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More Ikea Karlstad looks…

tokeywokey — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 04:28:43 +0000

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.

Flat we almost bought

tokeywokey — Fri, 28 May 2010 22:51:14 +0000

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…

TV console

tokeywokey — Wed, 26 May 2010 20:50:06 +0000

Apartment Therapy

Something to do on a rainy weekend…

tokeywokey — Sat, 08 May 2010 09:04:01 +0000

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…

Space extending trick?

tokeywokey — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:56:37 +0000

From Emma’s Designblogg

White on white…

tokeywokey — Sun, 02 May 2010 22:53:12 +0000

Emma’s Designblogg

And dad told me not to mix and match…

tokeywokey — Sat, 01 May 2010 13:14:04 +0000

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.

New poster for the flat

tokeywokey — Sat, 01 May 2010 08:11:45 +0000

Off to Ikea to get a frame for this Shepard Fairey print I got from Ebay.

Back to white sofa…

tokeywokey — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:02:48 +0000

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.

Green sofas…

tokeywokey — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 09:48:11 +0000

All from Apartment Therapy