25 Unique Ways to Hack IKEA Moppe Mini Drawers - You'll Want To Do
Moppe is the name Ikea gives to those cute unfinished birch desktop mini drawers.
I don't know why they call them that. I put Moppe into Google Translate, and it didn't come up with anything meaningful, so I think it's one of those random Swedish words Ikea gives their stuff.
Whatever you call the IKEA Moppe, it is a handy piece of furniture and fun to hack. They are so convenient, too, which is why they are one of IKEA's best sellers.
These fabulous hacks can be applied to other brands of mini drawers, often sold in craft stores for handy storage solutions.
Amazing Clever Mini Drawers (Moppe) Hacks
The Ikea mini drawers of the Moppe are so useful; I have three around my house. One sits on my desk in the study. Another is in the hardware cupboard for storing screws and nails. They are also handy in the bathroom for make-up and medicine storage.
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 looking for a creative hack for the third.
See if you can decide on your favourite because I can't pick one!
25 Unique IKEA Mini Drawer Crafts
Moppe Hacks 1 to 5
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 drawer hack is fantastic. I love the vintage vibe and 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. Combined with the white paint, that gives it a shabby French feel.
4. Ikea Moppe Hack - Cord and chrager organizer - Blueistyle.
I need one of these in my life, well, in my kitchen. What a brilliant use of mini drawers for an excellent 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 crafts room walls looks sweet too!
Moppe Hacks 6-10.
6. Wallpaper decoupaged Ikea Moppe Hack - handmadekultur
What an excellent choice of wallpaper for this decoupaged Moppe mini drawers hack. You don't need a hole roll either; pick up free wallpaper samples from your home store.
7. Vintage decoupaged Ikea mini drawers hack - liveinternet
If you think this vintage bird graphic decoupaged chest is gorgeous, check out the other mini drawer hacks on this Russian site. There are some adorable ones.
8. Chalkboard Ikea Mini Drawers - kreativfieber
This is a straightforward Ikea hack with chalkboard paint. Great for craft room organisation.
9. Ikea Moppe and Bekvam Stool Combination - handundfuss
This is a fantastic hack for 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.
Moppe Hacks 11-15
11. Retro style Mini drawers hack - Curbly
I love 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
It may be too blingy for me, but it is a fabulously unique Moppe hack—the pimp for those after that high-end designer look.
13 Geometric double mini drawers hack - helloctober
This is a tremendous geometric paint job on this double Moppe 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 exciting look.
15. Chest of Drawers with Ikea Moppe - Solebich
This is on a German blog; I can only find the picture. Even though there is no tutorial, I had to show it as it's a fantastic piece of modern furniture.
Moppe Hacks 16-20
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
I 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.
Hacks 20-25
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, glamorous Boho vibe. I love the little tag labels on each drawer.
22. Fox painted Moppe - Whipperberry
A clever tutorial on painting a cute fox face on the front of a Moppe chest of drawers. This would look fabulous in any kid's bedroom.
23. Farmhouse Moppe -Decoart
This Ikea Moppe project is for you if you have a rustic, farmhouse-style home. It is perfect for adding stylish storage to any room in your home, from the kitchen to the bathroom and craft room.
24. Make-up Moppe - Twinspiration
Give your Moppe a glam makeover and use it to store your make-up in!
Give your mini drawers a boho vibe by staining them and stencilling a beautiful mandala decoration.
After looking at all these Moppe mini drawers, I still can't decide what to do with my third Moppe. I will buy more and construct a new piece of furniture with them.
Wallpaper is another quick way to update IKEA Moppes, and this upcycled drawer tutorial could easily be adapted for smaller chests of drawers. Or even larger dressers like the IKEA Hemnes.
Perhaps do a bit of an Ikea mash-up with some other Ikea furniture. Watch this space!
If you liked this post, then you might want to check out these:
- IKEA Bekvam Stool Hack
- IKEA Mirror hacks
- 21 of the Best Old Wooden Crates Upcycles
- Unique IKEA Lamp Hacks
These IKEA upcycling projects are featured under the letter I in the A to Z of cool upcycling ideas.
IKEA is a Swedish company that name their furnitures etc after Swedish words.
So Moppe IS slang for Moped.
They are not using the Danish word for mop.
I'm Swedish, I know.
Ok. Thank you for clearing that up.
Oh wow so many awesome ideas! I see so many I love it would be hard to puck a favorite!
Thank you, I like the big industrial chest.
I just love the Ideas. Awesome *_* very beautyfull work!
Thank you
I love these Ikea-hacks! As a swede I can give the translation of Moppe. Moppe is slang for the swedish word Moped, which is the same as the english word Moped. Who would have guessed? ?
Thank you and thanks for the translation. ? My mother in law is Norwegian and I've noticed that a lot of Norwegian words are similar to Northern English, maybe something to do with the Vikings!
Nah, moppe in Danish means mop. 😀 😉
Thank you. It probably is the same in Swedish and Norwegian then too.
I love seeing all these Ikea furniture hacks. If only we had an Ikea store where we lived. Thanks for joining the Family Joy Link Party!
Thank you so much! I thought Ikea was everywhere but obviously not!
What a superb collection of "moppe" drawers. You are correct, I can't pick a favorite. I love the really antique looking one with the file drawer pulls multicolor but I also love the one with the vintage labels...then on the other spectrum I love the modern painted ones. Such a great inspiration for paining any furniture! Thank you for sharing at TADA! Thursdays.
Thank you! The possibilities seem endless it is hard to choose!. They are great fun to upcycle and play around with as they are so small it's not as much effort as tackling a full sized chest of draws.
I love all of them! Thanks for sharing at To Grandma's House We Go.
Thank you, Moppes are fun to hack.
Thank you for sharing these great Ikea ideas with us at Family Joy Blog Link Up Party! Love them all!
Thank you!
These makeovers are so imaginative and creative. It's like the Ikea mini-drawers provide a blank canvas for talented artists to create their own flights of fancy. Thanks for posting this collection.
Thank you, yes they are great fun to play around with.
Hi!
I did that Chanel-version of Moppe. I think that particular one was my fourth remake of Moppe. (Moppe is slang for moped. Swedish as I am and as IKEA is... 😉
I haven't been blogging that much this last year but if you look at my DIY's in my blog, you'll see at least a few more Moppe/Fira/Mackis makeovers and see if that can inspire you with your makeover. Although, my Chanel is the most reblogged and retweeted of them all.
Good Luck
Your Chanel version of the Moppe is very unique. I will check out your other Moppe hacks. Thank you!
I love those ideas must admit have some of the Ikea sets in my workroom but only painted them plain green
Thank you. I bet they still look good, painting them is the simplest way to do them up. But I do love the fun some people have had with the Moppe, it's amazing how creative they can be.
Our daughter has some of these and I've still not actually done anything about making them pretty! I've always loved your map version but I'm loving that geometric one number 18 too.
Thank you Julie. There are some great ideas out there, I'm tempted by the geometric one too!