Ikea furniture is sleek, simple, basic, and perfect for customization! I’ve made over Ikea furniture in the past by adding mouldings, switching up hardware, and decoupaging, but lately I’ve been in a rut – what’s another way to easily glam up your furniture?

This month, we are SO happy to have partnered with a clever, practical, and ingenious company called Overlays. Overlays are the most easiest, and fun way to add instant glam and style to plain Ikea furniture. They are decorative, pre cut panels made to fit specifically Ikea furniture and can be easily attached to furniture, walls, mirrors, and even glass!

You most likely have one of the popular Ikea pieces such as MALM, RAST, or the BESTA that are looking a little plain and tired. Pop over to the Overlays catalog and choose your furniture model and you can instantly buy one of the panels that will perfectly fit your piece! From the popular Greek key designs, Asian motifs, overlapping circles, and squares – there is definitely one to fit every decorating style.

Applying Overlays is easy; just use your own choice of adhesive like wood glue or even a glue gun. We recommend Liquid Nails 100% Clear Adhesive for glass and mirrors, and Liquid Nails Perfect Glue on wood furniture. You can also use heavy-duty double-sided tape for a temporary solution!

The opportunities for customization are really endless – you can paint your overlays any color you want and layer them on the fronts, sides, or even on the legs of furniture.

Head on over to the Overlay’s blog for tons of ideas and inspiration on how you can customize your furniture to give it it’s own unique look. I’ll warn you though – their blog is addicting and will certainly give you the DIY makeover bug!

What I absolutely LOVE about their furniture is it’s so simple and perfect for customizing. You might have strolled through their store missing tons of fabulous pieces that are golden nuggets for DIY projects just because they don’t seem to stand out. It’s up to you to use some creativity and imagination to bring them back to life. This week, I stocked up on some heavy duty DIY essentials, scourging the power tool sales at my local Trend Direct hardware store to make my life a little easier this time around – goodbye to hand sanding and paint brushes, hello power sander and paint sprayer!

This week, roll up your sleeves and get ready for some of the easiest, budget-friendly and not to mention super stylish furniture makeovers you can do all by yourself. We’ve done some of the work for you hunting down our top 10 projects you can finish in a weekend:

1. Mini Kitchen Furniture Makeover

2. Gold Legged Desk Hack

3. Gold Gilded Dining Room Lamps

4. Greek Key Coffee Table Makeover

5. Ikea Kitchen Cart Re-do

6. Black Office Chair Hack with Gold Legs

7. Shelving Cubes Turned Closet Island

8. Emerald Green Dresser Upgrade

9. Black Lacquered Gold Studded Ikea Dresser Hack

10. Ikea Hack: Build Your own Rustic Farmhouse Dining Table

Clear your Windows

Remove heavy drapery, curtains, and blinds. A big window can work miracles in brightening up your room and making it look more expansive.

De-Clutter the Entry

Shoes, umbrellas, and jackets can make your home’s entryway look suffocated and junky. Pack everything away neatly in your closet, or consider built-in shelves with loads of storage space to keep clutter out of sight.

Use Shiny Surfaces

Use surfaces that are glossy, shiny, and reflective to make light bounce all over the room making it look instantly bigger. Consider mirrored furniture and walls, marble floors and even a clear coffee table.

Get a Proper Wardrobe

Instead of keeping your clothes scattered throughout your bedroom, draped over a chair, or bursting out of your dresser – get a proper wardrobe. A wardrobe like Furniture UK’s Norell Merlot 2 Door Double Wardrobe is practical, stylish, and offers double the space than any standard wardrobe. Armoires can also serve as storage not only in the bedroom, but also in your living room to store linens, or even a television!

Use See-Through Furniture

A nice glass dining table like this one from Horchow can work miracles to your space. The trick with clear furniture is it visually takes up less space. Consider lucite dining chairs and a glass coffee table that will make your space look bigger and won’t cover up great flooring or a pretty rug.