Posts Tagged ‘ikea’

Superfront

Thursday, April 4th, 2013

This company is the answer to all my Ikea related prayers. Sadly, they don’t ship to the US, yet. Besides offering cabinet fronts to dress up your standard Ikea cabinets, they also offer cabinet pulls and furniture legs to take your Ikea pieces from predictable to custom designy, and the prices are surprisingly great.

LOOP

I want these leather loop handles so bad.

CLEAN LEAN

I wish I could throw out those pathetic 4×4 wood stumps and dress up our guest bed with the clean lean legs.

SUPERFRONT for Ikea Gallery 2542

SUPERFRONT for Ikea Gallery 0063

Look through their gallery for some transformational ideas for new tops, fronts, sides, legs, and handles on your existing pieces. I’ll keep checking back to see when they include the US in their market.

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The Striped Rug

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012

Have you noticed the striped rug is “trending” (a word I have never used before and I’m not sure how I feel about it). I love it myself for the graphic nautical punch it provides to any lackluster room. I used the large black and white Ikea Stockholm Rand rug in Nico’s room last year and I wouldn’t hesitate to use it again. Its been around for a while too.

24.boys roomEspecially now that I have been seeing it used successfully in other type rooms. Over and over. Here are just a few random examples.

A cozy living room at Weekday Carnival.

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A way to bring together some bohemian and some modern mixed pieces at Design Sponge.

I think that’s it again in a studio environment, via Brick House, but it would work in a dining room.

helsinki fine finnish dining chairs

Now we see it officially in a dining room with an eclectic mix of chairs from Dwell.

IKEA STOCKHOLM RAND Rug, flatwoven IKEA The rug is hand-woven by skilled craftsmen, and is therefore unique. Wool is naturally soil-repellent.

If you want the Ikea Stockholm Rand rug at the unbelievably affordable price of $200 for an 8×10, check out your local store.

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Pretty Pegs

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

Neato idea that I spotted at Design Sponge – a company called Pretty Pegs offers a line of cute and contemporary peg legs to replace those standard  scary ugly 2×4 blocky legs that comes on so many Ikea sofas and bed frames. This is a great solution to instantly upgrade the look and style of your Ikea pieces into something that you won’t be embarrassed of.  They are even customizable by color. The only problem is that some of the pegs are as costly as the actual furniture piece. If it means overall you can afford the piece that now has a designer look and feel, it is justified and opens up so many new possibilities…

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