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Ikea Mirror Round-Up

Who says the only mirrors in your bathroom should be attached to a cabinet? Why not spruce up your teen or ‘tweens bathroom with one of these cool mirrors from Ikea that prove you don't need a cabin...

VIRRE Slide

IKEA just introduced the VIRRE Slide. Having a slide indoors? A fun little luxury for the kids that we would love to be able to fit somewhere in the house....

Ikea Leka Baby Gym Modification

If you can draw your eyes away from the adorable baby for a moment, you'll notice a very clever modification of a baby gym. Cherie writes: Early in the year you posted a story on the new Ikea Leka...

How To: Hack a Crib for Parents with Disabilities

Some of our favorite crib hacks demonstrate how people have worked around various constraints to make a crib that works for their space and needs. In this tutorial, which we found on the awesome DIY r...

Look! Art Table Organization

Ohdeedoh reader Jessica wrote in to share how she organized her daughter's art table. She said: Inspired by the tips from the "Good Questions" post on organizing craft supplies, I decided to finally ...

Look! IKEA Mammut Crib

Have you seen this crib? It's part of the Mammut baby and kid collection of IKEA furniture. You know the one -- cartoonish, kind of like what you'd see in Alice in Wonderland. But we'd never seen t...

New from Ikea: Leka Wood Baby Gym

We finally have a Good (affordable) Answer to a Good Question from last year about wood play gyms. Ikea has just released a simple, birch gym for about $25. ...

Look! Changing Table to Crayon Storage

Wall-mounted changing stations are popular for small spaces for the obvious reason that they have no footprint and fold flush to the wall when not in use. Another virtue is their potential for reus...

IKEA PS Brum Chair

Sometimes you just need a bear hug. IKEA"s PS Brum chair delivers just the right dose of cute. But it doesn't elevate form over function....

Recall Notice Ikea Iris and Alvine Roman Blinds

Do you own these blinds? They have been recalled by Ikea after the strangulation death of a 1-year old child. Approximately 670,000 were sold in the U.S. and almost 5 million more worldwide betwee...

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
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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 ...