The Ikea Blog

Merry Preparations! I know it’s a bit early, still two months to go, but Ikea wants you to skip the holiday rush and prepare you home for christmas.

Check out the Christmas Collection!

The world’s most versatile bookcase turns 30! And to celebrate, Ikea is taking a closer look at the world of BILLY.

The BILLY Book is a special birthday edition that takes you behind the story of BILLY. An entertaining journey through some of the world events from the past 30 years.

The BILLY Limited Edition Collection includes new bookcases and doors printed with graffiti-style words, and some other great products like the original “B” bookend.

I personally think that the BILLY Book is going to be one of the most wanted items form the BILLY Collection. And what better place to store The Book than in one of BILLY’s Limited Edition Bookcase.

This is one of our own Ikea Hack. We bought a BESTA TV Unit to integrate the tv with the rest of the living room (we already owned some BESTA Units for main storage).

The problems began with the assembly, we even had to make our own holes to be able to place one of the lower shelves. And the back panel, made out of two horizontal pieces, didn’t fit right. It looked like one panel was to short from the right and other one to short from the left, and above all that you could totally see where they join. Really ugly!

We could have changed it for a new one, but the nearest Ikea is about 300 km, so the only solution was to hide it with wallpaper. We are really happy with the result, it makes our Ikea unit unique.

P.S.: I noticed that the BESTA TV Unit we bought is no longer available, but you can take a look at the rest of the BESTA Storage System.

Did you know that there are online video series about workers at Ikea? And that they are currently about to debut its second season?

Easy To Assemble is a comedy that tells the story of Illeana Douglas as she quits her Hollywood career and goes to work at Ikea in an attempt for normal life. She will then discover the difficulty to leave behind her past while celebrity friends, gossip columnists, agents and Hollywood craziness in general follow her into her new life.

You can watch any episode at My Damn Channel

An original and colorful campaign by DDB Germany showing us how the Ikea products chase the books and toys they usually hold.

The pictures have been created by The Orange Apple.

I know what you are thinking… “An Ikea Catalog from 1965!? That is just awesome!” And I would ad “I wasn’t even born yet!”

It turns out that Sara from ikke tikke theo has a copy. Well actually the copy is from her parents who like to keep the annual Ikea Catalogs. The copy is not in the best shape and the front cover is missing, but still extraordinary.

I just LOVE the tv from this page! So sixties

Continue looking through the catalog here.

Adam decided to renovate the basement and transform it into a multipurpose living and home office for the family.

He built the office into one of four Ikea PAX Wardrobes so he could hide it with beautiful tinted glass sliding doors. The screen sits on a glass shelf while the keyboard tray is a drawer usually used to store ties and belts.

You can see the work-in-progress photos at Apartment Therapy Unplugged

Did you know that you can start a fire using 8 different Ikea products? And they don’t even sell lighters or matches!

I found this curious post called FLAMMA at today and tomorrow. Its hilarious that they used an Ikean Name for the project.

Helmut Smits is a multidisciplinary visual artist from Rotterdam that by using the fire arc technique and 8 Ikea products actually is able to start a fire.

Check out the video!

Incredibly talented N+S from Design Curiosities created a modern bunny hutch for Eames, their little bunny, using a BESTA Shelf Unit.

They cut a hole out of the middle vertical piece so Eames can hop through, put a grate, created a door, elevated it with feet (also from Ikea) and tiled the bottom.

You can see the whole process here.

Danilo Campos created a great iPhone App to keep track while you are shopping at Ikea.

If you are not in love with the pencil and piece of paper they give you to write everything down, get SwedeShop! It is really easy to use. Set a budget and your local tax rate, and you are ready to start shopping.

If you see something you need/want just add it to the list, name the product, include a note if necessary, quantity, price, priority and a photo (take the picture or include one from your library). And don’t forget to note where you can find the product: self-service, housewares or if you have to order it.

You can now get SwedeShop for FREE! You have until 11:59 Pacific Time of Tuesday August 18.