Anyone could tell how much Ikea stuff we own just by the number of allen keys we now have in our toolboxes!
We went on a mega Ikea trip on Saturday, spending well over £600 to finish kitting the house out with essential furniture. We wanted to get things that were good enough that we'll take them with us when we move from this house.
I love this shoe cabinet (£80), it works so well in the front/dining room to provide concealed shoe storage and a surface for letters/keys/all sorts of junk that's gonna end up on there. At 22cm deep it doesn't pose an obstruction in what is already a compact room. It was easy enough for me to put together by myself while Chris worked in the garden, although there were 2x rogue screws left over at the end. Ah well I'm sure they weren't important.
I also got this adorable grey wicker hamper for £60 which fits so perfectly in the corner of the living room. I did have a painted solid pine storage chest which has moved around with my over the past 5 years but it was too bulky for this tiny house. I was sad to part with it but I sold it to a nice lady whose profession is the restoration and renovation of wooden furniture, and it's going to be someones birthday present. So it's really nice to know that my battered old furniture is going to be given a new lease of life and be loved by someone for many more years to come.
I put together the dining room chairs (on sale, I might add) so we're going to assemble the table this afternoon. Hopefully if it goes well I'll be posting some before and after pictures of the dining room and some more of the living room soon - the living room is currently the 'staging area' where Ikea furniture is born...
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