While not exactly a true "hack" this definitely spiced up IKEA's answer to affordable flat files. Where you see color was once an open space used in lieu of drawer pulls. I filled up the holes with watercolor scrap work in order to partially seal off the strong pressboard odor eminating from the interior materials. Since it's in my bedroom, a small room, the smell has been bothering me for months. Up until now I've kept this covered by a blanket and hopefully this will resolve the issue; otherwise I'll have to find a replacement.
It will be fun to change up the colors over time! I can still open the drawers since there is still a small ledge, although it's not as convenient. I rather wish IKEA designed this so images could be inserted into a clear plastic holder (I had to tape the paper to the inside of each drawer).
Just throwing up some old sketch plans to get myself going again--the first one was the bottom which somehow morphed a lot when refining it--old cartoon default kicked in for some reason. Hope to get to this project again this week to get a nice version of it. Just from having done a few book led exercises I feel like I'm learning a lot and can't wait to start implementing and improving!
