Trip to IKEA

We went to Ikea last Saturday. I was tricked by the Ikea sales advertisement in the papers that showed plastic bins on sale at RM9.90 each. Before we even enter the upper floor, I saw a "SOLD OUT" sticker pasted on the plastic bin printed on an advertisements there. "Gig sei ngo lah". It was my third time there but my first time that I bought something. Haha! Asking why I went there the previous 2 trips? Eat-Full-Nothing-Do and get some inspirations loh... This time I bought 2 items only.

I have been thinking of getting myself a small stool to be used as my leg rest at office. But this Mammut stool I got from Ikea is just too cute that I reluctant to bring it to office. It's only RM19.90. It's still sitting nicely in the room. Let's wait till I got bored of it, then I may consider taking it to office to be left there over night. But hey hey hey...it's really cute...I'm thinking of buying another 1 or 2 stools as collections. You may think I'm xiao but cannot meh???? Somemore, they do sell the chairpads which look so cute on the stools. Getting crazy edi!

Pic Source ~ Mammut Stool, but mine is green.

Pic Source ~ Chair Pad Korall Krabba

I bought IRMA throw, a very soft light blue material at RM15. Have been eyeing on that throw for quite sometime. Finally made the purchase. A throw can be very comfortable for me when travelling in the car, as a blanket and also something for me to hold on. I'm thinking of getting a cushion cover to store my throw so that I can just leave it the car like that. I know I might not have used the throw as a throw but who cares.

Curtains

I have been spending some time surfing the Internet for beautiful curtains that suit my taste. Still the same motto, "Simple is Beauty". Is it appropriate to buy online???

For Living Room

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For kitchen window

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p/s: I'm wondering if my apple green wall still applicable. Shall I change to earth tone??? Seems that earth tone is much more easier to match. By the way, sample pics shown in this blog are just some nice stuffs that I like and find it blogable. Besides that, they help by giving me inspirations on my new home.

Dining Table

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Round Dining Table like the above picture is ideal for me. Simple and yet elegant. I don't like over decorated item. I am wondering whether it's tough enough for every use. How if I pair this dining table with chairs like below?

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Kitchen Cabinets

Kitchen cabinets can be very expensive. We may not be able to afford 1 set right now. I guess getting standalone kitchen tables may be sufficient currently. However, I saw in IKEA catalogue this whole set of white color kitchen cabinets & interior fittings & worktops & hinges which cost slightly less than RM1500. It's a very simple set of kitchen cabinet. That is what I have always wanted! Simple yet nice! If next year IKEA still have such low price kitchen sets, I will consider getting it for my kitchen. I supposed the price includes the installation. Besides that IKEA gives 10 years warranty. I would love to have my kitchen in white color. I have soft spots for white. I am planning to place my gas hobs and hood and do my heavy cooking at the yard. Shall I have the kitchen cabinet installed at the yard as well or just get a decent kitchen tables for it? Hai~~~Should go for window shopping more often to collect ideas on this. Will I need put place another gas hobs in the kitchen for light cooking? I definitely need sinks in both the dry kitchen and the yard. The best is to have 2 sinks+2taps at the yard side and 1 sink+1tap at the dry kitchen side.

Dining Table

I grown up having dinner at a round dining table. Rectangular tables look very appealing but to me,but its not very convenient. Food may need to be spread on a rectangular table like a buffet dinner. One on this side may not be able to reach the food on the other side. It may end up having to split 1 meal into 2 dishes. If I have maid to wash the dishes, then it should be okay. But I don't have. So I guess I shall check around for medium-sized stylish round table. Will glass table be reliable?

Sofa

Sofa is a very important item in the furniture list. There are leather seats, cottony slipcover seats and etc. I don't necessary need the whole 3+2+1 sets. Previously I fancied the LShape type of sofa. It seems very comfortable to me. But my core criteria for a non-leather seats is it must be a slipcover type. I want it to be washable. If possible, I would like to avoid anything leather or leather-like material. For me, it's not as comfortable as cottony cover because my feet have a weird habit of liking to brush on cloth thingy. So anything rough is a no-no for me. I was thinking of having a mix&match sofa sets as it adds more color combination to my living room. It would appear more lively. I may get a 3 seats sofa, either LShape or non-LShape. Then another 1 or 2 units of 1-seat sofa or lazy chairs. I don't have any particular sofa designs in mind right now. Might as well go get some home design magazine for ideas.

Curtain

Curtain is another item that I have been paying attention to. There are either ready-made or custom-made curtains available in the market now. It has been very easy as we can actually DIY. Just buy the rod supporter, curtain rods with finials and ready-made curtain. All you need is an electric driller and a handyman. Screw the supporter nicely at the pre-marked spot. Hang your curtains onto the curtain rods and put onto the supporter. ta deng~~~ Mission completed. Curtain rod itself comes in many different color and style. Some come with dual rods which are meant for dual layer curtain. This is the type of curtain that I have always wanted for my home. I don't mind the laundry part. Just dump into the washing machine. How much effort does it need? Modern curtains nowadays are a bit different from the traditional type where we need to put on the metal thingy that looks like a fork onto the slim pockets sewed along the curtain. Then we are to hang the hook of the metal thingy unto the rails of rings on the metal curtain rod. Then you can slide your curtain smoothly. For some modern curtains, they are sewn with an extra piece of cloth which are meant to be put onto the curtain rod. You can hardly slide your curtain with this design. Some plastic curtain rod does come with plastic rings for you to hang your curtains. I haven't come up with any preferable design or theme colour. Of coz, it must match my apple green home.

Eyeing on Furnitures

Ever since we have the SPA signed, I started looking around for furnitures. I checked on the styles, the price and tried to come out with a rough budget for every piece of furnitures that I may need in future. Every now and then I flipped the IKEA catalogue for ideas and also advertisements in the papers for promotions and offers available. With these simple market survey, I may more or less get myself updated with the pricing of each items. By monitoring the advertisements, I got to know each item of furnitures' lowest price being offered. Then I may buy the item only when it's at its best bargain value. Someone told me that I can get certain item at very good price at Nilai 3 ie carpets and chests. Can't wait to pest TY to bring me to Nilai 3 for window shopping. But still, I haven't decided on the theme.