this one is for you and "Billy", Acrylic!

i wanted two carpets. one was a flat weave with black and white stripes.

the other was this super thick emerald green.

i dont know if they have them any more.

I want the dandelion chandelier!


not that I have anywhere to put it

ZombieKitten said:

oh yeah thats cool.

whats cooler is that herringbone laid floor.

ZombieKitten said:

I like it.

Cuddles said:

my grandma's apartment had similar floor, parquet.
could you do something like that to get the texture you're after at your place?
[Edited 2/9/10 17:18pm]

ZombieKitten said:

yeah, the carpets are getting ripped out and the floors are getting finished dark OR if i can get a good price im going to have the floors ripped out and new ones laid in the herringbone.

Nothing. Its love is more than enough for me.

Have I mentioned lately that I love you, ZombieKitten!?

I have a 3 bedroom (8 room) apartment, and I am currently in the beginning stages of giving it a COMPLETE makeover; top to bottom. So IKEA is my new best friend... and all yall can expect before and after pictures!

As previously stated;

'BILLY' BOOKCASE (Black)
House my CDs and DVDs.


'SOLSTA OLARP' CHAIR (Idhult Black)
For my spare room; to be converted into a 'listening lounge' of sorts.


'GRANAS' TABLE + 4 CHAIRS
Would TOTALLY make some nice apolostered seat covers though.

I need a new sofa deal for the front room
Last time the master got himself recliners and one fell apart 2 years ago, so I got myself a bean bag. Anyway, I need like a good movie watching seating arrangement that is NOT HIDEOUS

it has to satisfy the comfy aspect

ZombieKitten said:

Have you ever considered maybe some Papasan chairs? I used to have two in my living room (but then had alot of careless roomates), and they were WICKED comfortable!

Not from Ikea, but here's a photo...

Acrylic said:

not my cup of tea

we sold a cane lounge set before we bought the recliners actually!

I'm after something more like this:

http://www.adriatic.com.a...ar-lounges
big (there are 5 of us) and we have the space
but I don't like the look of any of these

ZombieKitten said:

Ahhh, I see, you mean like an ACTUAL couch/sofa/seating arrangement... I think this one's okay off that site:



But white furnature scares me. Kids...

A friend in Europe had a bed frame I adore but i can't find it on the US Ikea site.

I'm going there for my kitchen island in the next few months.

Acrylic said:

yeah NO WHITE

but I'm resigned to the fact that we will always have to have leather couches, I have THREE sons and one grown up man child, and my floors are kind of charcoal grey carpet, white would be like WHOA!!! against that


this one is nuts!!!


would be practical but I would rather DIE


HATE the colour and saggy-bagginess of it
but this kind of arrangement and comfort would be ideal for my family

CarrieMpls said:

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE

to open up my kitchen window down to the floor so it opens up to our BBQ courtyard and have the sink on an island my friend has that, it's cool

I just bought this:


and this:


and a bathroom shelf thingy that I can't find.

ZombieKitten said:

That would be lovely!

Here it is! The tall one on the left:

If I have to put it together it's not fuckin worth it

I LOVE IKEA!!

The only problem is that everything comes in flat-packs which have 2 b assembled at home and due to my husband being disabled he can no longer do stuff like that anymore!!

Desire2006 said:

can't you do it?

I assemble all of ours by myself

To b honest, I really wish I had that type of energy, myself!! Looking after my husband and all the anxieties that go with that have taken its toll on me, both physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually!!

Desire2006 said:

I LOVE IKEA~~

but our house is over-flowing..i cannot buy another thing untill we buy a larger house.

sonic said:

yard sale time!

ZombieKitten said:

OMG SOOOOO much of our house is IKEA.
-our den couches
-our tv stand
-our entire kitchen
-our living room wall unit
-living room side tables
-dining room chairs
-our entire office (billy bookcases and Expedit desks/shelves)
-the table and chairs in our sunroom (we've redone it since you were here Kitten)

...I know I'm missing stuff.

I might want one or two foot stools for the den couches.

johnart said:

show me!!!!!

I want this stool for my kitchen

when I'm cooking, sometimes I like to sit for a bit