IKEA Small Spaces - Small ideas 

I shared a room with two sisters until I was 23. I went to college locally and instead of spending my cash on the nasty-assed dorm shacked up with some stranger, I stayed at home and spent my money on other things. It wasn't bad at all. Our house was 900sq ft. and while it felt cramped sometimes with five people, it was manageable. I think being forced to share made me more patient, humble and thankful for what I have now.

I love how IKEA embraces minimalism as well! I think they're such an amazing company, and it's astonishing what they accomplish

I don't understand why some posts are so negative about this video. Renting an apartment becomes more and more expensive and you might be forced to move to flats with less room. I think this is a great video to tell people that they still can make cosy place for themselves, even if they live on 50 or 60 sqm with 3 or 4 people

Coming back after 5 years, still inspiring as usual. It’s gives me great insight as an architecture student.

I love the second design, but the 6 friends thing just made me claustrophobic.

This video is genius on so many levels. The rock, powder, water metaphor on utilizing space. The amazing interior design ideas presented. The way they were put together into an entertaining video. The advertising power. It is full of win!

"Does a living room really need a sofa? What if we tried something different?" ***Two sofas***

This video and the goal is to open one's mind to utilizing space. It is not meant in any other way. Do what one is able with what one has. Good video Ikea!

Love the room for 6 people but only as a hostel idea. I mean who would want to live like this permanently. As a hostel room however that would be perfect!!

Is this a trailer to Sims 4?

living with my 6 friends like that would be a dream come true. Affordable, functional, and you get to spend your time with the people you love. How is this not a normal thing?

Having a small bedroom suddenly doesn't seem so bad anymore. I love the ideas in this video.

The second design is great !! How many people,specially young couples,can afford a flat bigger than this?? For a youn couple that's formidable !!!

While I agree that space should not be wasted but be used to it's maximum, efficiency in this case does not equal filling every possible inch of a room just to prove that point. This video made me feel claustrophobic.

I think it's genuinely an amazing concept.

I really liked the last idea with storage behind bed and mini walk way

2:10 the sleeping compartments in the room reminds me of the Japanese capsule hotels. Great use of small spaces!

I don't mind some of the Ikea furniture, but I don't like the Ikea idea of cramming everything you have (ever gathered) into a tiny home. I did this for some time and never got to keeping it tidy. And true to the Ikea idea I was constantly planning to buy more "storage units" - boxes, shelves, bigger boxes, smaller shelves, moveable shelves, shelves on wheels, a chair to stack the books that couldn't be jammed into those shelves... And then I read about minimalism. My space was already tiny by the standards of other people my age, and I am still decluttering, but within two years I moved about 1/3 of my appartment (books, clothes etc.) and it_is_still crammed! Thing is, I need a lot of time to decide what has to leave, so that I do not go and rebuy it six months later (this has happened...). Fact is also, I still have a lot of "dark corners" where I keep things I cannot even name off the cuff. And when I try to empty them, memories come back and I have a hard time letting them go. The solution - for everyone who needs to move now and then or does not have a house of abundant space - really cannot be to buy another shelf, another box, another cupboard to "put it away"; the solution should be to know where everything you want to use is and how to get it - not by first emptying the front of the drawer of getting the ladder from the basement - and still having so much space that you don't feel shut in. The Ikea rooms - the ones on display at the stores - are nice until you start to imagine a solid wall where you enter. Then think: A one-room-appartment with a coffeetable at the center of the room. If you want space - exercise, work on the floor, tidy up and put some things temporarily somewhere - there will be none. You'd have to heap the coffee table onto the sofa, do your thing, and remove the coffee table again. You'll start to hate that coffee table and spend more and more time outside your home until you get rid of that coffee table and either learn to do without or buy a foldable table - that probably someday will be in your way again... First watch videos on minimalism, then declutter, then think about decluttering some (big, "obstacle"-) furniture, and only then start thinking about buying storage units, and think hard about how you will use them and if you'd rather have that space they take up.

This is my favourite IKEA ad video, even after all these years.

I once stayed in a small hotel room in Copenhagen, Denmark where everything was within reach. It was amazing to me.

Well done IKEA! Thanks for making life work in just enough space. 👌

Love the ideas. We have to use so many different sources and information when asked to work on smaller properties. One area we find that's usually forgotten and under utilized is the space below the staircase. If you can open that area up and re support it with well calculated supports, you can open up a big wasted area and star using it for lots of things. Small office, storage etc.

This brought tears to my eyes I have no idea why I guess its because Interior Designing is like passion so this is so inspirational. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING thank you so much

The six hipsters/bunk beds scenario sounds like absolute hell on earth.

when I grow up i wanna be just like ikea be creative and design well what a genius of a girl is she

'a dream home doesn't have to be big, just smart.' gosh, i love this tagline! :D

The kitchen made me happy. With the amount of baking supplies I have and want to have, that would be perfect!

This is an anti-depressant, love it! So do I just go to an Ikea and ask for design plan? Is it that easy?

Makes me actually covet a smaller space...this is so well done and great ideas.

u know what ,once u r in trouble with money space and living quality,it is a very good idea to make it better in this way

the cuteness of that little white kitchen and the tiny bathroom. 😍 love the stop motion animated feel too. felt like I was watching something from a storybook.

i love ikea showrooms they always look so damn cozy.

Cute Ad… but hey 6 friends in such a small area will drive anyone crazy :)

I Love love Ikea!!! Afortable, easy to install, love all space ideas. If I have a house it has to be all ikea!!!

I love that walk in closet idea in the last room they showed. I wanna do that. This video was amazing.

All the creative ideas are amazingly innovative and yet so simple. What is required is the right mindset and have a willing attitude to do the impossible.

What can i say, ..."this video is very inspiring to everyone from IKEA"...

Cost differ depending on what you buy. But if you want storagespace Id suggest that you look for cupboards that you can hang on the wall. Find the ultimate space for your large items fist, like your bed or the table, then make use of the surface on the walls and floor by putting cupboards there for storage. Also, does your table need to be out all the time? Maybe you can make it fold from the wall, and have a few stackable chairs under it. Depending on how many will be seated. Good luck :)

This gave me so much life. If someone can do this with their rooms or homes, I definitely know I can. My room is an okay size.

yeah this is all fun and dandy but when you're sick you dont wanna be in a clusterfuck with 6 people in the same room, squished in a small bed. You'll just feel worse

I would quite happily live in a small space like the first one anytime. It's cosy and everything is within reach.

This is interesting and small spaces is really no constrain if you are innovative in your thinking. Small Spaces. Big Style.

that 6-people house is ridiculous but this video had some brilliant ideas. My favourite was the room with the 2 chaise facing each other. I can really see myself living there

OMG I loved this commercial. It makes me want to work for IKEA! However, I've always loved IKEA so this is of no surprise.

Love this - I am obsessed with small spaces

I've read some of the comments below. Most people seem to be hung up on 1:50 (where six people are living in a small space). However, this works well if you are in a hostel, dorm, or a sort of boot camp. Ikea just made a pretty version of this already-in-use concept. You have to remember that typically in these spaces, the people that are there, are not there for that long, and are inclined to be conscientious/courteous.

I love IKEA and their ideas, and use their furniture a lot, but 6 people in one room with bunk beds and curtains for privacy? Yes, what could go wrong or awkward? LOL!

Wow. I like those ideas. Especially the 6 people living together. That looked like the size of my dorm room, and it was crowded with just 2 people living there.

Nice tweaks to use the space.. I am all for it except sharing it with umpteen people My privacy matters the most

Totally genius. I love ikea stuff and their designs are so inspiring! Plus that's like marketing gold

Hello Ikeasmallspaces - Your Video Ikea Small Spaces - Small Ideas, Thank You For The Idea, For Inspiring Me...

I LOVE the bunk bed one. Reminds me of camp.

Cool ideas but all humans like personal space and most importantly just space in general so while this is ideal, it's only convenient. Too much cluster in one room.

great ideas! I just made a little video on how my family of 4 in 500sq/ft utilize our space with Ikea items. Thanks for creating small and multifunctional items for us small space dwellers

My daughter and I are moving to a 1 bedroom or studio type apartment this year. We can't bring our big furnitures anymore from our present apartment. This is a nice video. My daughter's problem is that because we will have lesser space, we won't each have our privacy anymore. But I love your tips... I look forward to more videos about 2 people occupying spaces in a studio apartment.

Optimum utilization of space concept was implemented very well.

The concept surely works for manes but not for all. still remember those days working for IKEA's. had a blast to work though....

I love the last idea! i should pluck off the doors to my closet today

i LOOOOOOVE the students thing! such nice, all together, but you can still make you'r own space! looove

This makes me pumped for the new store to open in Kansas City!! I'll be there all the time!!!

That 6 people thing is something dorms need

Super true. Spaces like that are better for persons who choose to live alone.

The last one looks like a damn gulag...

When I go to Ikea I always feel warm and fuzzy walking around!

Haters gunna hate - I love IKEA. Every time I go there I wonder how they pack so much in their little display rooms. I have a bedroom twice the size of their biggest, with half the stuff, and it looks twice as full. IKEA is the closest us muggles can get to magic.

Thank you Ikea! With this video, it inspired me to take a interior designing course!

I like the way she keeps building on that glass!!!

This is such a cool video, especially with the 40 square metre house and the room that is a living room, play room and bedroom.

even I was thinking about buying a flat but you guys completely changed my mind

OMG that last closet idea! Brilliant!

The stones at the beginning, so cool

This video is really impressive. Fascinated to see variant #furniture designs and creativity that you have implemented in your home. Keep up the great work.

I love the last bedroom idea this has givin my inspiration

I was thinking the six roomates would get sick of each other after just a week, but in New York City for example, where a tiny efficiency apartment in Queens can set you back $1000/month, being able to comfortably accomidate more than one person would make it possible to live happily, without living paycheck to paycheck or G-d forbid, going into debt.

This place really does have great items for the home.

I really like the last one!! Good idea

i love the idea at 2:10, that one little room can sleep 8 people!lol Though it kinda makes me think of a damn jail when they shut the main lights off~!lol

Those six friends living together is a trip but ikea showed us how.

I Love this. I am moving to a bigger place and will need some help organizing and creating a space for my girls. One tween and two teens. I really need some design space saver help!!!

Awesome video!! Love your design ideas!!

I love this!I would try it if I have a apartment

I love the ikea little homes in them it so cutevand sometimes i pretend its a real little house and i live in it! Haha enjoyed this!

We have more than 3 dimensions in the universe, I guess IKEA misses that! :D

I thought about the water and you caught me at the end! Haha, good.

Ha, I was about to say you should have filled up the jar with water, looks like you thought of that but decided to save it for the end! XD

Now we need a, how to keep a full packend room clean video :)

LOVE the bedroom with the wardrobe behind the bed :)

wow... Thanks IKEA providing me soo soo much inspiration for my space...

Great vid! Love the intro. I've used that illustration many times....Realistic room designs/layouts for the average small apartment or home too.

I love "dream room doesn't need to be big, just smart!"

I could so see me using the six person room idea for homeless Vets for my Nonprofit organization! They are use to these type of living quarters "barracks with style."

i love the bunk bed room would be so unjust for a week or something with friends

Awesome work, awesome ideas. Need to start redecorate now......

Gr8 vid as I have a really small biz room and now I have a couple of ideas on what I could do yay!

Love this spaces, love the design. Very nice Ikea❤️

I like the walking closet idea

I was doing a project proposal for a center for LGBTQ youth who had been thrown out/run away from their homes and quite frankly, I was really inspired by the idea of the six people in a space. With this sort of idea, I could house so many more youths who needed help (my space would be a temporary home for them). Imagination has no limits.

WOW that first part BLEW MY MIND!

Love the closet idea at the end

This video is such an antidepressant it gave me the urge to cry