This Seriously Low-Cost, Seriously Low-Effort Hack Using an IKEA Tabletop Ends Up as the Most Stunning Magazine Display — I Will Be Trying This

Image of a large magazine rack leaning against the wall of a grand living room. There is a sitting area with a long, brown leather sofa, a black marble coffee table, and two red reading chairs.

It may be the fact that I write for a magazine for a living (who could say), but I'm always on the hunt for stylish ways to display the many, many glossies I've got in my home. I've had the image at the top of this article, a living room by Atelier Karasinki, pinned on my moodboard for a while now — the leaning magazine display looks so luxe. And then, I came across an IKEA hack for it.

While I love traditional magazine racks that sit on the floor, mine is stuffed full. Truthfully, the magazines don't get read anymore, and the covers are squished away and out-of-sight. With a tall, front-facing magazine shelf, your paperbacks get a renewed place of prominence and can become a styling point in your space. This way, your magazines can become almost something to hang on your wall instead of art.