The Most Unique Ways to Hack Moppe Ikea Mini Drawers

Moppe is the name Ikea gives to those cute unfinished birch desktop draws.

I don’t know why they call them that. I put Moppe into Google translate and it didn’t come up with anything of meaning, so I think it’s one of those random Swedish words Ikea give their stuff.

Whatever you call the Ikea Moppe, it is a handy piece of furniture and great fun to hack.

Amazing Clever Ikea Mini Drawers (Moppe) Hacks

The Ikea mini drawers of the Moppe are so useful, I have three of these around my house. One sits on my desk in the study. Another is in the hardware cupboard for storing screws and nails.

There is even one on the bookcase in the lounge for random little stuff I find lying around the house, even though I’m not sure what it is, it looks too important to throw away.

So far I have only managed to hack two of these Moppes, so I’m on the lookout for a creative hack for the third.

See if you can decide which one is your favourite because I can’t pick one!

20 Unique and creative ways to hack Ikea mini drawers.

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1. Ikea Moppe Map Hack with leather pulls – Pillarboxblue.

This is one of my own (Ikea Moppe) hacks and it does look very handsome in the study. Mind you put a map on anything and it looks great. The leather pulls on these mini drawers are a stylish finishing touch.

You can download free printable maps for crafting here.

2. Moppe DIY Card Catalog – AKA Design

The crackled paint finish on this Moppe Ikea mini drawers hack is amazing. I love the little labels too!

3. IKEA Moppe Hack Apothecary Cabinet – Interior Frugalista

The legs on this apothecary Ikea Moppe hack turn it into a much bigger piece of furniture. That combined with the white paint certainly gives it a French shabby feel.

4. Ikea Moppe Hack – Cord and chrager organizer – Blueistyle.

Now I need one of these in my life, well in my kitchen. What a brilliant use of mini drawers for a cool charging station organizer.

5. Fabric Covered Ikea Moppe Hack for Craft Room – Zwergenstoffe

I love the colourfulness of the fabric-covered drawer fronts with their mini chests. The way they are hung on the walls in the craft room looks sweet too!.

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6. Wallpaper decoupaged Ikea Moppe Hack – handmadekultur

What a cool choice of wallpaper, for this decoupaged Moppe mini drawers hack.

7. Vintage decoupaged Ikea mini drawers hack – liveinternet

If you think this vintage bird graphic decoupaged chest is gorgeous, you should check out the other mini drawers’ hacks on this Russian site. There are some really lovely ones.

8. Chalkboard Ikea Mini Drawers – kreativfieber

This is a very simple Ikea hack with chalkboard paint. Great for craft room organisation.

9. Ikea Moppe and Bekvam Stool Combination – handundfuss

Now, this is a unique hack mashing the Ikea Bekvam footstool with an Ikea Moppe for a minimalist piece of Scandi furniture.

10. Ikea Mini Draws House – schweizergarten

How freaking adorable is this. These shopfronts remind me of the ones in the old town part of Bergen, Norway where my in-laws are from.

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11. Retro style Mini drawers hack – Curbly

Lovely the retro styling with these Ikea mini drawers. The colours are perfect, and I didn’t know you could get hairpin legs that small. These hacked mini drawers would also work well with an Ikea Moppe.

12. Channel Ikea Moppe hack – Funkynality

This may be a bit bling for me, but it is a fabulously unique Ikea Moppe mini drawers hack. The pimp for those after that high-end designer look.

13 Geometric double Ikea Moppe mini drawers hack – helloctober

This is a great geometric paint job on this double Moppe Ikea mini drawers chest.

14. Vintage decoupaged mini drawers – galadreams

How about a steampunk vibe? The different vintage pattern papers and labels give these mini drawers set an interesting look.

15. Chest of Drawers with Ikea Moppe – Solebich

This is on a German blog and all I can find is the picture. Even though there is no tutorial, I had to show it as it’s a fantastic piece of modern furniture.

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16. Stylish Ikea Moppe wall chest of drawers – akicsihaz

Wow! This is an unusual and stylish Moppe hack for a hallway.

17. Antique Moppe Mini Drawers – Meinfeinstaub

Love the antique staining and gorgeous handles on this Moppe for a museum-like look.

18. Simple Geometric Ikea Moppe Hack – Arstect

Sometimes simple is all you need, like with this Moppe mini drawer hack.

19. Rainbow mini drawers chest – Style-files

Again all I have is a picture, but what a picture. These are gorgeous, all that lovely colour.

20. DIY Moppe Chest of Drawers – Roomilicious

This chest of drawers on casters is fabulous and I love the black on white dots.

21. Luxurious Velvet IKEA Moppe hack – Pillarboxblue

These drawers were the old-style IKEA Moppe, but the principles are the same. Velvet gives the drawers a lovely glam Boho vibe. I love the little tag labels on each drawer.

22. Fox painted Moppe – Whipperberry

A clever tutorial on how to paint a cute fox face on the front of a Moppe chest of drawers. This would look fabulous in any kid’s bedroom.

After looking at all these Moppe mini drawers, I still can’t decide what to do with my third Moppe. I think I will buy some more and construct a new piece of furniture with them.

Wallpaper is another quick way to update IKEA Moppes, this upcycled drawers tutorial could easily be adapted for smaller chests of drawers.

Perhaps do a bit of an Ikea mash-up with some other Ikea furniture. Watch this space!

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