TikTok is so much more than dancing and famous users like Dixie and Carli D Amelio.
It's also a place to learn new hacks and tips on applicable things, such as beauty, dating, money, and so much more.
Take this next decor hack, for example. TikTok users are showing people how to mimic expensive lighting using $15 wicker baskets from Ikea!
Like this user who found an interesting use for those old candle jars.
Instead of throwing it out, @rinsette cleaned the jar with boiling water and added moss, dirt, and stones to create a mini indoor terrarium.
TikTok user @tiktokeydoc used paint streaks to create the illusion of wallpaper.
The hack is simple: you just paint small brush strokes all over the entire wall. Sure, it's time-consuming but totally worth it once you see these results!
TikTokers like @sharee.designs and @nikki.kole have been sharing how to mimic expensive wicker lighting using decorative handing lamps from Ikea.
The real thing usually costs hundreds of dollars from upscale furniture stores.
After doing so, she spoke to Insider and said that it's quickly become one of her favorite Ikea hacks.
"It's a really fun one, and it doesn't take long at all to do," McGowan said.
For the wicker basket, she chose Ikea's Flädis basket, which only cost $15. She got her pendant light from there, too, for $10. The other items you probably already have around the house.
You can leave your basket as is or paint half of it white like McGowan did.
Either way, once it's dry, pull the pendant light through the bottom of the basket.
Hang your fixture, plug in the light, and ta-da! You're all done!
Since this hack was so easy, McGowan even decided to try another Ikea lighting hack.
Using all the same steps as before, she removed the handles, cut a hole in the bottom, and looped the pendant light through the bottom before hanging it. So simple!
What do you think of this Ikea hack? Will you be giving it a try? If so, check out the tutorial from Kristen below!
