Apartment Therapy Tagged: IKEA

Good Idea: Kallt Chandelier as a Mobile

We know that many of you love to take the DIY approach to mobiles, so a hat tip to Ohdeedoh reader JoAnne for alerting us to the new Kallt chandelier (it comes with tiny LED lights) at Ikea. Available...

Look! Another Fantastic DIY Play Kitchen

We've come to the conclusion that Ikea should be hiring Ohdeedoh readers to design toys for them. Sara sent us some photos of this beautiful play kitchen she built for her daughter last year, relying ...

How To: Build a Play Kitchen from Ikea Components

We are continually blown away by the creativity and ingenuity of our readers, and the recent run of homemade toy kitchens we've featured here is a case in point. Virginia wrote in to share pictures of...

Look! Improvised Ikea Play Kitchen

This is our favorite kind of email to get from readers. Hanh in Cambridge, MA devised a cute, clever and inexpensive play kitchen using a few items from Ikea. We're totally excited about it! Like...

Ikea Gorm as Changing Table

To changing table or not to changing table? That is the question. As part of our Scavenger feature, one of the items we see for sale on Craigslist over and over again is changing tables. They hav...

Ikea Odda Storage Unit with Clothes Tree

We braved the crowds at the newly opened Brooklyn Ikea this past weekend. Amidst the bickering couples, indecisive roommates and children hyped up on Lingonberry soda, we spied this cool storage un...

Nursery Tour: Zoe's Simply Modern Nursery

Child's name and age: Zoe, due any day now! Location: Malden, MA Baby Zoe is a lucky girl. She's not even born yet, and she already has a beautiful room fit to please a discriminating occupant of any...

Look! Ikea Crib Hack

There's something about the Gulliver crib that seems to inspire creativity. Emma sent us some photos of the beautiful job she and her husband did of converting a Gulliver into a piece that looks strai...

Sommar Gardening Bag

As soon as we saw these rugged-looking gardening bags on a recent sojourn to Ikea, we immediately imagined a dozen uses for them outside the garden: schlepping beach gear, gathering kindling during ca...

Sommar Popsicle Maker

On a recent trip to Ikea, we found a new item that just screamed summer -- it was the Sommar popsicle maker....

Hot or Not: Ikea Trofast

Ikea's Trofast, $59.95. Vote below the jump... ...

Look! DIY Children's Rug

A smart looking and comfortable rug in a child's room is a must for many. We spied this do-it-yourself idea to create a "daisy rug" from these 7 circular RINGUM rugs available from IKEA....

Design Squad's Ikea Challenge
Slinks: n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

Have you heard of Design Squad? It's a PBS show where aspiring teenage designers and engineers compete in challenges to win college scholarship money. The second season premiers on April 2nd, but ...

Reader Tip: Ikea Gulliver as a Co-Sleeper

Ohdeedoh reader, Veronica, sent us an e-mail the other day alerting us to a great co-sleeper made from the Ikea Gulliver. Good catch, Veronica....

Hot or Not: Ikea's Nyfiken Chair

Ikea's Nyfiken Chair. ...

Look! Ikea Hacked Diaper Wallet

Ikea Hacker has served up another great hack for parents by highlighting a cd wallet to diaper wallet conversion for days when you can travel light. ...

Flickr Finds: Bookcase Dollhouse

When we were kids a neighbor down the street had the Barbie Dream House (and the Corvette - don't get us started!). As much fun as it was to use (come on, the elevator was pretty cool), we had just...

Good Question: Chairside Tables

Amy sent us an email:"I'm looking for a small table or bookshelf to put next to my glider...I'd like to be able to have books within arms reach and a place to put my water glass for those marathon nu...

Ikea Duktig Series

Tea parties, real or imaginary, don't have to be fancy. In fact, this 17-piece service set ($8), could just as easily be used to play Mel's Diner. It's part of Ikea's Duktig series of children's k...

Ikea Rofyldd

We were cruising through Ikea's new items on their website when we spotted the Rofyldd. Although it looks a little on the stiff side, a soft pillow could make this the perfect child-size reading roc...