This Ikea Nordli Dresser is Going to Make Your Home Look Amazing You Wont Believe What Happens Next

Do you have some Ikea Nordli units and want to make the most of them? Look no further than these awesome Ikea Nordli hacks and ideas that will help you create some stylish pieces of furniture.

The Ikea Nordli units are one of the most practical pieces that Ikea offer and they are great storage solutions, but they are pretty plain!

A great, simple way to maximise the use of your Ikea Nordli system is to turn it into a bench or window seat.

Ikea Nordli 12 Drawer Dresser W/ Mid Century Haipin Legs

Here they have built the Nordli drawers into the wall below a window and raised them to the right height for seating. They have then added a matching top surface to sit on. This doesn’t necessarily need to be padded, you can simply add some cushions for comfort.

We love the sound wave effect that has been created on the drawer fronts here. These have been custom-made to replace the existing Ikea Nordli drawer fronts and look absolutely stunning!

You don’t need to be quite so proficient with a router though. Just by swapping the drawer fronts for some bare-wood boards will totally transform your Nordli unit.

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If you want to create a rough and ready industrial look for your Nordli units then this concrete-effect paint is a great idea!

There is a company that produces a product to do just this. You simply paint it on and you have instant concrete effect!

A really easy way to upgrade the Nordli system with an Ikea Nordli hack is to add some wooden panels to the top and bottom and then raise it up on some elegant legs.

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Riffing on the bench seating theme, this wonderful banquette seating for a dining table is a great way to add extra storage to a space that otherwise doesn’t have enough.

It’s a wonderful Ikea Nordli hack that you can use to create any configuration you like, such as this kids desk with tall and low drawers.

These gorgeous fretwork panels are from Front Cover and completely transform the look of the drawers. Once stuck on, the entire drawer front, or the entire unit can be re-painted to whatever colour you like.

Nordli Chest Of 6 Drawers White

There are so many options out there once you start thinking about what you want to create with your Ikea Nordli units.

You simply replace the existing Nordli top with this changing unit. Here they have also gone with some stylish wooden legs to raise the whole thing to the right height.

The whole idea with ikea hacks is that they give you an easy option when it comes to making your own custom furniture. They do the hard bit of making the drawer/cupboard/bed/etc base and you can then embellish it or bend it to your will!

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James and Catrin are a husband and wife team that just love interior deigns and home styling. Follow our progress and insights as the site develops.Wanted to get them in white but they were sold out. And these were available used but have scratch on the fourth drawer on the right.

The NORDLI is essentially particleboard with acrylic paint. For the scratch, if it’s not too big an area, try a black Sharpie or a furniture repair marker.

There are many ways to embellish it, depending on your decor style. Some are as easy as peel and stick, some will need a bit more work.

Nordli 6 Drawer Dresser, White, 471/4x297/8

Or if you prefer something subtler, add a strip of contact paper along the bottom of the drawers. Again, seen here on a MALM.

Another route you can take is decoupage. This gives you a bit more flexibility on your choice of skins. You can tailor it to the interest of the user of the dresser or the room.

If you’re looking for a bit more texture, then, explore overlays. These are thin panels of fretwork that you can stick on. Some can be painted over. The gold panels immediately brightened up the KALLAX below. Perhaps the effect you are looking for?

Ikea Nordli Dresser Hack

Another idea worth a try is a personalised front. Find a photograph you like and get it printed as an engineer’s print at your local copy shop like Staples or Office Depot. Still unsure? Read the tutorial here.

Let’s move on to some harder hacks. This will require the use of power tools like a circular saw. Plywood drawer fronts are lovely and add a layer of texture to the dresser.

If you have a CNC machine or access to one, you can rout a design on to the fronts. Like this soundwave on the NORDLI bench.

Nordli Chest Of 8 Drawers, White, 80x99 Cm

We’ve been talking a lot about embellishing the drawers but maybe the spot of colour can come from what’s around them instead. A butcher block or IKEA cover panels (eg. TORHAMN) may be used to wrap round the NORDLI. See more.

Hacking may compromise the structural integrity of the item, so please be aware of the risks involved before modifying or altering any IKEA product. Alterations and modifications will also void any warranties or return policies you may have received from IKEA. is not liable for any product failure, injury or damage resulting from the application of suggestions, ideas and hacks featured on this site.Hello everyone! There has been no shortage of projects going on over here at our house and much like the vanity I shared in last week’s post, I had another quick deadline to finish a project due to it’s traveling schedule. Months ago, I shared the plan for my sister’s master bedroom at her new house. She moved from a small townhome to a 3-bedroom single family home in early March and since then has been upgrading finishes and flooring, along with painting all the walls and trim. She is now at the point of furnishing some of the rooms, so we spent Labor Day weekend working on her master bedroom. Her room is about 13 feet wide and 16.5 feet long and because of the placement of the windows and doors, it makes the most sense to put her king sized bed along the long wall. This poses somewhat of a design challenge though because this leaves almost 5 feet on either side of the bed to fill – which leads me to the topic of today’s post.

When first starting to plan out Evelyn’s master bedroom, I used painter’s tape to mark out furniture placement on the floor. She already had a king sized bed, we picked out an 8′ x 10′ rug, and she had a dresser, everything else needed to be sourced. By playing around with the tape on the floor, we felt a 30″ – 36″ wide nightstand would fit the space well. So I took to the internet and started my search. I wouldn’t say it was hard to find nightstands in the right size – but it

Nordli Chest Of 7 Drawers, White, 120x76 Cm

Hard to find nightstands in this size, that matched our design aesthetic, within our budget, AND that were in stock (thanks Covid) and available for purchase. I did find a few nightstands that were close to what we wanted, but not quite the one. You know?

Something that would work. I really liked the shape and style of the two above (but not necessarily the colors), so I started looking around for something similar that I could modify. And thats how this Ikea NORDLI hack came to be.

– I know….) but there’s a first for everything. And I’m no stranger to Ikea furniture, remember this post on the Ikea kitchen we installed? I chose to use the Ikea NORDLI series because I was able to purchase the drawers by themselves and didn’t have to waste money buying the top and base that would go to waste. Several people commented on my instagram account that they didn’t know you could just buy certain parts of a piece from Ikea, and for the most part you can’t. The majority of Ikea furniture comes as a set and you get all the pieces to assemble one entire piece of furniture. But the NORDLI series is different because it is a modular system that you can customize to have 1 or 2 columns of drawers and 2 or 3 rows of drawers, with two different drawers sizes to choose from. Based on what configuration you choose, you then add on the correct size top and base to complete your dresser. Because of this, you are able to buy pieces separately.

Nordli Chest Of 4 Drawers, White, 80x192 Cm

So on a trip to Ikea last month, I picked up two sets of these NORDLI drawers and assembled them one afternoon in my living room.

As you can see, the drawers come with sides and a back but no top and no base. From the front, they just look like 3 drawers without a frame. I’m not crazy about the ‘frameless’ look so even though I didn’t need to add sides, I did anyways. Once the set of drawers was assembled, I took them out to the shop to start building a frame around them.

Andrew started with building a frame for the base. Since you won’t see the base (as its the underside of the drawers) we didn’t need it to

Nordli Low Dresser