Last week, we ate out during our stay in Copenhagen, as we had not gotten down to exploring the supermarkets. We found this restaurant, Scarpetta, and had a pretty good dinner there. One thing that caught my eye over at the restaurant was this light fixture (and yes, that's baby J drinking from his new straw bottle, that he absolutely loves), which I think was made using Tertial lamps from Ikea. I was rather impressed at how they managed to transform the humble study lamp to make a modern-looking chandelier!
Which brings me to the topic of Ikea furniture. If you've noticed, almost every child's space featured in the past two weeks has contained something from Ikea. Which comes as no surprise, since Ikea furniture does wins hands-down in terms of combining design and affordability. And on top of that, Ikea's simple clean lines give alot of room for DIY projects too! Here's a whole load of ideas you could try out with your Ikea buys:
:: Apartment Therapy had an ultimate guide to Ikea hacks and DIYs. Go
here for loads of ideas on how to use Ikea products as laptop stands to modifying them to fit your workspaces. There's everything, from table makeovers, to even gaming storage!
:: The site
Ikea Hackers is a great place to visit to see what people have been doing with their Ikea furniture. I thought
the idea of combining tables with Trofast units for a study area was great (see photo above), and there's even a hack for
making triple bunk beds, perfect for space-starved Singapore!
:: Many mums swear by the Expedit bookshelf to keep their children's toys and books organized, and its a design classic. Here's a whole
compilation of posts featuring the Expedit! And I especially like the idea of using the smaller units to make doll houses:
:: The Lack table is cheap, but versatile. Here's
10 things you could do with it. You can even
turn it into a play kitchen, and those tables make good bases for
train tables, so that you can save more for the trains and tracks instead:
:: Finally, I'll leave you with
another compilation of ideas, many of them which are simple and rather ingenius, like using these curtain wires as a way of displaying children's art work:
Hope you've been inspired to try something different with your Ikea purchases! Have a blessed weekend!
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Great post Jus! Awesome ideas. We like Ikea too because it's small enough to fit into odd sized corners! Haha
ReplyDeleteThanks, hope the ideas were useful! And yes, Ikea's stuff very versatile! :)
DeleteIKEA is such a kid-friendly place that we enjoy going there very much. Even the simple meals are pretty good.
ReplyDeleteWe've had several attempts at decorating my daughter's bedroom, but try as we may, it just NEVER looks like anything you see in a catalogue!
Hi Yee Mei, thanks for dropping by! And I agree, I love their meatballs since I was a teenager, and we miss their chicken wings! I guess every room is different and unique... care to share your daughter's space with us?
Deletei love reading ikea hacks! always makes me wish i was more handy with tools though. i bought a lack table to turn into a lego table, but the husband chickened out from sticking the base plates to the table! now the table is, erm, supporting my christmas tree. haha. maybe i'll get round to it after chirstmas!
ReplyDeleteYes, I know what you mean! I don't dare wield the drill and hubby has to do it, but he sometimes isn't too fond of my harebrained design schemes! :p At least the table's being useful now... perhaps try velcro tapes instead? So that they can be removed if you no longer need a lego table?
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