21 IKEA Moppe Hacks that are Pretty Amazing -

IKEA Moppe is a great storage cabinet. It comes as an unfinished birch wood unit, that just begs to be hacked! Here are 22 amazing Moppe hacks and tutorials!

The IKEA Moppe storage unit is made of beautiful birch wood. It is a beautiful neutral wood that just smacks of Scandinavian design.

If you have an IKEA Moppe unit you probably already love it. There are 6 drawers of various sizes in which you can store just about anything you want to.

You can use Moppe on your desk, in your kitchen, in your bedroom, in your garage – in fact just about anywhere in your home.

But do you sometimes just wish your Moppe was a little more decorative and colorful? Do you wish it wasn’t so plain? Plain Scandi design is so good, but sometimes you just want something that pops a bit more!

I have a couple of IKEA Moppe units in my home. I use one in my home office on my desk. I also use one in my craft room for craft supplies. I love the unit, it works so well for so many things.

So here are 22 ideas and tutorials for how to hack, and jazz up, your simple IKEA Moppe unit!

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Why is IKEA Moppe So Loved?

The IKEA Moppe storage cabinet is loved for so many reasons:

It has 6 great storage compartments, which vary in size, so you can store quite a lot, and separate things out too!

It is such an affordable price

It is made of a birch plywood that is so easy to pain, stain, or cover. It is such an easy material to work with on numerous DIY projects.

It looks so stylish, hacked or un-hacked!

Where to Buy IKEA Moppe

The IKEA Moppe storage unit can be bought directly from IKEA of course. Either at their stores in person or online.

You can also buy IKEA from Amazon. You can see what Amazon has right here for Moppe.

All the IKEA Moppe Hacks & Tutorials

Here are those 22 hacks and tutorials:

Minimal Moppe Hack

Photo: Paper & Stitch

This is a beautiful minimal IKEA hack. There isn’t a lot involved with this hack, which makes it perfect as it the end result is so great.

This hack retains the beautiful birch natural wood, and just adds some amazing handles.

You can see the full DIY right here.

Maps and Leather

Photo: Pillar Box Blue

This Moppe hack uses maps and leather straps, to make it into the perfect storage unit.

You could use this hacked Moppe for just about anything, but it would be especially great for travel souvenirs.

You can see the full DIY here.

Moppe Spice Cabinet Hack

Photo: The Organized Home

Just painting the Moppe unit changes it considerably. This hack involves painting Moppe and turning it into an amazing cabinet for your spices. You could of course still use it for absolutely anything!

Get the DIY right here.

Black and White Moppe

Photo: Vienna Fashion Waltz

Just applying paint to Moppe changes the unit considerably, as detailed in the last Moppe hack. This hack paints it black and white.

The unit is so pretty, and would work great as storage in any room. It is so pretty it could work as a jewelry box holder. Get the full DIY here.

Moppe Apothecary Storage Cabinet

Just staining the Moppe storage chest (which is incredibly easy and fun!), can completely change its look.

This hack turns Moppe into an absolutely beautiful, vintage-looking Apothecary Storage Chest. All you need to do is stain it, and add some handles. It is a really easy DIY to do in a day or weekend. See the hack here.

Make Up Storage Chest

Photo: Twinspiration

This is a very pretty make up storage chest, made with scrapbook paper to get the very pretty white and gold design. You can see the full DIY here.

Cord Charger Organization

Photo: Blue I Style

This hack turns the Moppe into a charger storage unit Each drawer is for different charging cords storage. This is perfect to keep you organized. Get the full DIY here.

Dressing Table

Photo: Sole Bich

This hack doesn’t have an accompanying DIY post, but you can get the idea from the photo above of what needs to be done.

The hack takes 2 Moppe units and mounts them to the wall. This turns them into a really handy dressing table. You can get the full DIY here.

Farmhouse Style Moppe

Photo: Rocky Hedge Farm

This hack is simple, yet pretty. It makes the perfect farmhouse style hack. One of the things about Moppe is that it does not have any handles. So hacks that involve handles really do change the piece.

You can see the full DIY here.

Check out these Farmhouse Style IKEA Hacks Right Here!

Fox Storage Chest

Photo: Whipperberry

This is a lovely way to hack the Moppe chest. Painting a lovely fox design turns this into a fun and colorful piece. You can see the full DIY here.

Dollhouse

Photo: Schweizergarten

This hack is using a slightly different style of the Moppe, but you could do this easily with the model we are featuring Just by painting and decorating Moppe you can turn it into a beautiful dollhouse! Get the full DIY here.

Chanel Moppe

Photo: IKEA Hackers

This hack is amazing! Who would have thought to make Moppe into a Chanel dream?! Taking any Moppe model and following this DIY you can create this amazing Chanel style piece! Get the full DIY here.

Card Catalog Jewelry Box

Photo: AkaDesign/IKEA Hackers

This great DIY hack makes the Moppe into a vintage piece. It is perfect for a jewelry storage cabinet. Get the full DIY here.

Checkered Moppe

Photo: Jaime Costiglio

This hack turns Moppe into a beautiful checkered cabinet! It certainly makes an unusual piece. See the full DIY here.

Painted Trees

Photo: Hand Made Kultur

This is such a pretty hack. The Moppe unit has been painted, and trees painted on, for a beautifully patterned chest. See – Moppe doesn’t have to be dull and boring!

Easy Moppe Makeover Using Contact Paper

Photo: Anikas DIY Life

This makeover is extremely easy. It uses contact paper, which creates a beautiful piece. See how easy it is to hack Moppe! See the DIY tutorial right here.

Moppe Metallic Makeover

Photo: Thifty Chic

Give Moppe a metallic makeover with this DIY hack. Get the DIY tutorial right here.

Moppe Coffee Hack

Photo: Restyle

This hack is just beautiful. It may just be my favorite one here! It creates a really unique storage cabinet for coffee (or whatever you want to use it for).

It looks old and vintage, and it is so effective you would never know it started life as a humble and simple IKEA Moppe storage unit. Get the DIY here.

Mounted Arrow Box

Photo: Look What I Made

This hack mounts the Moppe unit, so effectively creates a completely new, and free standing, piece of furniture! Get the DIY instructions here.

Paper Covered Moppe

Photo: U&N

Cover your Moppe unit with newspaper, especially foreign newspapers that make it look more unique. I would take some newspaper and glue it to the unit using Mod Podge. It looks so effective!

Vintage Chest