Nate Berkus And Jeremiah Brent Used This IKEA Furniture Hack To Decorate Their Montauk Tiny House

IKEA may be, famously, the place where many young adults buy the furniture to outfit their dorm or first apartment. However, the minimalist pieces the retailer sells are the perfect base to upcycle and remodel for customized statement pieces. Scroll through social media, and you'll see plenty of DIYers trying their hand at recreating pieces from IKEA. Even famed interior designers Nate Berkus and Jeremiah Brent love using IKEA as a jumping-off point for stylish pieces.

The couple built a miniature house in the backyard of their Montauk beach house. Though it's a tiny space, they don't sacrifice style, and it's maximized creativity. In a video interview with People Magazine, the couple shows off an IKEA wardrobe they revamped with leftover wallpaper from their New York City townhouse and driftwood handles from Etsy. The finished project looks like a beachy bohemian masterpiece that could retail for thousands of dollars at a high-end store. In reality, it costs a fraction of the price.

You don't have to spend a ton of money to get the custom or luxury look. ". . . we also found ways to reuse and rethink things that you can buy really inexpensively," Jeremiah Brent explains in the video interview with People Magazine. The Montauk mini house appears to use the PAX/BERGSBO wardrobe combination, which currently retails for $720 and includes a section to hang clothes and a section of shelves.

To upcycle the IKEA wardrobe, Nate Berkus applied woven wallpaper leftover from a project in the townhouse the two share in New York City. While the one the couple used required a paste, West Elm sells a similar peel-and-stick version for $69 that covers 28 square feet, which will cover the glass panels in the wardrobe with some left over. Finally, to drive home the beachy feel, the pair replaced the IKEA handles with driftwood ones from Etsy. One listing has a range of options priced from $5 to $22 for one handle. To recreate this stylish wardrobe, the cost would be approximately $850, which is vastly less expensive than comparable wardrobes, which can retail for as much as $2,300. Plus, you can take inspiration from Berkus and Brent and use leftover materials from previous projects to create something new in the future.