right here.

 

Painted Colorful Sun Hat

Photo: House Lars Built

 

This colorful popping sun hat was actually purchased at IKEA! (see 10 Things you Don’t Expect to buy at IKEA!) It is just so beautiful and colorful for those hot summer days. You can see the complete DIY tutorial here.

 

Colorful Storage Tables

Photo: Oh Joy

 

These beautiful storage tables have been spray painted with gorgeous colors. It makes storage so much more fun! See the complete DIY tutorial here.

 

Colorful Basket Table

Photo: Delicious and DIY

 

This hack uses an IKEA basket and an IKEA mirror. The two combined make an amazing coffee or side table.  Woven colorful yarn is added to create a gorgeous pop of color. You can see the complete DIY tutorial right here.

 

Colorful Bekvam Stools

Photo: This Little Street

 

The Bekvam stool is such a hackable piece that IKEA sells. You can literally do absolutely anything to this little stool, including painting it. This hack uses pretty wallpaper to transform the stool.  You can see the DIY tutorial here.   

You can also see lots more IKEA Bekvam step stool hacks in this post here.

 

Neon Kallax Hack

Photo: Flax & Twine

 

This lovely hack takes the IKEA Kallax unit, and paints the insides neon yellow. It creates a gorgeous beautiful modern piece for your home. You can see the complete DIY tutorial here.

 

Colorful Study Desk

Photo: Petit & Small

 

All the pieces that create this lovely colorful study area are from IKEA, down to the IKEA Bekvam spice racks that have been painted and turned into pretty and useful shelving.  You can see the complete hack here.

See what else you can do with IKEA Bekvam Spice Racks here

 

Colorful Spice Cabinet

Photo: Saltbush Avenue

 

This hack uses IKEA Moppe, and paints it and turns it into a beautiful colorful spice storage cabinet. You could also use this as a tea or coffee cabinet too in your kitchen. You can see the complete hack here.

See what else you can do with the IKEA Moppe Cabinet

 

5 Minute Colorful Storage Container

Photo: A Bubbly Life

 

This is a really quick 5 minute hack that turns an IKEA storage container into a beautiful colorful piece for your home storage. You can see the complete DIY here.

 

Colorful Easel

Photo: House of Hood

 

This hack takes a plain IKEA painting easel, and turns it into a color popped creation great for a child’s room!  You can see exactly how this DIY was done right here.

 

Colorful Tarva Dresser

Photo: Anika’s DIY Life

 

This colorful dresser again uses the basic IKEA Tarva dresser.  This is such an amazing DIY painted hack.  This is a great example of a hack that is not just beautiful, but also so much fun to do. You can see the complete DIY tutorial right here.

 

Ivar Colorful Cabinet

Photo: IKEA.com

 

The IKEA Ivar cabinet is a plain pine cabinet that IKEA sells. You can do so much to it! It is the perfect blank canvas for any kind of painting and colorful makeover. The IKEA site itself has lots of examples of painted pieces!

 

Colorful Micke Desk

Photo: IKEA.com

 

The Micke desk is a great desk that fits just about anywhere. It is also incredibly reasonably priced. But if you would rather vamp up your Micke desk, you can paint it just like this example here!  

 

Colorful Storage Bench

Photo: How Joyful

 

This colorful bench is made using an IKEA unit, with colorful storage containers (that are stencilled) added.  It makes a perfect storage bench for a child’s room or nursery, or even your playroom. See it right here.

 

If you love bright and colorful, these IKEA hacks are the perfect DIY projects for your home. All 16 of these hacks turn plain IKEA items into colorful bursts of happiness!