Brent wanted to create her own, personalized version for less, so she used three things: a $9.99 Ikea Tiphede rug, scissors, and a $9.99 Ikea Ribba frame. The completed Ikea hack cost Brent $20.

IKEA releases some 2,500 new products annually, but since the company was founded in 1943, some favorite products have emerged and stood the test of time.

Turn It Into: These Custom-Looking Lined Frames Kirsten at 6th Street Design School sprayed the inside of Ikea's Ribba frames with primer before painting to ensure that the paint would adhere.

They used a RIBBA frame from IKEA, but just about any picture frame will do the job. In fact, the guide suggests a few IKEA-specific materials, but when it comes to thick cardboard and colored ...

She decided to have a go herself — turning a RIBBA picture frame into a watch case — and very soon she was hooked. Yap gave this online community a base by launching Ikeahackers.net.

Saving money on the pictures inside by scrimping off samples, the mum can afford to buy sets of RIBBA frames from IKEA, which cost £14 for one poster-sized frame.

The huge, plastic, reusable shopping bag from the Swedish furniture retailer is hard to miss, thanks to its bright blue hue, and has been used many a time to lug home countless Ribba frames ...