If you know anything about me, you know I am a big fan of IKEA. IKEA is a great inexpensive place to go for accessories for the home and for the odd piece of furniture. I also think it is a great place to purchase Christmas presents.
A website called IKEA Hacker that profiles all of the cool things you can do with different items from IKEA. The Ikea Hacker website shows you to to take the highly functional and cute IKEA items and turn them into decorative works of art. For instance, the white PS cabinet was transformed into a floating vanity. Billy Bookcases were also used as room dividers.
I would like to focus on the 59 cent bag we use to carry all of our IKEA finds home.
Lets start with this cool dress fashioned from an Ikea bag. It’d not necessarily the height of fashion, but a true frugalista would find a way to make it work.
An IKEA bag was also hacked into a messenger bag.
For those who don’t sew and want quick easy uses for the Large blue Fracta IKEA bag, my favorite uses are:
*A laundry bag to transport clothes up and downstairs
*A great way for kids to carry blankets and a pillow when they don’t have a sleeping bag.
*Keep it in the car for when you shop at Aldi’s, Costco, or Sam’s Club. You can use them to being the items in the house.
*Use an IKEA bag in the pantry to hold all of your other shopping and plastic bags.
*Use it to encourage your kids to put away their toys and stuffed animals. Hang the bag on a hook within easy reach of the child and tape on pictures of the toys that should go in it.
*Use them as closet organizers to hold blankets, shoes, purses, etc.
*Throw IKEA bags in your suitcase when you travel in case you have overload on your way home. You can use it as a carry-on. You can also use it to hold dirty clothes during your trip.
*Send them to college with your kids to use when they purchase books and go to the laundry room.
*Cut them open and use as a protective table cover for arts and craft time.
By the way, these blue bags are very green in that IKEA no longer gives out free shopping bags, but instead encourages customers to shop with these reusable bags.
An IKEA Christmas IS a Frugal Christmas