IKEA IVAR Cabinet Hack for the Entryway

So, if you’ve been following me for more than a minute, you’ll probably recognise this photo.

Or maybe you first saw it on Pinterest (I’m told it’s quite popular on there) and that’s what led you here.

Led you here . . . To ME (why did I just read that in Joe Goldberg’s voice from the Netflix show YOU?)

The logistics don’t really matter I suppose. What’s important is that you’ve seen it – this picture of my entryway and all its evolutions over the past 5 years. Specifically, the IVAR cabinet (the wallpaper has never changed because I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but it’s kind of freaking awesome) which has had its fair share of ‘updates’.

Here’s how it looked with the right door off.

Then I decided to put both doors back on.

Then I took the Left door off, and lost the other door to my eldest sons Lego Cupboard hack.

Entryway with Ikea Ivar cabinet hack using one door on the left and open shelves on the right, graphic black and white wallpaper halfway up the wall next to stairway. — Photo credit : Amvio Photography

And finally the most recent one, right door on, but hacked with cane webbing. I was inspired of course by this cane project by Burkatron and this one by Brerepurposed.

It was a spur of the moment project (what else is new ey?) egged on by the fact that I was getting a little bored with the space, and could feel one of those ‘I-need-to-rip-everything-out-and-start-again’ moments coming on. But the wallpaper was just too good to take off, plus, I didn’t want to buy a new cabinet when this one was fully functional. So yeah, adding cane webbing (and other materials I had lying around my house) for that faux newness feeling seemed like the best (not to mention, most cost effective) option.