Trip To IKEA

Getting the practical stuff for the house and some tidbits from IKEA turned out to be fun! Wheeling through aisles (who doesn't like buggy rides?) and fifty-cent hot dogs is a great way to spent your Thursday. Among the things we bought is a comic-art painting, two stool bars, some behind-the-door hangars, 3 canvas paintings (one is of a wall painting, another is Buddha), a Michael Angelo sculpture (of just the head), some wall shelving I'm going to re-paint and some mugs. 

We got a couple of these and I'm reupholstering some seat pads!

This dish rack is one of my favourite. Quite modern.

This was a piece I liked because it isn't a traditional bookshelf and looks like a ladder. Sold!

Other things we've checked off for our next visit is kitchen shelving, cutting board, a small desk\laptop table, bed, rug, 2 mirrors, plates, more wall shelving and the items in the picture. As for the decor, I prefer to visit this vintage shop on Queen St West that has amazing prices and some cool pieces (like this ultra modern coffee table)

O-Range Ya Glad It's Cheap?

Couches are pricy and a huge investment. But they can make or break your living-room. A drab couch can undermine your greatest efforts to modernize a drab house, and a couch in the wrong colour can wreak havoc on the aesthetic or mood of your humble abode. I found a riveting orange sofa at IKEA with what I see as : mod-artsy potential. Fiancee thought it suited somebody with ADHD in a mental institution who had a bubbly, laugh-when-nobody's-in-the-room personality. Hmmm....Black and gray\tan couches are so overused. How many people do you personally know who have orange couches? Or a mint-green one? Or  one with bubbles all over it? Someone is selling a salmon pink sofa on Kijiji right now as we speak! Salmon pink. How is that for a bold statement? It doesn't say Tuna Time. It says : boldly different. Cheerfully here. Modern but fun. I'm pink and I still think. Something like that. Plus,  the orange couch? It's on sale. 

 

IKEA SOLUTIONS TO SMALL SPACE

IKEA IS KNOWN FOR BEING FUNCTIONAL AND AFFORDABLE SO THESE ARE SOME SOLUTIONS I'D LIKELY USE.

IKEA-- A DREAM FROM SWEDEN

I periodically go to IKEA like some people might go to a mall. I eat 50cents hot-dogs, sit on cozy couches and pick up cheap plates and candles. It's God's gift for the queers, I'm sure it is. Everything is so affordable and simple. All you have to do is put together (not my department!). IKEA is great for students shacking up in an apartment and here are some great finds I found:

a) KVART wall'clamp light $7.99 CAD each
b)LUPIN Venetian blinds $16.99 CAD
c) ENGAN bed frame $199
d) VIKA FURUSKOG table top $69.99CAD  *thinking of using it for my kitchen island in the doorway or as a dining table
e)TANJA duvet covers and pillow sham(s) $59.99 CAD (burnt orange color...cool!)
F) BJURSTA bench $129.99 CAD (*Great for the living room or bedroom!)
g) JAREN SPRING MATTRESS $79.99 CAD (Suitable as a mattress for the guests and can be rolled up when not in use!)