Map TablesMap ChairsTables FitSofa TablesBedside TablesDiy Map TableSide Table DiyMap WrappingWrapping PapersForwardIkea Hack Map Table - It is so easy to upcycle and transform a plain Ikea side table with some map wrapping paper and make this gorgeous map table.Recover Ikea ChairIkea Poang Chair CoverPoang ChairsPoang CoverRecover PoangNice RecoverRecover JobReupholstered IkeaChair RedoForwardMake a Replacement Cover for An Ikea Poang Chair. This is what I was thinking could be done with those chairs. Exclusive: IKEA's Iconic Armchair Just Got a Makeover—and It's Good IKEA was founded on the simple premise of introducing stylish, affordable furniture into the homes of many. None of the brand’s products has embodied that ethos as effortlessly as the iconic Poäng armchair, the textbook definition of “democratic design.” A blissful marriage of form, function, quality, and sustainability, the Poäng chair is just as coveted today as it was upon its inception 40 years ago.
Aside from various cover designs, a name adjustment, and a few economical tweaks to the materials used, the Poäng armchair has remained largely unchanged over the last 40 years—until now. In honor of the chair’s 40th anniversary, IKEA has told MyDomaine that our favorite Swedish brand will release one new limited-edition Poäng frame and six new armchair covers in colors, patterns, and versions that will delight every IKEA fan. The brainchild of Japanese designer Noboru Nakamura and fellow IKEA mainstay Lars Engman, the Poäng chair features a sleek Scandinavian frame and an eclectic range of cover designs that have stood the test of time. The two first collaborated on the now iconic project in Sweden back in the 1970s, keeping comfort and function top of mind. “A chair shouldn’t be a tool that binds and holds the sitter,” explains Nakamura. “It should rather be a tool that provides us with an emotional richness and creates an image where we let off stress.” Nakamura and Engman’s creation has since become one of IKEA’s most popular products of all time, selling an average of 1.5 million models a year.
U.S. customers can now shop the limited-edition products online and in-store (ranging from $129 to $249), but we have an even sweeter deal for MyDomaine readers. In celebration of this historic IKEA event, we will be giving away limited-edition Poäng armchairs to three lucky MyDomaine readers, from now until September 30. Enter the giveaway here, and check out all six of the new limited-edition designs below! Click here to enter the MyDomaine x IKEA giveaway, and tell us which cover you love the best below. Sign up for our newsletter and receive exclusive stories, breaking news, sale alerts and much more straight to your inbox! Confession time: When I wrote the ultimate IKEA shopping list, the POÄNG chair was mysteriously missing from the bunch. Truthfully, I turned my nose up at this chair for way too long. It was just so quintessentially and so obviously IKEA. But you know what? Every time I see the $100-ish POÄNG in person or in photos, the damn thing always looks amazing.
A little history to put everything in perspective: The POÄNG Chair is one of IKEA's longest-running and best-selling designs. It was introduced in 1977 as the POEM (the name changed to POÄNG in 1992) and designed by Noboru Nakamura, a Japanese IKEA designer who was given the task of creating an "armchair for life." Because it has been around such a long while, the iterations you see here (including the matching footstool & of course the rocking chair version) might not be the same exact form you would buy today. But the clean lines, bent frame and gentle rocking motion should all be very familiar as soon as you bring it home and settle in for a sit. Above: An IKEA POÄNG in a new, orange slipcover from Bemz, just one way to elevate the look. Toni and Patrick's Floridian Flat on Pop Sugar (Image credit: Pop Sugar) POANGs in Grey and Scout's living room (Image credit: Grey and Scout) A contemporary living room from Adrian James Architects on Houzz
Originally crafted in Sweden in the 1970s, the Poäng chair features a sleek Scandinavian frame that has stood the test of time, remaining just as stylish today as it was upon its inception 40 years ago. To celebrate the iconic anniversary, we're giving away two limited-edition Poäng armchairs in pink ($129 each) and one tan leather ($249). Ready to enter for a chance to claim a limited-edition piece of IKEA history as your own? It seriously couldn't get easier than this: Step 1: Enter your email address below. Step 2: If you aren't already, make sure to follow us on Pinterest, and leave your username in the comments below.Which limited-edition Poäng chair do you hope to win? MyDomaine x IKEA Poäng Chair Sweepstakes The giveaway is over. *By entering the sweepstakes, you are agreeing to receive email correspondence from MyDomaine.I’ve been working like a mad woman trying to finish the painted/stenciled slipcover of the Ikea armchair for today.
Well, I’m proud to say I managed to do it! To refresh your memory, here’s the before: This project began several weeks ago when my aunt gave us an old accent chair she had at her home in Madrid. I spotted it and asked her where it was from, and she said I could have it if I liked it because she no longer had room for it. We brought it home with us (actually my parents did because it didn’t fit in our car) and let it sit in our room while we thought about what to do with it. I knew it was meant to replace the Poang chair in the living room – it’s comfy enough, but I don’t really like the design – and that I wanted to restain the legs, but I wasn’t sure how to redo the slipcover. So I refinished the legs with a dark oak stain while I continued to think about the slipcover. I simply sanded them down and applied the stain with a brush and a rag, in several thin coats. My initial idea regarding the slipcover was to make a new one out of a fun patterned fabric. I don’t really know how to sew, so I’d either have to learn, or ask someone for help.
My next idea was to dye it. That posed another issue: there aren’t many dyes here and it wouldn’t be patterned, something I think is severely lacking in the living room. So I decided to try my hand at stenciling the slipcover with paint. I had already done something similar with a rug and I loved the results, plus I figured if it didn’t turn out okay this time I could sew a new cover eventually. After checking out other armchairs out there I settled on a hexagonal design in a greeny-yellow cover. When I stenciled the Ikea rug I traced around the moroccan design, but this time I did it a bit differently. My idea was to tape off all the areas I wanted to leave as-is (the lines between the hexagons) and leave the hexagons bare so that I could paint them. The first step was to create the hexagon on the computer. I printed it out on a thick piece of paper (not cardboard, just thicker than normal paper, what I had at home) and cut it carefully. Then I added tape to the back so that I could tape it to the arm chair slipcover.
I started in the middle of the armchair, and with painter’s tape, I taped around the hexagon. I moved it around and continued to tape, tape, tape. This was the longest step. When it came to the seams, I imagined how it would look if it were a real patterned fabric. I cut off the hexagons at the seams, but then I imagined a good seamstress would try to continue the pattern when possible. So that’s what I did: at the top seam, the pattern continues seamlessly (ha!) but at the sides it doesn’t. At least hat’s how I figured a real fabric would look. Once all the lines between hexagons were taped off, I started painting. The best thing about using the painter’s tape method is that you can use a roller for the painting step if you taped off everything properly. I used normal latex paint mixed with fabric medium. Unfortunately one coat of paint wasn’t enough in most places so I had to do two. Once it was dry I sprayed it with Scotchgard to protect it a bit. After all these explanations you deserve some after pics, so here they are!