So have been obsessing about whether the sofa I am about to purchase looks cheap. This post on Apartment Therapy has made me feel slightly better…
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/inspiration/one-ikea-sofa-two-different-looks-117198
Basically its the same sofa style by two different stylists with some really nice results.
This is a place we looked at a while ago that we almost put an offer on. We didn’t in the end as it was in a ground floor, council flat that was a little bit scary. We were told by the estate agent that it was owned by a couple of designers that did it over for living in but ended having to move. I had forgotten I saved the photos from the agents website.
What’s weird is that I always liked the design sensibility but looking back now, its totally white and retro which is exactly what I am currently doing…
So I have been thinking about the George Nelson bench for use as a coffee table. Since we have pretty much agreed on the white leather Karlstad sofa from Ikea, this looked to be a pretty good match.
What I came across when looking for photos to post on this blog was a link to Humble Ablog where this couple made one out of Legos! They then shot a stop motion video to document it all… very cool…
So dad thinks that its a bad idea for me to try and furnish the house through my own sense of creativity. He suggests I go to Ikea, pick one of the rooms and just buy the whole lot. So I have been doubting myself for the past week.
But then I went to The Modern House where I used to look at homes which I could not afford. Made me more confident of my choice and taste.
Off to Ikea to get a frame for this Shepard Fairey print I got from Ebay.
Ikea Karlstad is very similar to the one I used to have when we lived in Melbourne. When we last visited Ikea a few weeks ago, we considered one in white fabric. They have the removable, washable cover so more practical than initially thought.
A bit boring which is why I discounted it but I have just realised that they do it in a leather which has the tufting. I this makes it more mid-century looking and as such much more to my aesthetic. What do you think?
This is a fabric version which I saw on Apartment Therapy. Looks awesome.
