Ideas

This August, IKEA will partner with iconic Swedish camera company Hasselblad to release NORRHASSEL, a limited collection of award-winning photographs. Take a sneak peek at what’s in store and start planning your collection!

Imagine being able to pack up your home and take it wherever you wanted. This family swapped their suburban apartment for a converted motorhome, with Mother Nature as their closest neighbour…

If the living room is where you spend most of your time, you’ll need a fluid space that adapts to your various needs. Natural materials, neutral colours and modular furniture are a recipe for a flexible living space.

Extend your fashion credentials to your home! See how this fashion and lifestyle blogger has designed a bedroom that helps her get ready in style.

Everlasting evenings are here for everyone to celebrate. But what to do if you’re left in the city? Here’s what.

Find interior inspiration in new places. Step into this open-plan loft apartment, inspired by stylish bars and restaurants.

A good night’s sleep has a lot to do with how you prepare for it. We have some advice that will make you long for bedtime.

Whether you have one room or a whole floor of unused space in your home, it has the potential to make you some extra money. Get tips from this flexible holiday-rental space…

Life in the countryside has a different kind of pace. Discover how natural materials and conscious choices give this renovated farmhouse its sense of slow living.

The Red Dot results are in with a triple win for IKEA design! The winning products – multifunctional sofa platform DELAKTIG, portable music collection FREKVENS, and KUNGSBACKA, the first IKEA kitchen made from recycled wood and recycled plastic – will be awarded at the annual ceremony, held this month in Essen, Germany.

Take inspiration from the colours and textures of the 1970s and bring a touch of vintage style to your home with these ideas for house plants.  

Set a summery table with plants and exotic fruit, coordinated with coloured dinnerware and natural wood, to bring the season’s sunshine feeling indoors.

Get inspired by our simple tips on how to beat the heat at home without resorting to energy-draining fans or air conditioners.

Try this coordinated table-setting idea for a special occasion or to elevate an everyday meal.

Anyone with four walls knows that angles can be a challenge. But instead of wishing they could disappear – make them stand out. Here are a few ideas to let them take centre stage in any room.

Take a love of houseplants to the next level. Turn your home into a thriving greenhouse and enjoy the benefits of nature indoors... 

Through a partnership with charity Breaking Barriers, IKEA is helping refugees find employment in the UK. Find out more about the project ahead of World Refugee Day on June 20.

Take your dining room outdoors! This summer, connect with nature by enjoying laid-back mealtimes alfresco.

Keen to grow your own but not sure where to start? See how easy it is to propagate your favourite plants from a cutting with this step-by-step guide…

Try using greenery to decorate your home in different ways. House plants can soften the sharp lines of furniture and walls, and help divide an open-plan space into zones.

We often talk about air pollution outdoors, but what about the impact of air pollution inside the home? Get inspired by these tips for making some improvements.

IKEA believes in a collaborative design process, from working with established designers and students to looking at new ideas like open source. ‘It’s smart thinking and togetherness that creates movements,’ says creative leader and range manager Karin Gustavsson.

Get inspired by five tips on how to make small, dark or dead spaces appear bigger and brighter with mirrors.

Summer is on its way. Warmer days, shorter nights – the chance to open the doors and spend time outside. Here’s how! 

Not everyone has outdoor space that works for gardening, but by turning your kitchen into a greenhouse you can share the joys of growing indoors with the whole family…

Get inspired by this summer’s two trending interior styles and learn how to create them at home.

We got creative with one of our most loved pieces of storage furniture by customising it to suit three different people and their passions. Which is your favourite?

Make it easy to enjoy the beauty of nature all year round with fake flowers. Whether it’s for a special occasion or an everyday decoration, follow these easy steps to make a DIY flower garland…

It’s time to switch off and breathe this summer. Escape the concrete jungle and welcome nature into your home with the new, earthy colours of the season. Here’s how…

Bring the outside in and create a relaxed nature-inspired setting to celebrate summer in the city, whatever the weather.

Transform your home into a relaxing escape from busy city life. Step into this high-rise apartment to see how a compact urban home can still feel calm and connected to nature.

Things we love about having a summer party (in no particular order): spending time with friends, eating large amounts of food cooked on the grill and, of course, having an excuse to do some decorating! So we invited Agnes Hammar of the blog Hej Regina to help us come up with some easy DIY decorations that would be perfect for a summer bash. See what she came up with in the video below.

Research proves that plants increase wellbeing, creativity and productivity in the workplace. Ian Drummond of Indoor Garden Design, who co-created ‘Plants Work’ with IKEA at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, gives us his top 5 tips to improve your office wellbeing with indoor plants.

Beautiful, right? But before you start thinking, “Here’s yet another impossible-to-achieve party idea that I’ll save but never, ever use,” just hear us out. Even we were shocked by how simply this party came together. Here’s a few lessons we learned along the way that’ll help you pull it off, too. With, or without a barn.

‘Our home is very democratic,’ says Kasia, who lives with husband Bob, their sons Tytus (9 months), Tymon (3) and Leon (7), and her mother, known to all as Baba Gaba. All three generations share a 100-year-old house in the woods outside Warsaw – come see how they make it work…

To get to Lionel and Marie’s place, you wind your way along hilly French roads and down a gravelled path. Their home’s exterior is true to the era that made it – the 1970s – but the family has lovingly aged it by adding wooden shutters that keep the heat in during the winter and out in the summer. An organic energy flows from the garden and through the house, where growing projects are always on the go, everyone’s involved in family meals and a sustainable way of life is second nature. ‘Our dream was to make a simple, natural home,’ says Lionel. Here’s how…

The only place for a hanger is hidden inside the wardrobe, right? Think again! Turns out our must-have wooden piece can do so much more than stop your clothes from getting creased. Scroll down to these six eye-catching hacks to kick-start your creativity.

As soon as our team pulled up outside Olga and Honza’s self-built countryside house, we knew it was special – the scent of pine and beautiful panoramic views as far as our eyes could see. ‘That’s why I had to have lots of big windows,’ says Olga. ‘So we can really feel the nature around us and create a feeling of space. This isn’t a big house but it feels spacious.’ Because these two really know how to make the most of their space... 

Living small doesn’t mean giving up quality time. We challenged ourselves to make a living/dining room as small as possible for a parent with 3 kids. In this episode, we show how a well-planned room can transform. Like it? See the Square Metre Challenge bedroom.

Bring nature indoors during winter with evergreens, like eucalyptus. Here, Lilly in Austria shows us how to use this long-lasting, air-freshening plant to decorate your home.

How do you rescue your windowsill from a few old pot plants to a full, fresh feature display? It’s as easy as mountains and molehills. Make sense? Check out the video to find out more from our in-house styling expert Emma.

When your living room is used for socialising, working and relaxing, you can easily feel overwhelmed by too much stuff. But with some smart planning you can create a calming impression. Let us show you how! 

Your balcony may be tiny, but who says you need lots of room to have a great time with your crew? Or on your own, for that matter. What you do need is a few smart tricks up your sleeve to maximise your space and cosy it up a bit. We’ve got you covered, so just read on.

 ‘In our family, the hallway is a point of potential chaos,’ says stylist Sam Grigg. ‘Designing it for everyone means that even smaller children can organise themselves, so daily routines run more smoothly.’

One way to create the seating area of your dreams is to make it yourself. With IKEA fabrics, you’ve got the freedom to experiment and create a homemade sofa with perfect cushions to match. Make it yourself to really make it your own.

Nicole’s been creative for as long as she can remember. ‘All my life, I’ve felt the need to do something with my hands; even when I was a tiny girl my pockets were always full of gifts for my grandparents. Maybe that’s why I feel so confident with colour and pattern.’ She lives with Stephan and their 13-year-old daughter Luzie. ‘This isn’t a typical German house,’ says Luzie. ‘But I like it!’

And guess what? It’s not only a handy plastic bag holder anymore.

Short on time, room or money? Then this is the headboard hack for you! Stylist Sam Grigg shows us how to use SLÄTTHULT stickers to create a personalised headboard in any shape, and any space.